Mayor and Council Refuse to Listen

This Video shows Councilman Mike Martin taking a nap during the most attended, arguably most important meeting of the year.
https://youtu.be/XyDgOLAnLL8


Over 100 hundred residents packed Borough Hall and over 300 signed a petition, only to have their overwhelming dissent overruled by a condescending Council that felt the need to impose their will.

In a blatant act of defiant arrogance, the Garwood council has chosen once again to ignore the voice of their constituents! With overwhelming opposition and a record turnout against the shared service agreement with Fanwood, the "powers that be" chose to ignore the taxpayers. One can only wonder what lies beneath the rush to railroad this through, nor why they bothered to allow the residents to speak all the while knowing they had no intention of listening. Their minds were made up long before this meeting, as evidenced by reading from prepared statements, and stale, disingenuous talking points. Complete Distain, and flippant remarks, flowed from their lips while the folks looked on in disbelief. I hope we did not disturb the council member who was recorded dozing on the dais. Shame on him for his lack of respect and concern for the taxpayer, when he could not stay awake long enough to even pretend he cared what they had to stay. This is just a continuance of the status quo here in town for quite a while but the residents of Garwood do not like being ignored, they will not tolerate such condescending attitudes from the officials they elected to serve the taxpayer. They have learned a hard lesson but will prevail, and show their displeasure with the only other means available when elected officials refuse to listen.

More than 350 people have signed the petition with another 100 or so saying they are afraid to sign do to political backlash or have been told not to sign. These residents do not care about political affiliation, they care about Garwood. The group that decided to shove this through against the will of the people has decided to make this a political issue. So be it. We will be happy to remind the residents what occurred last night.


In the voting booth, it all begins in November where we have the chance to replace 2 in the next election. Elect Ileen Cuccaro & Joe Sarno to Garwood Council.Transparency in Government should be mandatory. The time has long passed for the hierarchy to be held accountable for ignoring the will of the people.