MULLICA TOWNSHIP — A
Republican former Township Committee member who declined to run for
re-election last year, as well as a political newcomer, are challenging
two incumbent Democrats for three-year terms on Township Committee.
Following are brief interviews with the candidates, in alphabetical order.
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ANTHONY GABRIS, Democrat, 75, is a retired aerospace engineer, member of the Coast Guard Reserve, and a former zoning officer in the township, he said.
He
has been a resident for about 51 years. He is running for his third
term in office, and if re-elected will continue to provide a bipartisan
perspective to the decision-making process on committee, Gabris said.
Mayor Jim Brown and two other committee members are Republicans.
“Now
that the facility to house the historic museum and community hall is in
operation, I will focus on completing a reinstatement application to
the FEMA Community Rating System Program, which should save 10 percent
for about 150 residents purchasing flood insurance,” he said of his
first priority going forward.
ED HAGAMAN, Republican, 59, completed one three-year term on committee, but took a year off after his term ended in 2014.
“For
work reasons — I received a promotion — I took a year off,” he said. He
works for the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters union, where he
is in charge of about a dozen business representatives in nine New
Jersey counties.
A Mullica resident for 28 years, he said that if
elected, his first priority will be to work with the economic advisory
committee to bring in more ratables to the White Horse Pike (Route 30)
corridor to help balance the budget
BARBARA RHEAULT, Democrat, 52, is a lifelong
resident of the township and a science teacher at Mullica Township
Middle School. She is a past president of the Mullica Township Education
Association.
She is running for her second term on committee, and
said her experience as head of the Public Works committee has enabled
her to help keep the township running well, and that her focus is also
on tax stabilization and maintaining the rural lifestyle in the
township.
“Returning us to office helps preserve checks and
balances, so we don’t have just a one-party system,” she said of herself
and running mate Anthony Gabris.
JOHN WALTHER, Republican,
73, has lived in the township seven years. He moved here from Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, to live on Nescochague Lake, he said.
While
he has not run for political office before, he said he has held offices
in homeowners’ associations. He said Republican Mayor Jim Brown’s
nonpartisan approach to solving problems motivated him to run.
“I
said, ‘I could work with a guy like this’,” said Walther. “Like
everywhere else in Atlantic County, we are facing problems with tax
ratables. I felt I had the background to help.”
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