Open Letter to Mayor Jack Ball

Dear Mayor Ball,

I believe your administration may have lost touch with why the voters chose you as their mayor and what role the voters wanted you to fill. Below, I will touch on a few points that you can use to guide yourself towards an electoral victory in the future while satisfying the needs of Ewing's voters.

Ewing should not be dependent on any other organization in meeting the needs of Ewing's citizens. To say we need state aid is an admission of the failure of our elected officials to manage our resources properly. Claiming that Ewing is in need of any aid is one of the
symptoms of too much spending. The solution is to reduce spending by eliminating services and departments and selling financed assets in order achieve a level of spending that we can afford.

Ewing does not need to have the debt restructured. Debt is a symptom of purchasing something that you could not afford. We need to look back at what we purchased and either sell the item we purchased or pay-off the item within the next two to four years. Our current generation loves to make bankers rich by purchasing things they cannot afford. If it's not worth saving up for, it's not worth purchasing. Government debt is the process of passing on our responsibility to pay for something to our children. We cannot let today's elected officials make decisions for the next generation. They will have their own issues to resolve with their resources. Let's not commit the next generations tax dollars to paying off our extravagances.

Following these suggestions will not be easy. A very loud minority will rise up and fill the meeting rooms whining that they want everything under the sun without paying for it any time soon. While you're eliminating departments and services, remind this loud minority that you are not eliminating their ability to seek out these services from private parties.

I hope that you agree that we need to separate our needs from our wants to restore Ewing's financial future. Following these suggestions will also avoid an oppressive tax increase. If you follow the suggestions above, history will honor you as the Mayor that saved Ewing. Thank you for your time.

Ken Bireta

Ewing Township Libertarian Club

There seems to be a lack of fiscal conservatives in elected positions in New Jersey. I have decided to see if there would be support for a group that would be interested in actually lowering taxes here in Ewing Township. I have created a website for a club and created a group on meetup.com to coordinate activities.

Whether you are a liberal, conservative, or an independent, please join the Ewing Township Libertarian Club if you would like to reduce debt, spending, and taxes. We need to separate the luxuries from the necessities in Ewing.

Official Website:
Ewing Township Libertarian Club

Interactive Meetup.com Group Site:
Ewing Township Meetup.com Group

Raise Taxes Over 50% - Mayor Jack Ball at Ewing Republican Club Meeting

At the meeting of the Ewing Republican Club, Mayor Jack Ball said the next years proposed budget would include a tax increase of over 50% and the Republicans there applauded him for the great job he's doing. I was shocked, but everyone there seemed fine with it. I guess the new breed of conservatives are not opposed to oppressive tax increases. Not one person raised the idea of cutting the budget, eliminating a service/department, or selling an asset of the city that the city could not afford (like a financed park). Imagine if we lowered the tax rate in Ewing instead of raising it. Hmm, maybe that's why Jack Ball was elected, to do something different? Well, unless we recall him, were stuck with more big government taxing and spending in Ewing, New Jersey.

Either way, I might give the Ewing Republican Club another chance. But if they are not fiscal conservatives, then I don't think I could support their candidates. Is there a difference between a Republican and a Democrat in New Jersey?