Tag: freeholders

  • Opinion: Freeholders are part of ‘cancel culture’

    Opinion: Freeholders are part of ‘cancel culture’

    Freeholders, elected representatives who sit on Boards of Chosen Freeholders in New Jersey counties, rapidly became an endangered species when they were targeted by the cancel culture. Until then, nobody much cared why this archaic term was perpetuated in New Jersey. The few who did discovered it to be a signpost of history and unique…

  • Burlington County immediately implements ‘commissioner’ title

    Burlington County immediately implements ‘commissioner’ title

    Burlington County Board Director Felicia Hopson announced the county has immediately started implementing a new state law requiring counties to end the use of the old title of “chosen freeholder” in favor of a new one, “county commissioner.” “Two years ago, on New Year’s Day, I proudly swore an oath to serve the residents of…