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To the editor:
I read with interest that one of the newly announced Republican candidates for Hopewell Township Committee claims to be a fiscal conservative.
If that’s really the case, perhaps he should drop out of the race and endorse Democratic candidates Kevin Kuchinski and Michael Ruger for township committee. They are the true champions of fiscal responsibility in Hopewell Valley.
Over the past two years, Mayor Kuchinski has reined in out-of-control spending and delivered a 2017 budget that is below 2015 spending levels. The township is doing more with less, while restoring bulky waste, rebuilding our Public Works fleet after the fire, and paying down debt, so that we and our children are not held hostage to high future interest costs.
Michael Ruger, as a member of the Finance Advisory Committee, has gone through the township’s budget line by line, challenging unnecessary spending and championing debt reduction so that we can eliminate the $1.5 million plus in interest expenses that prior Republican Committees burdened us with.
Kevin Kuchinski and Michael Ruger aren’t just talking the talk on fiscal responsibility; they have taken concrete actions to cut spending and keep taxes as low as possible. And they will continue to do so if re-elected.
On November 7, please join me in supporting the true fiscal conservatives in Hopewell Township by voting for both Kevin Kuchinski and Michael Ruger, Democrats for Hopewell Township Committee.
Billie Moore
Hopewell Township
