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Our Readers Write Do We Need To The Editor: The M.U.A is in trouble again with the Landfill site. The top man now says they have no place to go. He would have known the Indian Trail Dump would reach capacity if he had done his homework regarding the total tonnage of trpsh in the county As of this writing he still can't tell you the total yards of rubbish in the county He says the Woodbine Landfill will be operating in January (he hopes) because further litigations are pending and that will cause more delays. I They would rather spehd taxpayers money on lawyers, instead of buying the peoples properties who are involved arid as they were directed to do by an Administrative Law Judge's decision. Again the Freeholders bear some of this responsibility by not speaking out on this matter. At a Lower Township meeting on Oct. 5. (Candidates Night) William E. Sturm said the M.U.A. is an autonomous body and the Freeholders have no say, yet all members of M.U.A. are appointed by them. Who are we kidding? If this is true, then it is time to change autonomous bodies (we have quite a few in the county government). Also if the Freeholders don’t have any say, then why do we need them? There are a few dumps in the county that could be used. But the townships should operate them and any fees collected should remain in said townships until such time Tough on Drugs To The Editor: Congressman William J Hughes is to be commended for taking a '‘tough” stand on illegal drug distribution in this country by sponsoring bi-partisan legislation to create a Cabinet-level Director to oversee and coordinate federal drug enforcement efforts In his bill, H.R. 3664, Congressman Hughes is proposing that a "Drug Czar" be appointed by the President. This bill was passed by the House subcommittee on Crime, a committee which Hughes chairs. Because of his concern to control government spending, Hughes wrote the legislation so the President may appoint the Vice President to oversee and coordinate federal drug enforcement in the United States. Many of our young people are being stalked by drug pushers and given drugs which enter this country illegally. If the President signs Congressman Hughes’ bill, we will go a long way to reduce crime and save our young children from this poison which is threatening the very foundation of our country — our children. JIM ALEXIS Cape May Court House (ED. NOTE: Alexis is the Democratic candidate for Middle^fwaship Committee.)

opinion •• r> V ' ; Freeholders? when a county landfill is in operation. These dumps have been in operation without any problems and don’t need any outsiders to tell us how to run them. I despise the word waiver, but one could he granted by the D.E.P. if this crisis exists — this whole M.U.A. is a crisis. ELMER DOYLE Eldora

Trying to Lie?

To The Editor: . I am distressed to see that Mrs. Pat Peterson is at it again. With the election just around the corner, I would like to remind the voters of Middle Township of Mrs. Peterson's apparent inability to tell the truth. This past Spring, Mrs. Peterson challenged my right to vote in Middle Township. Although she was well aware that I live year round in Middle Township (among other things, I am chairperson of the Middle Township Housing Authority), she went to the Board of Elections and attempted to have me removed from the voting rolls. While this attack on my fundamental constitutional rights was outrageous enough, she then had the temerity to lie about her actions in public. She denied to the public she had taken this action, even though the Board of Elections immediately confirmed that her statements were untrue. NOW SHE HAS lied again, and worse, she has encouraged someone else to lie. By her own public admission, she instructed an applicant for a township job to lie on his application. The young man had had a previous criminal record, but Mrs. Peterson instructed him to omit that information on his application. The boy did so and explained, rather logically, that he was afraid he would not get the job if he admitted he had a criminal record. The question becomes, why did Mrs. Peterson instruct the boy to lie? Who was she trying to deceive? Obviously, she was trying to lie to the people of Middle Township. Doesn’t the truth have any meaning for Mrs. Peterson? How many other lies has she told to the people of Middle Township during her term in office? Mrs. Peterson has presented herself to the public as ‘‘The Voice of the People.” What good is a Voice if it does not tell the Truth? Bernice Phillips Cape May Court House

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Herald & Lantern 26 October '83

According To This Poll. The Voters All Agree Wrth Him On Every Single Issue Unfortunately They All Seem To Hate His Guts.”

Free Clinic?

