Thank You Freehold Borough.

[dfx]

I would like to thank everyone for coming out yesterday and making your voices heard. As I've stated countless times before, public participation is crucial to this process and yesterday's voter turnout was a 27-year high - with approximately 24 percent of registered voters in Monmouth County alone. And while this year's super-charged atmosphere was somewhat different (in terms of political overtones), the fact that people took a more active role in their community is a true testament to the strength of our democracy.

On a personal level, I'd like to thank everyone for providing me with an opportunity to serve on the school board for the next 12 months. I appreciate so many people vindicating my actions over the last 8 months and I will continue to support the district's high educational standards while remaining mindful of all taxpayer investments. Additionally, I will keep walking the town to actively solicit community feedback so that each of you feels represented and not "omitted" from the process.


Thank you,


Dan Xavier
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PS.
I always distribute my e-mail address for a reason – please don't be shy and USE IT…

[BrianSullivan]

Dan,

Best of luck to you. I know you will work hard and certainly have some real challenges ahead. The borough BOE does do a great job. Don't believe the budget defeat is a reflection of the BOE. It is just a real bad climate for everybody.

Thank you for posting here. I know readers appreciate it. When so many elected officials are leery of using the Internet, it is refreshing to see you using places like this, FinNJ, and facebook.

I hope that you will continue to post here, if for no other reason, to bring things and information to the attention of readers. Especially the good news stuff we never hear enough about. It is unfortunate that people often only pay attention to what is around them when they are fired up over something. Getting good news out for people to pay attention to is so much harder.