Will South Jersey Democratic Voters Do What Their Party Leaders Refuse To Do And Reject The Three Flawed Candidates They Have On Ballots?

Jason Ravitz, Bob Gant & Bob Menendez

South Jersey Democratic party leaders love pointing out the perceived wrongdoings of Republicans. Notice I said perceived. South Jersey Democrats are quick to scream and yell about President Donald Trump. They’ve attacked GOP congressional candidate Seth Grossman because they don’t like things he has said.

Yet, when local Democrats actually do something wrong, silence from those same Democrats.

Former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay gets arrested. Not a peep. Now we have a special election in LD5 because he had to resign after Republicans discovered his arrest.

Former Haddon Township Commissioner Paul Dougherty is involved in a hit and run accident. Again, nothing. Dougherty eventually resigns because he also happens to be corrupt.

Voorhees Township Deputy Mayor Jason Ravitz gets in two bar brawls. One of those brawls is at an Applebee’s. I quit drinking over two years ago and, thanks to my drinking days, I know how hard it is to get into a fight at Applebee’s. I’m pretty sure I’ve tried. Not a word from South Jersey Democrats.

Sheriff candidate Bob Gant allegedly beat a handcuffed inmate at the old Salem County Jail unconscious. Evidence, in the form of a court document, is presented that suggests the incident did happen. The alleged victim comes forward and discusses the alleged incident on the radio. Democrats are silent.

Vincent Squire, a Republican running for freeholder, is discovered to have a second-degree assault charge pending in Superior Court and Camden County Republicans fist ask him to dropout of the race, he refuses, so Republicans disavow him. Camco Republicans didn’t try to hide it, they didn’t ignore their candidate was severely flawed, they got rid of him.

South Jersey Democratic leaders are burying their heads in the sand. Never mind that Ravitz’ bar brawls are on video and Gant’s alleged indiscretion is supported with court documents and the story from his alleged victim, the Democrats still have U.S. Senator Bob Menendez.

Sure, Menendez was never convicted in court, but a hung jury does not mean he is innocent. There is still the fact that Menendez tried to help his buddy, Salomon Melgen, after he ripped off Medicare. Let’s not forget Menendez’s own lawyers conceded the fact he helped young women get visas to come to America to be with their sugar daddy, Melgen. And, Menendez own lawyers argued that messing around with underaged hookers in the Dominican Republic “would hardly be a federal crime even had it been true.”

Rather than call out Menendez for his actual wrongdoings, South Jersey Democratic leaders simply keep him out of South Jersey. Don’t take my word for it, just look, has he been seen campaigning with South Jersey Democrats? Nope! But Bob Hugin has been seen campaigning, a lot, with South Jersey Republicans.

South Jersey Democratic leaders need to stop complaining about Republicans and learn from the Camden County Republicans and clean their own house first.

Now it is up to South Jersey Democratic voters to do what their party leaders have refused to do and reject the three flawed candidates they have on ballots – Menendez, Ravitz and Gant.

Cumberland County Republicans Hit Dems Hard With Web Ad

Frank Spatola Jr, Kim Codispoti & Arvene Kilby Hays

Republican candidates for freeholder, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola Jr, and Surrogate candidate Kim Codispoti have launched a web ad that calls out the decades of Democrat leadership for placing Cumberland County first in all the wrong categories.

“Taxes, highest they’ve ever been. Crime, soaring, leaving our families unsafe. Unemployment in Cumberland County is ranked the worst in the state. We deserve better,” says the ad.

The Republicans’ ad is a good counter to the misleading one the Democrats released earlier in the campaign season.

Republicans have run a spirited race, even questioning why Democrats aren’t campaigning with Senator Bob Menendez. Kilby Hays and Spatola Jr hypothesized the reason Democrats don’t want to be seen with Menendez is that it might remind voters of the ethical issues of incumbent freeholders Jim Quinn and Joe Derella.

Quinn was fined $250 to settle a state ethics violation levied against him that said he cast public votes on issues involving companies he did hundreds of dollars of monthly private business with and Derella, in November 2017, had a 22-count complaint filed against him by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC).

Yeah, being seen with an unethical guy like Menendez might remind voters of the incumbents’ own ethical issues.

The Republican’s ad follows:

2 Democrats, 2 Counties, 2 Brawlers, Silence From Their Party Bosses

Jason Ravitz - Bob Gant

Camden County and Salem County have something in common, I mean other than the influence of Democratic party power broker George Norcross. Both counties have alleged brawlers on their tickets and their party bosses have chosen to remain silent.

In Camden County there is Voorhees Township Deputy Mayor Jason Ravitz. This guy has been caught on video engaging in bar fights and wrote a letter to Township voters begging forgiveness. There’s a website dedicated to Ravitz bar brawls and an apparent reader of The Bob & Steve Show blog even went so far as to comment on one of our posts that Ravitz “was a bully in middle and high school.”

Despite the fact Ravitz’s bar brawls are on video and that he somehow managed to get into a fight at an Applebee’s of all places, local and county Democrats have remained silent. Imagine if there were video evidence of an elected Republican getting into bar brawls. Democrats would be screaming for that Republican to resign.

In Salem County there is a lieutenant in the Sheriff’s Department running for sheriff who allegedly beat a former inmate at the old Salem County Jail unconscious.

Gant supporters first denied, then demanded proof the incident happened. We provided court docket numbers. I wrote, “So, if you still doubt Gant beat a handcuffed, defenseless man unconscious with a weapon I do know Salem County imposed major discipline and terminated Gant's employment. I know because he appealed to the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law (Docket No.: CSV5577-91) and lost. I know he lost because Gant appealed to the Appellate Division, N.J. Superior Court (Docket No.: A-4025-91 T2).”

That wasn’t enough for Gant supporters so The Bob & Steve Show provided an actual court document and interviewed Gant’s alleged victim twice, once by phone and most recently in a call-in interview on our radio show.

Just like the Camden County Democrats, Salem County Democrats have remained silent on the Gant issue. A similar question has to be asked about Salem County Democrats. Could you imagine how loud the Democrats would be screaming if a Republican running for sheriff were accused of beating a handcuffed inmate unconscious? There would be calls for investigations and calls for the candidate to drop out of the race. Not in Salem County, the Democrats continue to wholeheartedly support the candidate.

Why the double standard from Camden County and Salem County Democrats? Is it the best they can do, put up with allegedly violent candidates for office?

When it comes to Ravitz irrefutable video proof has been offered. In Gant’s case plenty of evidence, including a court document and two interviews of the alleged victim have been provided. Still nothing but silence from Democratic Party bosses. Fortunately, the voters have the opportunity to speak loudly with their votes.