To The Editor: I am a Registered Nurse who lives in the Burleigh section of Middle Township. You carried a recent article by Jim Alexis, whereby be proposed a Free Blood Pressure Clinic in Middle Township. Jmust say that I was pleased to see such a proposal from a candidate for public office. Because I feel such a program is needed in Middle Township I believe that Alexis’ proposal to staff the Blood Pressure Clinic with community volunteers is a practical way to initiate such a clinic. As a Registered Nurse, I am going to offer my services to Alexis in the hope that other medical people will donate their time. In addition to Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) would also be qualified to staff the clinic. An EMT must take a blood pressure reading everytime they go on an ambulance run. Ihis clinic*can be a good thing for Middle Township as our citizens (of all ages) may continue to strive for practical, inexpensive health care in their everyday lives. ROXANNE DUNKELBERGER Burleigh

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Down With Kaiser To The Editor: It is most interesting to note how Jim Alexis in his drive to unseat Pat Peterson is advocating and protesting all kinds of activities, both political and environmental. Little .does he realize that once he gets in office (Zeus forbid) all his campaign rhetoric and posturing will have little or any effect on the way things are handled. Perhaps he would fare just as well at the polls if he backed motherhood and the Boy Scouts, and thundered, "Down with the Kaiser.”

William J. Lowe Cape May Court House

Its Problems Can Be Solved An Opportunity for Strathmere

By JOE ZELNIK I have decided to buy Strathmere. This is a bonafide offer to the Upper Township Committee, which offered Strathmefre to Sea Isle City for free, to pay them $1 for the seashore community I will take over Strathmere solely for humanitarian reasons. My only concern is for its several dozen yearround residents. Imagine what it would be like for them, if they were annexed by Sea Isle, to give directions to a stranger: “I’ll be in the Dominic C. Raffa Bay Room of the Dominic C. Raffa Deauville Inn. Just come down the Dominic C. Raffa highway, past the Dominic C. Raffa Restaurant and Dominic C. Raffa Motel, and take a left at the intersection just after the Dominic C. Raffa Fireball and the Dominic C. Raffa Mobil Service Station." Who could put up with that? MY OFFER to Upper Township has a few technical strings, but nothing that can’t be ironed out by any $100-an-hour Court House lawyer. Most important, I would buy Strathmere at low tide. At high tide, it would revert to Upper Township. Back and forth. As for three frequently-mentioned problems — police, schools and water — they are easily solved. Instead of having state police drive through once every 17 days, whether they’re needed or not, I’ll assign two Doberman pinschers, one at each end of town. (These dogs will be fed a special diet so they will not shed, thus avoiding the crisis that has polarized Cape May police because their K-9~dog left hair in a patrol car.) SCHOOL ATTENDANCE can "be eliminated by Biscouraging child-bearing. Couples that insist on having children will be required to educate them at home. To prevent regression, none will be allowed to watch the ll p.m. news on Channel 40 The Aramong Water Co. will be closed and water replaced by champagne or St Pauli Girl beer, for which I have negotiated wholesale prices of $2 and $1 a bottle, respectively This is certain to improve the morale of residents

These water-substitutes will be provided by local government and paid for from several new revenueproducing measures: Fifty-cents-an-bour, round-the-clock parking meters will be installed throughout the community. Ten-dollars-a-day beach tags will be sold, 52 weeks out of the year. (Beach tags will not be needed west of Ocean Drive on the days the beach turns out to be there.) BANNER PLANES will be charged $100 a run for flying over Strathmere’s beaches. Emulating the Prudential Co.’s “get a piece of the rock” slogan, tiny portions of Ocean Drive will be sold to persons all over the world who would like, but can t afford, beachfront property. (As the road breaks up, they could actually receive tiny hunks of concrete.) Other money-making proposals are less certain, but quite possible: Several gambling czars want to build a casino overlooking Corson’s Inlet. In addition to the usual games of chance, a special “daily number” will be linked to the number of gulls lighting on the sandbar in the inlet. TOE U.S. NAVY has expressed interest in placing a base in Strathmere. Submarine, of course. Advertising billboards will be placed along Ocean Highway. County Republicans have already signed a contract for next fall. A Strathmere exit on the Garden State Parkway seems assured. In these final days before the elecfion. every local politician on the ballot has pledged his support. The Phillies are considering spring training on Whale Beach The theory is that batting against the wind would be good practice. A small convention hall and arcade seem likely. Leases have already been negotiated for a George machine, a teeshirt shop, an outlet for clam shell ashtrays, and a record store featuring Dick AUiger’s “Smile, You’re in Sea Isle City." All this can be accomplished on a mere $50,000 annual budget : $1,000 to feed the Dobermans and $49,000 for my salary as mayor. That’s only for low tide, remember. At high tide, I’ll serve for free. .