To The Editor: Middle Township taxpayers need to follow the money. Cape May Court House Fire District No. 1 is building a new firehouse on Mechanic Street. The old firehouse is being purchased again by all the taxpayers, when the taxpayers in Fire District No. 1 already owns it and paid for it when it was built. Now the mayor wants all of the taxpayers to pay the $1.2 million again. This is crazy. The mayor claims that the municipal hall needs more room, however they don’t know what they are going to do with this old firehouse. There is plenty of room in our current municipal building. We are computerized, and not hiring any more personnel. Our township is not growing; this just doesn’t make any sense. Now all Middle Township taxpayers please “follow the money.” Taxpayers in the Court House Fire District No. 1 paid the money for the current firehouse when it was built. Now all Middle Township taxpayers are paying the $1.2 million again for an old firehouse that we can’t afford, and the $1.2 million goes to the Court House Fire District No. 1 account. Suppose the Rio Grande district, Green Creek District, and Goshen district would all like to sell their firehouses for $1.2 million to mayor and committee to build new firehouses? Think about it, why are all Middle Township taxpayers paying the $1.2 million and giving it to the Court House Fire District? I fully support our entire volunteer firemen community. They do a great service for all of us. This is not about the firefighters; it is our tax dollars that are being spent, and no one seems to care. “If the mayor and committee want to spend this type of money during these tough economic times, it should be voted on by all of the taxpayers.” This is outrageous that our governing body would do something so stupid when all other governments are downsizing. I beg the taxpayers association to stop this outrageous expenditure before they go through with the purchase. FRANK BRAD Rio Grande