Media Advisory:
1st Congressional District Town Hall Meeting

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, will be appearing at a town hall meeting in Pine Hill on Thursday, July 31. Glading and his opponent, Camille Andrews, have been invited by Hope Chapel to answer questions from attendees about topics concerning them in this year’s election.

Who: Dale Glading (confirmed), Camille Andrews (invited, status unknown)
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008
Location: Hope Chapel, 28 E. Branch Ave., Pine Hill, NJ

Democrat Club Refuses To Allow
Glading to Meet Local Democrats

Independent, reform congressional candidate
not allowed to rent Democrat Club hall to
host town hall meeting for local Democrats

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, was blocked from renting the JFK Democrat Club hall in Runnemede after attempting to host a town hall meeting there for local Democrats to come and ask the candidates questions about their positions on the issues.

“I am disappointed that the JFK Democrat Club refused to allow my campaign to rent their hall,” Glading said. “I had thought that the Club would be supportive of my desire to invite local Democrats to come and ask their congressional candidates about the issues. Clearly, they do not share my desire for an open, democratic discussion in this campaign.”

Tim Saler, Glading’s campaign manager, explained the situation in further detail.

“We called the Club yesterday to inquire about renting their hall for a town hall meeting,” Saler said. “We were prepared to pay for the venue on our own and invite our opponent to come debate the issues before local Democrats. We were shocked and dismayed at the Club’s immediate refusal to rent to us.”

“It’s bad enough that the Democrat leadership has disenfranchised Democrats in this election by refusing to allow them to elect the candidate of their choosing,” Saler concluded. “We had no reason to believe a Democrat Club would refuse to allow local Democrats to ask their congressional candidates questions about the issues. Now we know otherwise.”

Glading Launches New Campaign Website

Independent, reform congressional candidate
reaches out to voters and supporters online

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, launched a new campaign website today, located at www.daleglading.com.

“We are pleased to be moving forward with a more robust online strategy,” said Tim Saler, campaign manager. “We plan to use the Internet extensively throughout the campaign to reach out to voters, keep in touch with supporters, and communicate our message of real reform.”

Glading Officially Accepts Town Hall Invitation

Independent, reform congressional candidate
agrees to debate issues in Pine Hill

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, officially accepted the invitation of Hope Chapel to appear for a town hall debate on Thursday, July 31. Camille Andrews, Glading’s enigmatic opponent, was also invited to appear.

“I am honored to have been invited by such a respected community institution, and I am pleased to accept their invitation,” Glading said. “I truly hope that my opponent will finally appear with me and discuss the issues affecting the people of the 1st District.”

The town hall debate will take place from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. Glading has agreed to answer additional questions on a personal basis following the event.

Camille Andrews’ Scandalous Spending

Inactive, non-responsive campaign spends
almost $43,000 with no public appearances

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, criticized the placeholder campaign of Camille Andrews and her party boss, George Norcross III, for their big-spending ways.

“Camille Andrews has been invited on numerous occasions to appear with me in a public debate,” Glading said. “She has not had the courtesy to even respond to these invitations, much less appear, and now we find that she is raising nearly twice what the median household in our district earns in a year. This is the very model of what is wrong with politics today.”

Andrews reported raising just over $72,000 in her most recent FEC report, filed for July 15. She spent almost $43,000 of it on consultants and miscellaneous expenditures.

“To our knowledge, Andrews has made no public appearances, and we have not seen a single yard sign or piece of campaign literature bearing her name,” said Tim Saler, Glading’s campaign manager. “She has refused to appear before the voters, and yet somehow she has managed to spend almost as much on consultants – in three months – as the median household in our district earns in an entire year.”

“It’s just another example of how out of touch the machine politicians are,” Saler added. “Camille Andrews and Boss Norcross have spent more in three months on a fake candidate’s fake campaign than most people in the district make in a year. The people of our district are struggling to make ends meet; they can’t afford to write $2,300 checks to win Boss Norcross’ favor.”

“Being a part of the Norcross money machine is nice work, if you can get it,” Saler concluded. “But the rest of us need a Congressman too. That’s why Dale Glading is running, and that’s why he’s going to win.”

Glading Announces Campaign Theme:
The People’s House is Not For Sale

Independent, unbossed congressional candidate
announces three-point pledge

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today his campaign theme for the general election race: “The People’s House is Not For Sale.” A three-point pledge accompanied Glading’s new campaign theme, outlined below.

“For too long, the career politicians and the Norcross machine have been selling the 1st District seat in Congress to the highest bidder,” Glading said. “It’s time to put a stop to pay-to-play politics, where party bosses trade campaign contributions for access to power.”

The three points of Glading’s reform pledge are:

(1) End pay-to-play and quid pro quo politics
It is time to put a stop to the corrupt earmark system in Congress. Career politicians trade federal handouts – in other words, our taxpayer dollars – to big corporations in exchange for huge campaign contributions. Dale Glading pledges not to request any federal earmarks in Congress. We cannot justify allowing career politicians to use our money to sell their office to big corporate donors.

(2) Reform the campaign finance system
The Norcross machine has sold the 1st Congressional District seat to the highest bidder. Financiers who wish to get in the good graces of Boss Norcross write big campaign checks to his candidates in order to win his favor. Dale Glading pledges to support federal campaign spending limits, indexed to inflation, that limit the ability of party bosses and financiers to trade campaign contributions for access to power.

