LTE: Burlco GOP sets an example

6:10 p.m. EDT August 8, 2014

I am no fan of President Barack Obama, but as a lifelong Republican I also find myself increasingly frustrated with the direction of our Republican Party nationally. Too often the party leadership comes off as angry, intolerant and lacking in substantive ideas.

Frankly, I wish our party leaders nationally would take a page out of the book of our elected Republican leadership here in Burlington County.

Freeholder Director Bruce Garganio, Freeholder Joe Howarth and Freeholder Joe Donnelly own a record of cutting county property taxes and reducing spending that nobody in the state can match.

They’ve reduced the size and cost of government — spending fewer dollars per person than any other county in the state — while still providing key services like an award-winning parks system, programs for seniors and veterans, and arguably the finest county college in New Jersey.

Garganio and Howarth are up for re-election this year, and I am urging all of my friends and family in the county, regardless of their party affiliation, to vote for two elected officials who put taxpayers first and get things done.

ROBERT J. HAWK

Palmyra