{"id":5906,"date":"2015-08-24T05:28:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T09:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=5906"},"modified":"2015-08-24T02:32:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T06:32:20","slug":"thulen-drops-out-of-brick-boe-race-endorses-john-talty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/08\/thulen-drops-out-of-brick-boe-race-endorses-john-talty\/","title":{"rendered":"Thulen Drops Out of Brick BOE Race, Endorses John Talty"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mike<\/a>

Mike Thulen (Campaign Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Mike Thulen has dropped out of the Brick school board race and has endorsed John Talty for the seat both men were seeking.<\/p>\n

Talty is effectively running for his own seat, from which he resigned earlier this year after his recovery from open heart surgery was not progressing as quickly as planned. But after his recovery sped up in the weeks following his resignation, he sought to rescind it. Several votes to reinstate Talty resulted in a 3-3 tie, leading the county superintendent of schools to appoint Vito Gagliardi, Sr., a former state education commissioner who is a Brick resident, to the seat temporarily.<\/p>\n

Thulen, a former township council member, said he recently had a conversation with Talty, after which he felt Talty deserved the seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I stepped up to the plate because I felt I could be a lightning rod to get things done,\u201d said Thulen. \u201cI\u2019d rather see him win as a known individual. I would not want to take votes away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Talty<\/p><\/div>\n

Thulen immediately put to bed the rumor that would have doubtlessly cropped up \u2013 that he could be seeking to regain a seat on the township council following the departure of Dan Toth from the Republican ticket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not running for council,\u201d Thulen said.<\/p>\n

He suggested anyone who was planning on voting for him in the BOE race now shift their votes to Talty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what he\u2019s trying to do for us, for the kids and the taxpayers,\u201d Thulen said.<\/p>\n

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