(3) Implement congressional term limits
The Founding Fathers never intended for service in Congress to be a career. New Jersey is represented by a senator who has spent 24 years in Washington, and the 1st Congressional District’s most recent representative has spent 19 years there – and we, the taxpayers, have paid their salaries. Dale Glading pledges to serve no more than six terms (12 years) in Congress.

“I am running for Congress to represent the people of the 1st District, not the party bosses or the big-money financiers,” Glading concluded. “I will never sell out to the big corporations or the special interest lobbyists. It's time the 1st District had a congressman who is unbossed and unbought.”

Boss Norcross Celebrates 100 Days
of Disenfranchising Democrats

Rob Andrews declared for Senate 100 days ago;
Boss Norcross’s machine yet to coronate candidate

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, issued a statement today criticizing George Norcross and his political machine for 100 days of delay, obstruction, and undemocratic conduct.

“It's been 100 days since Rob Andrews declared his intentions to run against Frank Lautenberg for the U.S. Senate,” Glading began. “That’s more than enough time to select a replacement candidate, which is exactly what Democrats were supposed to have done in the primary on June 3.”

“However, Camille Andrews says she takes her marching orders from Boss Norcross and not from the people she supposedly wants to represent,” Glading continued. “That means Democrats have been disenfranchised, and the entire election process has been defrauded.”

“It’s about time that someone reminded the career politicians and their pay-to-play party bosses that the 1st Congressional District doesn't belong to them, it belongs to the people,” Glading added. “I am running to serve the people of the district. My opponent du jour puts her political party above the people and their best interests.”

“Enough is enough,” Glading concluded. “The people of our district deserve to be treated better instead of being taken for granted by arrogant bureaucrats and lifelong politicians.”

Camille Andrews’ Campaign Insults
Respected South Jersey Institution

Representative of placeholder candidate
Camille Andrews smears local church

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, today called on Camille Andrews to publicly denounce and apologize for her campaign’s attack on a respected member of the South Jersey community.

In an interview this week with Congressional Quarterly, a representative of Camille Andrews’ campaign said that Andrews would only appear before voters of the district in a debate setting “if and when nonpartisan credible organizations sponsor [them].” (“New Jersey Mystery: The Fate of Andrews’ House Seat”, Congressional Quarterly, July 6, 2008)

This comment followed Camille Andrews’ “no show” at a town hall meeting on June 30 sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Blackwood. Not only did Camille Andrews not attend the meeting, but she failed to even acknowledge the church’s invitation.

“Camille Andrews has been disrespecting the voters by failing to actively campaign or publicly discuss the important issues facing the people of our district,” said Glading. “Now she is directing her campaign to attack a highly respected institution in our district and an influential pastor in our community.”

The First Baptist Church of Blackwood has been actively involved in the Homeless Hospitality Network, the Church Street Project, Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, and a local food pantry.

In addition, Pastor Dave McMurray of the First Baptist Church currently serves on the Human Relations Commission in Gloucester Township and is a leading advocate of racial reconciliation in the district.

“For Camille Andrews’ representative to call First Baptist Church and its pastor ‘non-credible’ is an attack on the entire South Jersey community, and, in particular, on people of faith,” Glading declared. “She owes Pastor McMurray, the First Baptist Church, and all of South Jersey an apology for her campaign’s attack.”

Glading Campaigns Throughout District
Over Independence Day Holiday

Congressional candidate travels over 75 miles,
making six campaign stops in two days

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, campaigned across the district over the Independence Day holiday. Glading traveled over 75 miles, making six campaign stops in two days.

Glading began by campaigning at a farmers market in Woodbury on Thursday, then meeting voters in Barrington and Somerdale later in the evening during the towns’ respective fireworks festivals. Finally, Glading met with U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Dick Zimmer and campaigned with him in Haddonfield prior to their own fireworks show.

On Friday, Glading marched in the Haddonfield Independence Day Parade in the morning, and marched again in the Washington Township Independence Day Parade later that evening.

Altogether, Glading campaigned before more than 6,500 voters and shook more than 2,000 hands at his various campaign events.

Media Advisory:
Dale Glading for Congress
Public Schedule, 7/3 – 7/4

Congressional candidate to campaign throughout
1st District at Independence Day festivities

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, will be available to the media throughout the two-day campaign tour of the district’s Independence Day festivities.

Thursday, July 3

2:00 PM - Woodbury Farmers Market with Gloucester County Freeholder candidate Larry Wallace (Cooper St. & Railroad Ave.)
6:00 PM - Barrington Fireworks Festivities (1 School Ln., Barrington)
7:00 PM - Somerdale Fireworks Festivities (Sterling High School)
7:30 PM - Haddonfield Fireworks with Congressman Dick Zimmer (Haddonfield Memorial High School)

Friday, July 4

8:30 AM - Haddonfield Independence Day Parade
Mid-afternoon - Magnolia Fair (Albertson Park)
5:30 PM – Washington Twp. Independence Day Parade with Gloucester County Freeholder candidates Larry Wallace and Phyllis Scapellato (Washington Twp. High School)

Reporters and photographers are invited to accompany the candidate at any of the above events. To coordinate an availability, please contact the campaign staff at the number below.