I spoke with Seth Grossman at 4:35PM for exactly 26 seconds to get his permission to share the second ad his campaign is launching. I only mention that I was given permission by Grossman to show the ad because the YouTube channel it is hosted on says “private preview only.”
So, with the candidate’s permission, I’ll let the ad do the talking:
Reacting to a story on Nj.com, Republican candidates for Cumberland County Freeholder, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr, said that “overtime pay is a symptom of county government’s problems.”
Their release is below:
Kilby Hays And Spatola, Jr. Say County Overtime Pay Is Ridiculous
Cutting overtime pay in half could lead to development of a county parks system
VINELAND – Republican candidates for Cumberland County Freeholder, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr, said today that a recent news report concerning overtime pay is a symptom of county government’s problems.
At issues is, according to a recently published report, Cumberland County pays a higher percentage of payroll in overtime than any of its neighboring counties.
“Last year Cumberland County spent 7.8% of payroll on overtime, or $4.5 million,” Arvene Kilby Hays said. “Throughout this campaign Frank and I have said there are numerous places the fat in the budget can be trimmed, overtime pay is a perfect example.”
According to the published report, it appears overtime pay is “highest among corrections officers at county jails where authorities say shifts cannot go unfilled.”
Kilby Hays asked, “Why is there so much overtime? Why are there vacancies? Why don't correction officers want to work in this county? Are there poor work conditions for our correction officers?”
“Perhaps conditions at the jail need to be improved,” Kilby Hays remarked.
“Nearly 8 percent of payroll spent on overtime is ridiculous, any way you look at it.” Frank Spatola, Jr explained, “I’ve run my business for 30 years, if I were spending almost 8 percent of payroll on overtime my accountant wife would tell me it might be time to close the doors. I probably wouldn’t be making a profit. For government to mismanage payroll in this manner is worse because it’s not their money, it’s the taxpayers’ money.”
“Imagine if we could cut that overtime in half, that would be $2.25 million saved, money that could be spent to improve the quality of life in Cumberland County, maybe even start the county parks system as adopted in the Cumberland County Open Space and Recreation Master Plan seven years ago,” Spatola, Jr said.
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Earlier today, by way of press release, Republican candidate for congress in CD2, Seth Grossman called on Jeff Van Drew “to retract his public support of the ultra-leftist ‘#believesurvivors’ movement.”
The Grossman release follows:
Prosecutor’s Report Would Not Recommend Charges
GROSSMAN: VAN DREW SHOULD RETRACT LEFTIST ANTI-KAVANAUGH STANCE
Somers Point, NJ, October 2, 2018 – The career prosecutor of sex-crimes who questioned Dr. Christine Ford and Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the recent U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing has stated in a memo to senate members that no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges against Kavanaugh, who was facing sexual assault allegations made by Dr. Ford.
Because of this, Republican congressional candidate Seth Grossman is calling upon his opponent, Jeff Van Drew, to retract his public support of the ultra-leftist “#believesurvivors” movement which has vehemently attacked Judge Kavanaugh as presumed guilty in attempt to force him to withdrawal from the Supreme Court nomination and stop President Trump from filling the vacant seat on the court before the midterm elections.
“Van Drew showed he truly is just another radical leftist Democrat when he joined with the Washington swamp attacking Judge Kavanaugh with unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations. He should publicly reject the ruthless and outrageous character assassination tactics being used by the Democrats to smear the Judge, but he won’t. He’s just another one of them, and that’s what he will do if he is elected to Congress,” Grossman said.
The Van Drew campaign went on Facebook Sept. 24 endorsing the “#believesurvivors” movement before any sworn testimony from Dr. Ford or Judge Kavanaugh had been presented. https://www.facebook.com/VanDrewForCongress/photos/a.145717769526602/317109915720719/?type=3&theater
Following a bipartisan recommendation, the Senate Judiciary Committee hired Rachel Mitchell, who has 25 years’ experience as a sex-crimes prosecutor and is recognized for her expertise by the legal community in Arizona. Ms. Mitchell cited that no charges could be considered due to the lack of evidence, and noted that in sworn testimony the four witnesses Dr. Ford identified, including her lifelong friend Leland Keyser, all either refuted or failed to corroborate Dr. Ford’s account of the alleged incident. The prosecutor also noted that there were significant inconsistencies in Dr. Ford’s story, so it amounted to nothing more than a “she said, he said” case, but was actually “even weaker than that” because she could not provide details of the alleged incident’s date, location or how she, as a 15-year old girl, was able to travel there.
Judge Kavanaugh strongly denied Dr. Ford’s allegations, which were said to have taken place while attending a drunken high school party 36 years ago, as well as another incident of alleged lewd behavior made by a college classmate when he was a freshman attending Yale College a year later. Dozens of Kavanaugh’s high school and college friends and classmates, along with his peers as a Federal Judge, have attested to his exemplary character.
As a result of the hearings, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate for vote. That vote, which had been anticipated early this week, has been temporarily delayed while the FBI conducts a one-week supplementary investigation into the alleged incidents.
“The Democrats turned the Senate Judiciary Hearing into a circus and are doing whatever they can to delay Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination in hope that they will regain control of Congress in November and then nominate their own uber-leftist-ideologue judge to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court,” Grossman said. “The problem is that their attack isn’t just against Kavanaugh, it is an assault on our American system of justice. It is an assault on our basic Constitutional rights, and Van Drew has revealed that he adheres to the radical left.”
Seth Grossman and Jeff Van Drew are facing off in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. The seat, which has been represented by retiring U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo for 24 years, includes the counties of Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland and Salem and parts of Camden, Gloucester, Burlington and Ocean counties. Donald Trump won the district by five points in the 2016 election.
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