Nov. 4 Gloucester Township Board of Education Election: Questions to Ponder

The first of the election campaign reports are starting to become available to view on the NJ Election Law Enforcement (ELEC) website.

Here is a piece of interesting (and maybe troubling) information that can be found in reports released on the website:

Last week, the Dintino, Gallo, Albright Troxel GT Board of Education election campaign took a $2,600 contribution from Remington & Vernick, an engineering firm that has multiple, lucrative, no-bid contracts with Gloucester Township government.

“So what?” you might ask.

Well, this is just one piece of a disturbing puzzle.

In recent years, Remington & Vernick has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Team Mayer-connected election campaigns. (And hundreds of thousands of dollars more have been contributed to Team Mayer-connected election campaigns from other firms receiving no-bid contracts with Gloucester Township government.)

In turn, Remington & Vernick has been awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts with Gloucester Township government.

So ask yourself: Why would a Haddonfield-based engineering firm want to have a stake in the outcome of a Gloucester Township Board of Education election?

And also ask yourself: How will Gloucester Township Board of Education candidates, if elected, vote on agenda issues that involve campaign contributors?