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Herald & Lantern 14 October 81

Holding Office Is Part of His Life (From Page 21) You know, mdustries are not eoay to come by, In.the first place, we have some nice industris we don’t want any large industries; they’re all small industries We work Kveryday we hive new prospects And a lot of them want a lot of what things we can’t give to them We just can t give them frCe taxes, because it's against the law to do that . Which other utateiWp. right? t'ATANOSO. A lot of states do The Souther states have a lot more to offer than we have But in spite of it. we. do get it as often as we can . We |ust bui" a new building at the airport. Building No. h which we r „oing to have a grand opening on the 20th of thbi*month, and we have a lot of letters out now asking different industries to come down and look at them. I thinkwe already moved psfrt of the building to one industry And just as soon as they comedown and see what we have .td offer them I think a lot of them will come down. We have the right climate. We have the right area for them. Hiit it s not easy to entice business, because a lot of them want so much from you And we just can’t do it. The coun ty couldn't afford.i’t What would.stop a business if we built, say. a $5 million building for them and they came in there'snd after a year or so decided, well, they didn’t like this area anymore, or they have union problems, what any we going to do with the building if they move out? Right tfcw. we re working on about six different small mdusthes that will hire anywhere from 25 to 100 people. And/l^te I say. we re working on them everyday... Afra we have a labor problem here sometimes that.we can t meet with You know, because the people in our area have a tendency that they like to work in the summertime. then in the wintertime, they like to take it easy. • You iqy we don't want any large tndustry. Why is that' . . J • ( ATANOSO. Well, we don’f want any air pollution. And, like yoJhay. we don't want the- place to be too overcrow'deo And, large industry tends to bring certain elements down that just doesn’t-fit this area. • Final question Any fihal comments? ( ATANOSO: l enjoy being a freeholder for iByearsand . I enjoy being a rrlayor for 23 years. Like, I said, it’s part of my life It’s just not easy f6 shake off; like-1 often said, well. I /eel like I want to retire But I’ll worlrif.t’tfri elected, and I’ll work juat as hard as I have in thHpast I feel I have done a good job And I’ll still accept the public like I have in the past, and I’ll still treat them &s good as I have in the past And, I feel as long as I^h physically able to do it, then I II continue.on doing it. * But 1 enjoy my work. very, very much, and it’s good work to'get up in the morning and feel that you can go to the office and you can work with somebody and dd something for somebody or work for the people

The Freeholder Race Issues of Health Are His Concern

(From Page 21)

They used the best technology available to test the ground water They tested for as many pesticides as possible. They tes|ed for heavy metal. And their final conclusion was that they couldn’t find anything in our groundwater supply-in that particular area where they had the-cluster of birth defects—to indicate that we had a problem. •As an aside, d lot of the stuff that came out of those hearings and edneern was the fact that there wasn't sufficient record keeping. THORNTON: (enthusiastically) Oh, you know that’s a good 1 point. TOiat’s really a good point. In fact, the legislature had passed a law, I think in 1976 but I’m not sure of the date, directing the (State) Dept, of Health to keep adequate records on birth defects and dysfunction. Interestingly -enough, they (State Health Dept.) ^never complied with the law. And no one knewthat, or it wasn't, brought to anyone’s attention, until we had a problem here in Cape May County... And that started a big-problem in the state. In fact, the state took immediate action. So nqw they've changed their reporting procedures, they have new computer programs in order to start-complying with the law. I think, it was (all) because of our problem here. • We take ft then, (/acetidusly) that Jerry Thornton is not drinking boltled water. THORNTON: No, in fact I’m drinking water right out of my well. And .I'm concerned about suspended iron in my water (chuckle) just like everybody else,..! drink the water every day, and sometimes it’s a little—you know, rust comes out... •Are you satisfied that part timejreeholders can-ade-quately perform their administrative duties in a growing county, or most we look to the day'wfTen Cape May County will haYe a county administrator^ And juit how much time on the average do you devote to co'unTy business? THORNTON: I think right now, part time freeholders are adequate. And I think only from th| sense of the members that are presently on the Board d|Freeholders. And I only want to speak for myself. '— I'm able to stay in contact with the countyjoffices all day long. In fact, I make it a point when I'm performing own job that I call in two or three times a day to the cr** offied. So I'm always available. And all the Freeholders are also. We’re fortunate in that sense... I would think that because of the complexity of Cape May County—I think we’re all right right now. I think we have department heads that are able to handle the job. handle the position. They certainly are able to carry out the administrative policy that’s set and the direction that's set by the Board of Freeholders. I would think sometime down the road—I’m not sure now that we could justify a salary of somewhere between $35,000 and $40,000, which we’d have to do for a county administrator... I think sometime down the road we may have to address that. I don’t know exactly when •And about how much time do you demote... THORNTON: I kept track of it there for awhile. I’m

spending now between 25 and 30 hours a week on county business. There are many nights when I sit in my office here at home and spend four hours just oh county correspondence, reading information and responding to petv pie that I zip by the (Freeholder) office and I'pick up on' . my desk and I bring home. So, I'm doing between 25 and at least 30 hours a week on county business. •What has been your biggest accomplishment as 0 freeholder, and your biggest regret? THORNTON: (Pause). It would be difficult to say. H’s hard because we’re all five members and we'all work together. I would think that one of the things that as a Board that I'm most proud of—and I want to emphasize that because we alj mostly work together on major pro- . jects—I think the South J[ersgy Cape Diagnostic Program for the handicapped and retarded, building that structure ' was certainly an accomplishment. I think the Special Services School District for the handicapped and retarded children that we’re presently building in Crest Haven is certainly an accomplishment of the entire Board. I worked on that program. I was the instigator some years ago when I first.came on the Board, of asking George Bailey, the principal, and the other associate agencies that dealt with handicapped and retarded children and people to do a needs assessment of what we heteded.in the county. Out of t^pt. needs assessment, is how we carfie about with the new school for the Special School District. I don’t think it’s necessarily a personal accomplishment as much^s it is a Board pccomplishment... ** My pet project, of course is the Veterans' Cemetery. I think that is ah accomplishment that (nbt only) I worked on but many others— • ’ •Any major regrets stand out; anything you or the , Board weren't able to accomplish? THORNTON: I thihk maybe onC of my major disappointments was not being able to completely oppose the Pinelands Legislation, the Pinelands Commission. I opposed that for a number of reasons and I was stymied at every turn; I was frustrated at every turn. I think that was probably onf'of the disoppointments of my tenure, ks far as being in ofiiceand being in opposition to something and certainly not wiBhing. • Final question: Any final comments? • THORNTON: The past five years that I’ve spent in of- f fice have been the most interesting, the most productive period in my life. I feel very secure jn wftat I’m doing. I’Ve tried to be responsive to the public. I hope we made decisions that were in the public interest—doing the greatest good for the largest number of people. I’v6 made some decisions that I’ve had to make realistically ; maybe not in my heart did I want to make those decisions, but realistically they had to be made because they were tough decisions. It’s not an easy job: It’s frustrating. But overall it’s very rewarding, and I’m happy to be there. Very happy that the people have honored me with placing me there for the last five years.

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