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Brigantine homeowners, especially those who invested heavily in secondary vacation homes, have been stepping up their inquiries into a variety of questionable City Hall financial activity.<\/p>\n
For over 15 years, Brigantine has been consistently identified as having some of the worst record keeping & financial accounting of any small town along the South Jersey shore….and possibly the entire state. Years of video recording and audits clearly show non-compliance with even the most common GAP rules mandated by the State of New Jersey. (generally accepted accounting principles).<\/p>\n
The high volume and in-your-face nature of these Brigantine financial scandals make neighboring Atlantic City look like a bunch of rank amateurs in the world financial shell games.<\/p>\n
Expired public Safety contracts, Links Golf Course give-away, reckless driving cover-ups, unchecked overtime abuse, trash hauling contracts, website security breaches, and Councilmen assisting in Real Estate transactions…. are just a few examples of Brigantine’s long and well-known history of Greenhead Politics.<\/p>\n
Cut from the same cloth as Atlantic City Nucky Johnson & Hap Farley, 26+ year Mayor Phil Guenther and his brain trust of Andy ‘The King” Simpson, and the infamous City Manager\/Public Safety Director; Jim “Glitch” Barber, have made the beautiful island of Brigantine a poster child for unlimited City Hall corruption, excessive spending and retail-killing business practices.<\/p>\n
Local resident Alfred Zini recently pondered a plan to reduce\/eliminate the blatant and growing political corruption in Brigantine.<\/p>\n
Here is one such initiative from Mr. Zini:<\/strong><\/p>\n All concerned taxpayers, both residents and non-residents who are tired of the blatant theft of our tax-payer dollars by the Brigabilly cabal who run this town as if it is their own little private men\u2019s club should do the following:<\/p>\n 1. Inundate every newspaper, both local and in your home town with phone calls and letters. Request that they investigate the nefarious goings-on in Brigantine\u2014the Atlantic City Press, The New York Times, New York Post, NY Daily News, Trenton Examiner, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post., etc.<\/p>\n These largely liberal newspapers would like nothing more than expose the corruption in a town that’s been an absolute Republican stronghold for many years. By the way, I’m a staunch conservative but the \u201cleadership\u201d in Brigantine proves the old adage that \u201cabsolute power corrupts absolutely\u201d.<\/p>\n 2. Do the same with local and hometown TV and Radio stations.<\/p>\n 3. Call into all the local radio talk shows (Harry Hurley, Don Williams, Dom Giordano, etc) and be relentless in your complaints about the obscene abuses going on within Brigantine\u2019s government.<\/p>\n 4. Call the NJ State Commission of Investigation in Trenton at (609) 292-6767<\/p>\n 5. Call the local office of the FBI in Cherry Hill at (856) 795-5656<\/p>\n If we continue to wait for Brigantine to clean-up its own act, it will NEVER happen!<\/p>\n If we Brigantine non-resident taxpayers are tired of these pols using OUR tax dollars to enrich themselves and their families and friends, while we continue to pay exorbitantly high taxes for piss-poor municipal services, and NO say in how our tax-dollars are spent, our time to act is NOW.<\/p>\n Albert Zini, Brigantine Taxpayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brigantine homeowners, especially those who invested heavily in secondary vacation homes, have been stepping up their inquiries into a variety of questionable City Hall financial activity. 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