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Support Your 2009 Madison Democratic Candidates
Dear Neighbors,
We are asking for your vote on November 3rd to fill two three year terms and one two year term on Madison
Borough Council. The issues we face are not Democrat or Republican ones but Madison issues. We believe our
positions, our commitment and our transparency will well serve all Madison residents.
If elected, we promise:
Fiscal responsibility: We support the efforts of the Borough Administrator to reduce the town’s operating
budget by 5%. We support shared services with the School Board and neighboring towns as an effective way to
reduce costs to the residents. We support a capital budget that takes care of our roads, sewer and water
lines as well as improving our sports fields. We believe capital projects must be prioritized and planned
for what’s best for all residents.
Dependable Services: We will continue to support the services our residents have come to expect including
garbage collection, snow plowing, leaf removal, electric service, road paving, water and sewer line
maintenance.
Protection of Our Assets: Our historic downtown, our lovely neighborhoods, our parks, our fields and open
spaces must be maintained and protected. We are committed to land use planning and zoning enforcement as
tools to protect our property values and encourage appropriate growth.
Recreational Development for All: The opportunity to purchase 49 acres in Florham Park with grants and the
money set aside in our Open Space Trust Fund was a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire open space for
active and passive recreation as well as protecting our water resources and reducing traffic on our roads.
We support a planned approach with contributions from the Borough, the School Board and the private sector.
We are committed to organizing and leading a private sector contribution to the development of this land.
Open Communication: We are committed to transparency. We want to remain accountable to you.
Realistic Goals: We are not making promises that we can’t deliver. These are challenging times, we need to
work to maintain the quality of life in Madison recognizing the limited financial resources that are a
available.
We can do this with your support on November 3rd.
Sincerely,
Carmela Vitale (Visit her page)
Tom Haralampoudis (Visit his page)
Anthony Occhino (Visit his page)
Welcome to the Madison Democratic Committee
A borough of Morris County, New Jersey, Madison is known as the Rose City because it once had extensive greenhouses
serving the cut flower trade. Today, the Rose City is still blooming, and home to over 16,000 people, as well as to two
universities: Drew and Fairleigh Dickinson. In addition to a thriving central business district, Madison includes an
office park with the headquarters of several major corporations. Madison also has direct commuter train service to
Manhattan. Madison is in the 11th district for the U.S. House of Representatives and legislative district 21 of the
New Jersey legislature. The elected representatives in the Morris County government are called the Freeholders.
The borough government consists of a directly elected mayor, who serves a four-year term, and a borough council, whose
members are elected to serve three-year terms of office, with two seats coming up for election each year.
About the Madison Democratic Committee
Madison is a diverse community that has always had a significant Democratic presence in local government, even though Morris
County as a whole has traditionally been heavily Republican. At present, four of the six members of the borough council are
Democrats. The Madison Democratic Committee consists of as many as 28 members: one man and one woman for each of the 14
voting districts in the borough. The Committee members are elected every 2 years during the Democratic primary elections,
and vacancies can be filled by a vote of the existing members of the Committee. The Committee members are responsible for
choosing the candidates who will run on the Regular Democratic Party line in primary elections; however, opposition
candidates can also run as Democrats in the primaries. Members of the Madison Democratic Committee are also members of the
Morris County Democratic Committee.
Democrats on the Madison Council
Astri J. Baillie
Member: Jan 1 2002 - Dec 31 2010
Carmela Vitale
Member: Jan 1 2003 - Dec 31 2008
John M. Elias
Member: Jan 1, 2004 - Dec 31 2009
Robert H. Conley
Member: July 6 2006 - Dec 31 2008
Website paid for by the Madison Democratic Committee
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