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Politics & Government

Save Your Rown Rally and Petition Signature Gathering

South Jersey Citizens and Rock the Vote are holding a Rally and signature gathering session in support of the Pay to Play Reform ordinance.

Pay to Play is the legal practice where council members or the mayor receive large campaign contributions from vendors and individuals and in return give them lucrative no-bid contracts and appointments to paid positions within the town.

South Jersey Citizens is collecting signatures to enact an ordinance that will stop this practice.  To date, council has refused to post this for a vote and are stalling.  This is because since January 2010, they have raised over $150k from connected firms and individuals.

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Please stop by between 10 and 1 in support of this and to add your name to the petition.  If you are unsure if you want to support this, you can come by to hear about this practice and get more details about the donations and links to Gloucester Township.

It is time the people sent a message to our elected officials that Gloucester Township is no longer for sale!

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