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‘Real’ S. Jersey Democrats reject liberal crusades | Letters
Gov. Phil Murphy stood on the stage following his reelection final November and acknowledged, “I hear you.” He vowed to take heed to all of New Jersey in his second time period, after a really slender victory.
Governor, we’re asking you to observe by means of in your assertion and be trustworthy.
Politics on the state and federal ranges have devolved into nonsense. With out adults within the room, the partisan preventing between Republicans and Democrats has created additional division and animosity. Now, probably the most excessive reaches of political events carry the loudest voices. That is worsened by laws that comes out of North Jersey that simply doesn’t matter in the actual world.
Really feel-good laws that goals to additional over-reaching gun management merely doesn’t matter to criminals with unlawful weapons, whereas our many South Jersey sportsmen are those who punished by it. College curriculum slipped by means of on the top of the pandemic has turn out to be nationwide information for its absurdity, and fogeys need to know what say they’ve over their baby’s schooling, well being and security.
Native and county stage elected officers are left answering for these ideological crusades that they frankly oppose. South Jersey elected officers aren’t profession politicians, they’re mates, coaches and group volunteers who need to do good, all caught answering for ridiculous laws that New Jerseyans don’t need or want.
New Jersey’s hard-working middle-class, authorized gun-owning sportsmen, cops and union laborers as soon as supported Democrats because the celebration of the frequent man. Now, the exact same individuals who make up the guts of New Jersey really feel like they’ve been left behind with no voice in governmental choices.
In Gloucester County, we’re targeted on being the voice of actual Democrats. Gloucester County and West Deptford Democrats are dedicated to frequent sense. We’ll proceed to serve our residents and guarantee their authorities works for them. Trenton and Washington ought to begin to do the identical.
Thomas H. Sullivan, Chairman, West Deptford Democrat Committee
Will authorized weed even be BYOB on Might 4?
New Jersey’s new regulation banning single-use plastic luggage mustn’t solely be rescinded, we should always ramp up manufacturing of them to allow them to be used to gather all of the face masks that residents had been pressured to put on in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic — and now adorn our roadways and parking tons.
Depart it to the Democrats to legalize marijuana and criminalize the bag that it’s packaged in.
Walt Rouh, Mantua Township
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