Catherine LaRocca, Gemini Drive
I was very disappointed and quite frankly shocked to learn in the Oct. 3 Meet the Candidates section of the Hillsborough Beacon that one of the Democrat candidates for Township Committee, Manuel Foranoce, is being backed by a union outside of Hillsborough, the Teamster’s Union, for a seat on our Township Committee.
Why on earth would an outside union come into Hillsborough, hand-pick a candidate, then throw its weight behind that person? What is the hidden agenda being pursued here? In fact, Mr. Foranoce said, “When you have the Teamsters behind you, it’s a big deal.”
The question for Mr. Foranoce is, “it’s a big deal to who, and why?”
Let’s not let our local government be hijacked by powerful outside interests that can only mean one thing for us taxpayers higher property taxes, conflicts of interest, and special interest deal-making.

