Cape May County Times, 9 May 1924 IIIF issue link — Page 12

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Advocates Council Form of Government

(Communicated)

To the Editor of the Ctpe

May Counij Times:

"Why OcuncllmaBleCkrvenunent

you aak editorially ub a reoen* iuue of your payer. That's a fair question and calls foi au answer. When 10S citirens of Sea lale CUT are ao disaaUsfled with their form of government that they sign a petition o iling tor an rtstitliin to change it, evidently there is "eomethlng rotten in Denmaifc." The people will put up with many Ills t^tfore they resort to so drastic a remedy as proposing a ~'“-

plete change In the form of «w meet. Things are in such a that they tre hopeless of relief 1 the present goversment and want a less autocratic role. Dissatisfaction with the Cos sion form of governmset as It _

ates in Sea Isle City la net a thlag of sudden growth. It has hssn developing for a considerable length of Ume. This tom may have seemed an imt an the old representative state that are . ea It years age. hut experience is the heat

system ol government." Would not the more general representation and the closer touch of seven conn-1 j| r , oilmen with the community be likely

to lessen mistake, rather than to- «. e'ease those of a three-maa govern- months to Oearwater. rm, ment where two make a majority and j turned to thsfr

it is only necessary to hare a

agreement to put things atrota. irtty

You try to make it appear that;

Commission Government la the moatl n

popular and suooeetful form of nicipal govern tent to the Stale of

iey. I hope you will pardon differ with you na to that.

You say that practically every Urge city to the State has adopted this

form. A. majority of the

City have had their til of it Aa it la now. three men are i two Of whom uan arbitrarily «

th- legislative, executive and ial power of governing this cm ity tor a term of four yearn

rule autocratically, «a they have a

right to do under the Walsh Act

rceantative

Ooencilmea oat* year tf they nre not with their repneenUUves' '/hey do not have to put up

L In the trst year of Cow slon role about wasi in excess of the total expendll In the last year of OouncUmaelc Oov-

rith what we bad with re government. taxpayers will drew thrfr own

i of Sse Ms who will give thstr time tm servtag the nnsnmenlfy as oounrilmea at no aaJery. or a ■■all salary, and *1 vs aa good. If net

aay «•“» the prepoueats of toth the

and the proposed tom eet are entitled to

Toe put the dtiaaery of Baa Me

City at o lew es*»-jats ter that the arm wh< may cheese as thetr i (Councilman) scald 4

r resort to graft t service for tV. if Bsa Me CMy

s to he charge "all the truf-

Tou-admit that the Oty <

"The pusstkai is whether the mistakaa of three srswld not beeomi

are tote* •t la ghdag Ban Mr Cltv eOciat

Pttoe Of the vleea of one who Is a 1NSE TO THE FTCTTTfOW.

City. N. J.

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Plastering

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LET ME REPAIR YOUR SHOES LEAVE TOOK WORN PTEWTEE-S CTO— NT31 iY OE SAT —__ GET THEM BACK IN DAYS WITH ALL THH “

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