Have you watched the 2013 organizational meeting of Voorhees Township Committee on cable or on the township website?
Do the terms “arrogance” and “hypocrite” seem proper to apply to the actions shown there by two of our elected officials in that meeting?
Mario DiNatale in his swearing-in as a member of committee could not even wait until he was appointed to the position of deputy mayor before he attempted to swear himself into a position he had not yet been appointed to.
Then in his rambling speech, DiNatale injected his personal politics into a township meeting directly and with specific names.
One would think that DiNatale could have been thanking the residents of Voorhees for honoring him with the committee position, but instead he chose to lavish praise upon his personal political club.
DiNatale then followed by making the claim that he is the one who watches every dollar committee spends to prevent waste!
Committeeperson DiNatale indeed appeared arrogant and hypocritical when later he went into a bullying tirade verbally attacking Committeeperson Michel Friedman’s clearly stated position on appointing qualified professionals who actually would charge taxpayers less than the ones DiNatale approved.
Friedman is certainly the only one who actually is watching, pointing out specifics, and voting against wasteful spending by those who control our local government. DiNatale appears to have a personal control problem with that!
Next, Mayor Mike Mignogna publicly admitted appointing only professionals and residents to positions within our local government not based upon their ability or providing lower fees, but rather (in the mayor’s words) just ‘people I know.’
Those Mignogna blessed friends such as our township solicitor and bond council demand and charge higher fees than other fully qualified professionals who have offered but not been appointed.
So where is the eagle-eyed waste-watcher DiNatale who claims that he’s watching out for Voorhees taxpayers and stopping over-spending?
Arrogant and hypocritical fully describe the words and actions of DiNatale and Mignogna wasting your taxes on overcharging professionals.
You can see for yourself by watching the Jan. 2 cablecast or the video posted at www.VoorheesNJ.com of Voorhees Township Committee organization meeting.
Finally, our township administrator should make public all documents that were submitted by potential professionals as to their qualifications and the fees for their services that they proposed for their 2013 appointments.
Ron Richards
