Dear Editor:
Secaucus Town Administrator Anthony Iacono has called the number of votes the mayor received in the November 6 election an "unheard of percentage." He then went on to say "no mayor, even one running unopposed, gets those kind of numbers.’
Once again Iacono in a damage control mode has put his foot in his mouth. I will not play the numbers game with him, at this time. The number of votes the mayor didn’t receive out of the number of voters that voted in the last election speaks for itself. The bottom line being that those voters who didn’t pull the mayor’s lever in the last election have got Elwell’s number, and hopefully Elwell will get the message. Let’s not cover up one lie with another. As the saying goes, if at first you’re not believed, lie, lie again.
While I’m on the subject of lies, for Mayor Elwell to say that the newly established four year term for mayor and council was unclear to him as late as the October council meeting of this year is more of a joke than a lie. It was reported by Al Sullivan in the Secaucus Reporter way back in April of this year. Now for Elwell to claim that he hadn’t known about the legislation when Senator Raymond Lesniack, (D-29th Dist.) whose firm is employed by the town was the chief sponsor of the bill is a joke. Furthermore the legislation in the state assembly was sponsored by Republican Neil Cohen, someone who has sponsored legislation with Anthony Impreveduto.
In 1996 there was a voter rejection of a four year term. The cover-up, subterfuge, camouflage, game played and pulled off by Elwell/Impreveduto now changes the term of office to four years instead of two. Why? Could it be Elwell knew it would be rejected again if the voter had their say. One wonders if this was the choice of Mayor Elwell or the work of Assemblyman Impreveduto. Was there a deal made etc? The next months shall determine much of what happens in the next year. Who knows maybe former county executive Robert Janiszewski may enlighten us.
Tom Troyer