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

The Madison Democratic Committee invites the public to join the Democratic candidates for Madison Borough Council, Carmela Vitale, Thomas Haralampoudis and Anthony Occhino, on Election Night (Tuesday, November 3, 2009) at the Madison Common Clubhouse starting at 7:30 p.m. to await the election results. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Questions?
Contact: Christine Tiritilli, Chair Madison Democratic Committee 973-714-1364