Burlington County Organization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: RICH LEVESQUE
609-267-3432
MARCH 7, 2006

It's Finally Official: The Camden County Democrat Machine is Taking Over the Burlington County Organization

(MOUNT HOLLY, NJ) - Richard Perr is the handpicked successor to Chairman Gary Karr. This is a blatant attempt by the power brokers from Camden County to wheel their influence in the Burlington County Democrat Organization. Mr. Perr has many ties and has never denied his connection to the Democrat power brokers in Camden County.

Perr's initial foray into Burlington County was as the founder and self-proclaimed president of the bogus Burlington County Taxpayers' Association. To this day he will still insist that the BCTA is bipartisan or nonpartisan. But not even the media, which initially bought into his highly-partisan attacks, are fooled anymore. To this day, the "membership" of the BCTA remains a mystery.

“It is now obvious that what the Burlington County Republicans have been saying all along is true, Richard Perr has been a Democrat operative. The Burlington County Taxpayers’ Association was nothing more than a front to promote constantly failing Democrat policies,� said Republican Chairman Mike Warner.

Warner continued to say, “Mr. Perr doesn’t care one bit about Burlington County taxpayers, all he cares about is bringing the Camden Democrat agenda of higher taxes and overdevelopment to Burlington County. Loyal rank and file Democrats have good reason to be concerned about what Perr's Camden County philosophy will bring in the way of higher taxes especially as it relates to their local municipal races.�

Mr. Perr’s attacks on Burlington County Republicans are all the evidence needed to prove his organization exists exclusively on paper and is nothing more than a front. The record of service compiled by the Burlington County Freeholders and the Republican officeholders in the county is an outstanding one- fiscal responsibility, low taxes, open space preservation, and the best possible return to the taxpayer for the tax dollar.

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