Is Fred Yaede retired from his inspections job in Hamilton Township? If so why has he reportedly been walking about the Hamilton Municipal Building with such great frequency?
Is Fred Yaede on the ballot today or does a vote for Kelly get us Fred and Kelly Yaede running Hamilton Township?
The Township Public Safety Commission Ordinance is available online and plainly states its purpose as an advisory Board only to the Mayor. So why did Yaede misrepresent its purpose and attempt to pit her accusers against the police?
How in the world could Yaede vote to for the formation of
the Public Safety Advisory Commission and each of its members and then actively obstruct its meetings? Is the sense of power that corrupting?
Does Yaede in her wildest dreams believe that she is even
remotely qualified to be the Public
Safety Director of a town as large as Hamilton? Hamilton is not a farm community. It has 90,000 residents, 169 police officers
with various levels of specialized training, all of whom are trained to carry
weapons to protect and serve Hamiltonians.
What talent has Ms Yaede hidden
from us that qualifies her to manage the 169 officers and to protect and serve
us?
Why is it that we keep hearing reports of Yaede showing up at police calls and
crime scenes when a civilian Public
Safety Director is clearly prohibited from meddling at police crime scenes
or police operations?
How much did that specially outfitted SUV cost the taxpayer?
Why does Yaede have police
equipment in her SUV when it too, is clearly prohibited for civilian Public
Safety directors?
If Yaede was insistent on playing Public Safety Director shouldn’t she at least have followed the Faulkner Act and the state
statutes outlined therein and formally nominated herself, subjecting the
nomination to public comment and Council approval as is required for all
Director’s positions?
The 10 meetings of the PSAC actually brought up many serious
issues, thoughts and ideas. How could
Yaede put the safety of Policemen, Firemen and Hamiltonians at risk by ignoring
and not acting on those issues?
What is the total
number of Police vehicles that are
inoperable or non functional and why have they been hidden behind the Police Station for months if not years?
Why were the residents
of Golden Crest not notified of the wave of home invasions in their
neighborhood until well after many of the crimes had been committed?
Why was the Township
reverse 911 system not used to inform the Golden Crest residents of the
ongoing crime spree in their Neighborhood?
Why were Ms Yaede and
Chief Collins both absent from the neighborhood crime meeting held after
the home invasions in Golden Crest? Perhaps there was just a little too much heat
in the kitchen.
Why is it that Yaede disputes a gang problem in Hamilton, yet her own government applied for a
grant to fight gang related crime and the Public Safety Commission expressed
its concerns about gangs in Hamilton at 3 meetings?
When will Yaede address the rampant increase in violent crime in Hamilton, particularly the armed
robberies, assaults and 13 shootings?
Why is it so difficult for Yaede to admit that her 2013 Budget is filled with 4.5 million of
one time non repeatable revenues; or gimmicks as her opponents have called
them? Can’t she just speak and tell the
truth. The document is one that is on
the website and the budget clearly outlines the one time fixes. Stop insulting
the voters; some of us can read a budget!
When, if ever will Kelly talk about taxes in terms of her entire tenure on Council rather then the insulting
5 year repeating record? Give the folks all the facts and let them decide if
the huge tax increase in 2008 that she voted for, was necessary.
Why did Yaede promise to disclose all of her contributions when asked a donation question by
a reporter this past summer and not follow up by doing so? It leaves inquiring minds to assume that the $20k plus that was transferred
into her account was either from the 2 big illegal contributors, Birdsall or Marliese
Ljuba.
Does Yaede truly believe it is appropriate to accept a $1k contribution from a waste
company that is awarded a $13 Million dollar contract just 2 months later?
Did Ms Yaede think she could be perceived as an impartial
arbiter of the Italian American Club
development plan submitted by Sharbell when she accepted a $1,000 contribution from the developer both before and
after her decision?
If Yaede is such a beacon for ethics how could she not act
upon the sworn testimony of Marliese
Ljuba saying she gave Councilmen Kenny and Pone over $10k in cash? Ask them
to either take a polygraph or resign if they failed or refused to do so.
In the Trentonian online debate the candidates were asked
about the perceived massive capital
improvements needed in Hamilton’s schools and its infrastructure and
whether they would support school improvements. Yaede’s answer was it depends
on the curriculum. What does curriculum
have to do with crumbling old buildings and the need to keep our children safe?
Does Yaede really believe that the Morrison firm that has audited both the Town and BOE books for
years qualifies as an independent auditor? Did she really expect him to announce
his own mistakes? Independent to most of
us seems to suggest at a minimum a fresh set of eyes.
The entire Township understands that there were some
financial irregularities regarding Mayor Bencivengo and his accounts. So why
did Yaede support bringing Benci’s campaign treasurer, Rich Sereni, out of
retirement and place him back in the Township finance office?
There is a perception that most of the new businesses in Hamilton are small businesses that
will bring insufficient ratables to
offset the businesses that have closed or left town. Rather then throwing
random numbers about business openings, why did Yaede not provide documentation
of the NET business growth or reduction
and what value it will translate to in future tax revenues for the Budget?
If Ms Yaede believes in an open door government why was she unable during her 6 years on Council
and 1 year as Mayor to ever get the
Council meetings televised so residents could see their government at work?
Why does it take nearly 4
months to get Council meeting minutes up on the Township website and why
are some meeting minutes selectively missing?
Why doesn’t Ms Yaede consult with one of her 2 full-time
Township attorney’s about the application
of Township Ordinances and be reminded that her temporary executive
position does not permit her to ignore at her whim their application. Hold meetings for all approved Township Commissions!
What has Kelly Yaede
ever done? We are aware of her
finally crafted image. She loves
Hamilton, went to Nottingham HS; praises the Azalea Festival &
Septemberfest and smiles and wishes people happy birthday. But, can anyone actually articulate a single accomplishment of hers?
Has Ms. Yaede ever
had an original idea? She always seems to be riding the coat tails of
someone but never presents any original thoughts.
Does Kelly Yaede ever
speak a contemporaneous phrase or sentence? She seems to always require her
little note cards to remember anything?
If in fact Ms Yaede is under some sort of FBI Gag Order and
unable to talk to any residents, the media or respond to taxpayer concerns,
then we apologize for our expressed frustration at the silence that has pervaded when a question has been posed to her.
We believe residents
and taxpayers disserve these answers and the opportunity to hear the Mayor’s
thoughts and not those of her surrogates.!!!!
Thanks for reading.
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