Republican Candidate

(From Page 17) . government.’' she asserted ASKED WHETMKK she helieves the county clerk should have to run for office every five years or eventually, like municipal clerks, become tenured, the incumbent supported the existing elec tioS’requirement 100 percent • By looking at it from the taxpayers point of view. I think the county clerk should lie elected I would like to see more people elected,” she added "My theory is that the more elected people you have, the more responsible they are to the taxpayers. ■■ But while acknowledging that her office is political, since it is an elected posftioq, the clerk stressed that over the years she's held her position the freeholders have “never'' interfered in

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A Burning Question - (From Page 1) , devastating Wildwood fire . SOME 4H HOURS after the*firc was started a special investigative unit found evidence of arson in the form of flammable liquids The team included Pierce, four fire and police specialists, the State Police and investigators from Ocean Cify. •A decade ago a fire wouldn't have been looked at except by the local fire department. ' Matthews said. "Now every fire is studied closply in thdfcounty and we have had many arrests and many convictions. Lower Township, feels the tough sentences are serving as deterrents. Four years ago. he recalls, two young men Were given comparalively light sentences for setting 13' fires in Cape May County. Today, he believes, the courts.are getting tougher The defendant who set fire to the Wildwood Boardwalk in 1979 got seven years in

prison .

Pierce is optimistic he and the other in vestigators wjll soon solve the latest Wildwood arson, believed to have been a coverup for a burglary While Pierce has had a highly successful solution record, he's still looking for the culprit or culprits who set fire to the 76 House Dinner Theater

a few years ago.

'I haven’t given up." he said. "I'd surrender two months-of my salary to solve

■ thgtone."

-There are numerous reasons for arson.

. "Of course they must approve my budget, but I am my own appointing authority (fire and hire own employees)." Pulvino asserted? "They (freeholders) have never said to me we want you to hire or fire So-and-so. I personally would never stand for that. If I'm going to run for this office. I'm go'*\ing to run it. I'm not going to have so\neone else te|l me what to do " / Continuing. Mrs. Pulvino strongly emphasized that she believes her abilities as clerk have been tremendously improved by her involvement in numeroas professional state and court

associations

Among other valuable information she says she acquires through her participation in associations is that pertaining to new state and federal

legislation.

Pierce said, and the leading motives are collecting insurance and coveridg up crimes. 1 "Mosr people who get caught are not criminals per se." Pierce said. "They get sloppy and that’s how they get caught They have Just as many reasons as you can think of including vendettas." AUTHORITIES. JOINING with insurance investigators, are especially effective in catching people who set fire to their houses for insurance purposes. New immunity legislation has helped their efforts Once the slightest suspicion arises. ' insurance companies won’t pay one cent until they definitely ascertain what caused

the fire.

Meanwhile, the county’s Chamber of Commerce has set up a hotline for people with valuable arson information. The phone number is 465-7181 and a reward up to $1,000 is given if the information is

valuable

"We look at arson as a crime as serious as anything else,” Cheif Matthews said. "Not onlu docs the arsonist destroy millions of dollars worth of property, he jeopardizes the life of the firemen and the people who live in the neighborhood. In the Wildwood fire there were people who lived above the stores in the building that was destroyed. They could easily have burned to death."

— Democratic Candidate

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(From Page 17) needs of others . . . I consider myself one who tries to learn from other people," he said "I don’t profess to know everything, and I think that's important as far as leadership is concerned. You always have to keep your eyes and ears open to . what people on your staff can offer. Pointing to his Republican opponent — inctimbent Angela Pulvino — Rosenb|rg expressed concern that once an offioal has been in office too many -years ‘•there - !; a tendency toward stagnation and routine." Pulvino. he noted, is 1 seeking her third five-year term. "I THINK BEING in office the number of years she has. a change is needed," the candidate charged adding that he would be able to bring to the clerk’s position "new ideas" and "new energy." > Rosenberg also noted that the incumbent is involved in a number of organizations and civic activities. "I don’t know if thatVs good or not," he said. "I think you can get spread too thin as far as that's concerned ... I like to be involved with one, two, or three things and do them well, rather than being spread out. I’d like to concentrate

just on the job (clerk’s position) itself.” Rosenberg indicated he is "interested in service and innovation." "I don't know if they’re necessarily issues, but they’re the two major reasons I’m running,”.he said.The candidate asserted that he adheres to the ideals of the Democratic Party. ‘'As far as my perception of a Democrat, it’s one who is a people person,” hfe said. "I believe I’m a people person and that’s how I try to conduct mySelf as a Democrat - a peple person in a people's party. "I think two party representatidn issomething that's tremendously needed on the qpunty level," he said, stressing that the lack of Democrat representation negatively affects the quality of individuals working in county jobs. "I think in Cape May County if you apply for a job there’s a-fear... If you’re a Republican, everything's OK. You have as good a shot as anyone else that’s Republican. But if you’re Democrat, you’re kind of leery There’s a fear of applying for that type of job, whatever level, whether it be in the Clerk’s office, recreation department, police departmertt, or

whatever."

News. Digest

(From Page 1) Saunders' hearing will be held. Saunders faces 18 departmental charges resulting from his being it) an alleged Wildwood speakeasy when it was raided by State Police and ABC agents. He contends he was in Swifty’s Seafood only to get a fish sandwich. Gran^ Prix to Shift CAPE MAY -The Grand Prix race under consideration for the city of Cape May has runout of gas. After city residents and organizations registered their protests, the sponsors decided to look elsewhere for a municipality that would welcome the event. Meanwhile, trackless trolleys, which do not race

through the streets of Cape May. apparently will be back next year after making their debut this summer. Cape Coach, Inc., successful applicant for running the service this year, has indicated it will try again in 1983. 5 Nabbed WILDWOOD—Three juveniles and two adults have been arrested for alleged involvement in the rape-robbery of a woman from Delaware here on July 5. Charged with the juveniles, whose names were withheld by police, were Undra Lamar Altman, 18,. of West Garfield Ave., and Frank Lee Anderson, 19, of Commissioners Court. A ring one of the accused was wearing when arrested on unrelated drug charges the day after the offense was identified by the rape victim as the ring stolen during the assault, police said.

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