Mercer County Community College had a fund raising for their flight team last weekend. I took the opportunity for Kailtyn and Ellie to have a flight in a Cessna 172. The river out of Kaitlyn's window is the Delaware River. We crossed it and went into Pennsylvania and then headed back.
Here is a very short clip of the Ron Paul for President 2008 booth at the Ewing Township Community Festival. The kids really enjoyed the festival and there were lots of free activities. We registered Republican voters who wanted to support Ron Paul and handed out about 175 brochures. The reception to Ron Paul's message of freedom was overwhelmingly positive.
I have had a few people express interest in the Ewing Township Liberty Club. I will host the first meeting on Wednesday, October 17th at 7pm. If you are interested, you can rsvp and get a map to the meeting location on our meetup.com site.
If we cannot convince our current representatives that Ewing's taxes are already high enough and that they need to reduce spending and debt, we have the duty to replace them. The future of our town is at stake. We cannot burden our children with the debt of our generation. I think "Recall Them All" would look good on a sign ;), but three council members are up for reelection next year, so maybe we can wait.
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
