Opinion: Angry Is Easy, Governing Is Hard

I have been watching the local races closely this season. There are tight races in towns all across our area, but it is Lakewood and Jackson I have been following most of all.

And the more I have watched, the more I keep coming back to one thought that every voter in our two towns should carry into the voting booth: experience is not a dirty word. For Lakewood and Jackson, it is the whole ballgame.

Every election cycle we hear the same slogan. “Fresh blood.” It sounds exciting. It sounds like change. But let us be honest with ourselves about what fresh blood actually means when it comes to running Lakewood, a township of nearly 150,000 people, or Jackson, one of the fastest-growing towns in Ocean County. It means people who have never sat across the table from the decision-makers in Trenton or Washington. It means people with no relationships, no track record, and no one who answers when they call.

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