Not all that long ago, in what we refer to as the Bonusgate prosecution, a lot of people went to jail for using public resources to engage in partisan political activity. A Supreme Court Justice was forced to resign in disgrace and send letters of apology to every sitting judge.Though everyone should know by now that you can't use public resources for political activity, that's exactly what Executive John Brown did within weeks of being sworn into office. He huddled with his publicly paid PR consultant, in an office furnished and paid for by taxpayers, to discuss political fundraising. Now, it's being done blatantly by the Chairman of Upper Mount Bethel's Board of Supervisors, Dennis Jones.
Within a stone's throw of the municipal building, and on property owned by the Township, Jones has planted one of his campaign signs. Why not just start plastering them on the highway trucks, too?
County Council candidate Matthew Dietz has a sign there, too. In effect, they are both using public resources to fund their campaigns in clear violation of the state Ethics Act. Both candidates should be requested to remove these signs.
