Enough with the mud

This has gotten a bit too stereotypical — trading half-truths and ugly barbs, a seemingly desperate candidate, another staying above the fray but relying on his running mates to take the battle to his opponents and a venal outside group lobbing bombs from outside the playing field.

Voters need to remember the issues in this year’s campaign in the 14th legislative district:

1. Property taxes and tax reform
2. The governor’s monetization program
2. Ethics in government
3. The environment
4. Civil unions and same-sex marriage
5. Affordable housing
6. Infrastructure

This election is not supposed to be about the mud. When you go into the voting booth next week, remember that.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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