UNofficially Winslow Receives E-mail

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From: A TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE
To: UNOFFICIALLYWINSLOW@COMCAST.NET
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:03 PM
Subject: SELLING OF WATER DEPT.

JUST TO INFORM ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT THE WINSLOW TOWNSHIP WATER DEPARTMENT WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, JOE GALLAGHER, INFORMED THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT WE WILL BE BROUGHT UP FOR A NOVEMBER 2010 BALLOT VOTE TO SELL THE WATER DEPT. TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. WE ARE TOLD THAT SOME OF THE COMMITTEE PEOPLE ARE GOING AROUND TELLING TAX PAYERS THAT THEIR RATES WILL GO DOWN IF THE DEPT. IS SOLD. LET ME SET THESE PEOPLE STRAIGHT. IF NEW JERSEY AMERICAN OR AQUA BUYS THIS UTILITY, THE FIRST THING THEY WILL DO IS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE RATES WITH NO ONE IN THE TWP. HAVING ANY SAY IN THIS PROCESS. THEY ARE A BUSINESS & ARE ONLY IN THIS TO MAKE MONEY, NOTHING PERSONAL BUT THAT IS HOW THEY WORK. ALSO ABOUT 20-30 EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT TOWN HALL WHO ARE SUBSIDIZED BY THIS DEPT. WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS SINCE THE DEPT. MONIES WILL NO LONGER BE THERE TO PAY PARTS OF THERE SALARIES. THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE FOR THE SALE IS THE TWP. HAS A $3,000,000 DEFICIT TO MAKE UP THIS YEAR & DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GET THIS MONEY SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A ONE TIME QUICK FIX. HOPING MAYBE TO STASH A LITTLE MONEY AWAY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO TRY TO STAY LIQUID. WHEN THIS MONEY RUNS OUT & THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN, THE WATER DEPT. IS GONE WHAT DO THEY DO THEN? I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS TWP. NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON FROM AN INSIDE POINT OF VIEW, NOT INCLUDING THE FACT THAT 15 PEOPLE FROM THE WATER DEPT. WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS & PROBABLY AT LEAST 20 MORE AT TOWN HALL, THE TRUTH JUST NEEDS TO BE TOLD. THANK YOU,

A TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE.

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