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Recall Rumblings Spread to West Wildwood

Government | Fri, 08/28/2009 - 2:53 pm | Read 1037 | Commented 6 | Emailed 0
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By Lauren Suit

WEST WILDWOOD — The city of Wildwood isn’t the only small town on the five-mile is-land dealing with political unrest and a recall effort to remove elected officials.

Not to be outdone by its neighboring municipality, the borough of West Wildwood, a bay-side community with a total area of 0.3 square miles and whose welcome sign totes “small town charm,” is involved in a recall.

On July 24, residents Robert Feltwell, Jacquelyn Ferentz and William Null filed notices of intent to recall Mayor Herbert Frederick and Commissioner Gerald McNamara with Borough Clerk Dorothy Tomlin.

Borough Solicitor Paul Baldini said Tomlin certified the notices before he had a chance to review them. He disagreed with Tomlin’s view of the documents and said he believed they contained discrepancies that should have prevented their certification. Baldini added that notice of intent failed to estimate the correct cost of a recall election.

Tomlin has since been asked to remove her self from her duties as clerk, pending a possible suspension. In the interim, Richard W. Deanery, temporary acting deputy clerk, is taking over her duties.

In a recent development, the residents that had filed their notice for the recall of the mayor and commission on July 24 opted to remove the notice of intent to recall McNamara. In their place a second group of residents, Debroah Fox, James Perloff and Lori Perloff, have filed a recall notice for McNamara. That notice of intent has been approved by Deaney on Aug. 24.

Baldini said that the notice of intent regarding Frederick is still deficient in his opinion, however he said the recall group does not agree and has opted to “proceed anyway.”

Both recall groups have 160 days to garner enough signatures needed to trigger the recall election.

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Tue, 09/01/2009 - 5:31pm - Posted by: beachteacher

I can not vote here because I live elsewhere, but if I could I would sign that petition in a second. This is criminal what these two are doing to the town. Quite frankly I was surprised Mr. McNamara has continued to side with that Mayor. I would have thought for sure he would have stood up to that Mayor and stopped this nonsense. Maybe he still will. Let's just pray he does it soon.

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Mon, 08/31/2009 - 6:48pm - Posted by: Me

MINDBUTT, SAME THING HAPPENED IN WILDWOOD, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER RUINED WILDWOOD?

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Mon, 08/31/2009 - 3:39pm - Posted by: mindbutt

To clear up an issue with the article, the clerk did not willingly step aside. The clerk was illegally removed by the Mayor. Many believe he did this to stop the recall effort. I speak daily with a lot of people in that town and that move has really backfired on him. There are so many more people now that want that Mayor out of there.

He is really going to have a tough time being re-elected. A lot of people are afraid of him, but that doesn't mean that they will vote for him again. He has really created quite a mess.
It's so sad. The town was a really nice small town and then Mayor and Commissioner ruined it.

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Sun, 08/30/2009 - 6:17pm - Posted by: Me

MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SIGNATURES, DO NOT GO BY THE CITY CLERKS INFORMATION????

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Sun, 08/30/2009 - 7:21am - Posted by: WhiskeyTango

Why does West Wilwood even exist as a political subdivision? New Jersey has the most innefficient goverrnment system I can imagine. That is what leads to the corruption and infighting.

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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 11:50am - Posted by: pisar369

WEST WILDWOODS BALDINI SOUNDS LIKE WILDWOODS CHRIS WOODS. WORD OF ADVICE ,,, CHECK FOR VOTER FRAUD, AND LOOKOUT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS., IF W,W IS ANYTHING LIKE WILDWOOD . ITS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.START WITH CORRUPTION, THATS ALWAYS A GOOD LEAD. AND HOLD ONTO THE BAR.



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