{"id":6798,"date":"2015-10-31T02:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T06:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=6798"},"modified":"2015-10-31T02:33:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T06:33:16","slug":"brick-council-candidate-brick-is-at-a-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/10\/brick-council-candidate-brick-is-at-a-crossroads\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Council Candidate: Brick Is &#8216;At a Crossroads&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a letter to the editor by Republican Brick Township Council candidate Michael Conti.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Dear Brick Residents,<\/p>\n<p>We have an extremely important town council election coming up Tuesday, November 3rd.\u00a0 I\u2019m asking for your vote and support to help us make Brick great again.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a resident of Brick for over 30 years and it\u2019s the place my wife and I chose to raise our family.\u00a0 The issues that we face as a town, a heroin epidemic, increasing taxes, and a lack of a business development plan, need real leadership.\u00a0 It is leadership that our Republican team of Frank Pannucci, Marty Ebert, Michael Conti and Charlie Bacon can and will provide.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had the pleasure of serving on the Brick Board of Education for the past three years and I\u2019m proud of our record of service: adding the Lead and Seed Program to supplement the DARE program, providing the PSATs free to sophomores and juniors, more AP classes and millions of dollars in facilities improvements all with 0 increases in the school tax levy the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>We are at a crossroads in Brick Township.\u00a0 We can either make Brick great again or we can go down the same route of inactivity on the true issues that Brick faces while they continually increase our taxes and hold our money hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for your vote for Column A on Tuesday, November 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Conti<br \/>\nBrick Township Republican Council Candidate<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/10\/brick-council-candidate-brick-is-at-a-crossroads\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a letter to the editor by Republican Brick Township Council candidate Michael Conti. ~ Dear Brick Residents, We have an extremely important town council election coming up Tuesday, November 3rd.\u00a0 I\u2019m asking for your vote and support to help us make Brick great again. 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