Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Dec 27, 2007 11:47:09 GMT -5
I had attended a number of freeholder meetings this year, and after seeing Freeholder Little in action, she Will be a lose to this governing body. A very smart woman, who showed conviction and passion for all constituents! The residents of Highlands will be lucky to have her as their Mayor.
After reading this article, and pondering Directors Barhams political challenges and allegations these last two years, I wonder if.... Oxley for Freeholder '08?
www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712270317
Terms of freeholder, sheriff due to expire
REGION — Anna C. Little had the shortest tenure in recent history of anyone who has served on the Monmouth County freeholder board.
But there was enough time for Little to speak out for controls on the county's legal spending and she was the first member of the board this year to call for term limits for the elected leaders of county government � an idea that did not advance � while also saying board members should not hold the position of board director for more than two years. That idea was embraced and led to new rules.
The terms of Little and county Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley expire this week. Both are Republicans who did not run in the November county election.
Little, however, did win the election for mayor of Highlands, where she had previously served on the Borough Council. Oxley has not announced what his plans are for the New Year.
Their replacements � Democrat Freeholder-elect John D'Amico Jr. and Republican Sheriff-elect Kimberly Guadagno � will be sworn into service Jan. 3 at the county's annual organization meeting that starts at at 4 p.m. at the Monmouth County Police Academy, 2000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township.
For more information on the meeting, call the board clerk's office at (732) 431-7387 or visit www.visitmonmouth.com on the Web.
Little became a freeholder in February 2006 as a replacement for Amy Handlin, who left the board after winning election to the state Assembly. Little also was elected in November 2006 to the final year of the unexpired term, but GOP party leaders did not support her candidacy in 2007.
Little's 22 months on the board is the shortest stay of any freeholder since at least the 1980s, according to board records.
But, Little said, "I have focused on doing the work of the people. I voted against the reappointment of County Counsel Malcolm Carton (because of high county legal bills) and I've been calling for reduced spending and working toward a flat budget and promoting transparency and ethical reforms."
Oxley had been expected to seek re-election to a fifth three-year term as sheriff until surprising Republican Party leaders in March when he announced he was bowing out.
Oxley has been the chief administrator of the law enforcement agency that has a $57 million budget and 735 employees.
In one misstep this year, a United Nations inspector's visit to the Monmouth County jail � which is run by the Sheriff's Department � failed to take place as scheduled. Oxley's office said Jorge Bustamante of the U.N. Human Rights Council wouldn't agree to meet with jail administrators beforehand or allow jail personnel to videotape his visit with detainees. Bustamante said he never was informed of any pre-conditions before being told the tour was canceled.
Oxley is recent president of the American Jail Association and was honored with the National Sheriffs' Association Sheriff of the Year award in 2006. He served as an assistant prosecutor in the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and as Middletown's mayor in 1994 and was elected as sheriff in 1996.
After reading this article, and pondering Directors Barhams political challenges and allegations these last two years, I wonder if.... Oxley for Freeholder '08?
www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712270317
Terms of freeholder, sheriff due to expire
REGION — Anna C. Little had the shortest tenure in recent history of anyone who has served on the Monmouth County freeholder board.
But there was enough time for Little to speak out for controls on the county's legal spending and she was the first member of the board this year to call for term limits for the elected leaders of county government � an idea that did not advance � while also saying board members should not hold the position of board director for more than two years. That idea was embraced and led to new rules.
The terms of Little and county Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley expire this week. Both are Republicans who did not run in the November county election.
Little, however, did win the election for mayor of Highlands, where she had previously served on the Borough Council. Oxley has not announced what his plans are for the New Year.
Their replacements � Democrat Freeholder-elect John D'Amico Jr. and Republican Sheriff-elect Kimberly Guadagno � will be sworn into service Jan. 3 at the county's annual organization meeting that starts at at 4 p.m. at the Monmouth County Police Academy, 2000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township.
For more information on the meeting, call the board clerk's office at (732) 431-7387 or visit www.visitmonmouth.com on the Web.
Little became a freeholder in February 2006 as a replacement for Amy Handlin, who left the board after winning election to the state Assembly. Little also was elected in November 2006 to the final year of the unexpired term, but GOP party leaders did not support her candidacy in 2007.
Little's 22 months on the board is the shortest stay of any freeholder since at least the 1980s, according to board records.
But, Little said, "I have focused on doing the work of the people. I voted against the reappointment of County Counsel Malcolm Carton (because of high county legal bills) and I've been calling for reduced spending and working toward a flat budget and promoting transparency and ethical reforms."
Oxley had been expected to seek re-election to a fifth three-year term as sheriff until surprising Republican Party leaders in March when he announced he was bowing out.
Oxley has been the chief administrator of the law enforcement agency that has a $57 million budget and 735 employees.
In one misstep this year, a United Nations inspector's visit to the Monmouth County jail � which is run by the Sheriff's Department � failed to take place as scheduled. Oxley's office said Jorge Bustamante of the U.N. Human Rights Council wouldn't agree to meet with jail administrators beforehand or allow jail personnel to videotape his visit with detainees. Bustamante said he never was informed of any pre-conditions before being told the tour was canceled.
Oxley is recent president of the American Jail Association and was honored with the National Sheriffs' Association Sheriff of the Year award in 2006. He served as an assistant prosecutor in the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and as Middletown's mayor in 1994 and was elected as sheriff in 1996.