Palmyra, the gateway to Burlington County and the home of the Tacony/Palmyra Bridge, was the seventh stop on the “40-in-40: Listen and Learn” Tour of Democratic Freeholder candidates Kimberly Kersey and Jim Bernard.The bridge, designed by architect Rudolph Modjeski, who also was chief engineer of the Benjamin Franklin and Manhattan bridges, is celebrating its 80th birthday in mid-August, just 12 weeks before the November election – an election that will bring positive change to Burlington County with the election of Kersey and Bernard to the Board of Chosen Freeholders.Palmyra also is, of course, the home to the Burlington County Bridge Commission, a hotbed of corruption and scandal in recent history as the county Republicans continue to use it as an unchecked source of patronage and illegal payments.“As part of our ‘Straight A’s for Change” plan to improve county government,” said Kersey, “Jim Bernard and I will enact strict oversight of the Bridge Commission and other county agencies so that we will never have millions of taxpayer dollars stolen or no-show jobs given to political insiders again.”“We also will expand the Bridge Commission from the current three members to seven members, with three from each political party and an appointed Freeholder,” said Bernard, “as well as giving the Freeholder Director the authority to reject commission minutes.”Bridge Commission reform is just one part of Kersey and Bernard’s “Straight A’s for Change” plan to bring accountability, accessibility and affordability to Burlington County government. Read all the details, and follow their tour of all 40 Burlington County municipalities in 40 days by going to www.ChangeBurlcoNow.com.