‘40-IN-40’ TOUR MAKES MOORESTOWN STOP 14 IN ITS CROSS-COUNTY QUEST

By BCDC | July 6th, 2009 - 12:52pm
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Moorestown, named the Number One place to live in America in 2005 by Money magazine, was the Number 14 municipality visited by Burlington County Democratic Freeholder candidates Kimberly Kersey and Jim Bernard in their “40-in-40: Listen and Learn” Tour of all 40 county municipalities in 40-straight days.

Moorestown, named the Number One place to live in America in 2005 by Money magazine, was the Number 14 municipality visited by Burlington County Democratic Freeholder candidates Kimberly Kersey and Jim Bernard in their “40-in-40: Listen and Learn” Tour of all 40 county municipalities in 40-straight days. Ironically, for a township that does not allow liquor sales, Moorestown was named for Thomas Moore, a major landowner and operator of a popular hotel and tavern in the early 1700s. Near the end of the American Revolution, Hessian mercenaries tried using that same tavern as a refuge before they were rooted out by local militiamen who returned control of Moorestown to its citizens. In similar fashion, Kersey and Bernard came to Moorestown as part of their fight to wrest control of the Freeholder Board from the corrupt Republican machine and return it to the working families of Burlington County. One Moorestown resident who said he had enough of the Republicans was Mark Singer of East Central Avenue. “I’m upset with one-party rule in Burlington County,” he said. “It has dealt the residents a losing hand with a corrupt and self-serving government. It is time for a change.” Kersey and Bernard will bring that much-needed change to Burlington County with their “Straight A’s for Change” plan. They went door to door in various parts of the township for nearly five hours as they brought their plan to make county government more accountable, accessible and affordable directly to the people. You can learn more about the “Straight A’s for Change” and about the “40-in-40: Listen and Learn” Tour by visiting www.ChangeBurlcoNow.com. #     #     #

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