Letter To The Editor: Lost Revenue, Not Red Light Cameras Is Brick Candidate's Issue

To the Editor:

As you know I am a Republican Candidate for Brick Township Council.

As such, I am compelled to respond to the incorrect statements made by John Almeida about me in a letter to the editor of the Brick Patch published last week.

Mr. Almeida makes the claim that I made it clear that I would bring back red light cameras because I want the revenue.

Well Mr. Almeida, you did not pay attention.

I am not in favor of traffic cameras, I never was in favor of traffic cameras, and I will never be in favor of them.

The point that I made that evening is a fact: The elimination of the traffic cameras caused an approximate $750,000 shortfall in the budget. This shortfall was never offset by spending cuts by the current all Democratic council and as a result the all Democratic Council raised our property taxes again!

You called my comments “Shameless”. Mr. Almeida, when I am elected to office I will watch where every tax dollar is spent. And I can certainly tell you that if I was on the Council with my Republican colleagues that we too would have eliminated the cameras, but we would have found a way to make the elimination of the cameras revenue neutral.

In my view, for the current all Democratic council to simply pass this cost onto our already burdened taxpayer is “Shameless”.

Respectfully submitted,

Charlie Bacon
Republican Council Candidate

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