The good news for 1st District Republican Congressional candidate Dale Glading is that he now knows who his opponent is.

But he’s not happy about it.

"Frankly, I am outraged that Rob Andrews has once again gone back on his word to the people of New Jersey, revealing for the umpteenth time his uncontrollable political ambitions,” he said. In a statement.  “A man's word should be his bond, and Rob should be ashamed of himself for breaking his promise not to re-enter the race.  The people of the 1st District deserve a representative in Congress who they can trust, not a compulsive liar like Rob Andrews." 

Glading is running a long-shot campaign in this heavily Democratic district. 

Glading Strongly Supports Palin for VP

Citizen representative running for Congress
encouraged and inspired by reform governor
and her record of accomplishments

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today his strong and unconditional support of Governor Sarah Palin’s candidacy for Vice President of the United States.

“I couldn't be more thrilled with Senator McCain’s selection of Governor Palin to be his running mate,” Glading said. “She is a fiscal conservative who, as the mother of five, has consistently fought to uphold family values. Governor Palin understands what it’s like to have a son serving in the military, and she will be a strong defender of our national security. She is an especially effective spokesperson for energy independence, and a financial watchdog who isn’t afraid to use her veto pen when the people’s money is being misspent.”

Palin’s record of standing up to special interests and a corrupt political system makes her the perfect candidate to connect with New Jersey’s voters. As governor, Palin used her veto to combat excessive government spending and wasteful pork barrel programs.

Glading has been reaching out to the 1st District’s more than 200,000 women voters throughout his campaign for Congress, naming Gloucester Township mayor Cindy Rau-Hatton as his campaign chairperson and taking a strong stand in favor of increased funding for domestic violence programs.

Glading Campaigns Across District
While Andrews & Norcross Schmooze in Denver

Citizen representative running for Congress
meets voters in all three counties, more than 10 towns

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, is spending the week of the Democrats’ national convention in Denver campaigning throughout the district and meeting voters.

Glading has been running an aggressive grassroots campaign since January, meeting voters and making a personal connection the way our leaders did before highly paid consultants and television advertising.

“I want to meet as many voters as I can, face to face,” Glading said. “I don’t believe in running a campaign from a distance, allowing consultants to craft a made-for-TV message. I am a citizen representative, not a career politician, and I am going to run my campaign the way campaigns were meant to be run.”

The same, however, cannot be said for Rob Andrews and Don Norcross. They are busy rubbing elbows in Denver, wining and dining with the elite that have corrupted Washington and led our country down the wrong path.

In contrast with career politicians Andrews and Norcross, Glading is spending the week of the convention by meeting voters in all three counties of the 1st District and appearing in more than 10 towns. He campaigned on Sunday night in Sewell and Wenonah, Monday night in Palmyra, and will be visiting Winslow Township, Voorhees, Maple Shade, and other towns later in the week.

“The vast majority of voters I have met thus far on the campaign trail have been independents, the voters who ultimately determine who will be elected the next congressman from our district,” Glading added. “I have had an overwhelmingly positive response to my message of lower taxes and bringing real reform to Washington.”

“The fact is that you can’t send the same people from the same party and the same political machine down to Washington and expect anything to change,” Glading concluded. “The voters of the 1st District realize that in order to get the change they so desperately desire, they need to make a change in the people they send to represent them. That’s why we’re going to make history on November 4.”

Glading to Tour City of Camden
With Influential Latino Group

Congressional candidate reaching out
across lines to build a coalition for change

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 1st District, will be touring the city of Camden with an influential Latino group, the Latino Leadership Alliance of NJ. Led by Angel Cordero, Glading and several community leaders from Camden will walk a section of Camden on Thursday, August 21.

"We are going to see first hand what 40 years of one-party Democrat rule has done to the city of Camden," Glading said. "For far too long, the Democrats have taken Camden and its residents for granted. As a result, this once proud city is now America's poorest and third most dangerous community. If there is one place in New Jersey most in need of positive change, it is Camden."

Glading's background as the founder of the nation's largest athletic prison ministry gives him a special insight into the difficulties of urban life, as the vast majority of the individuals he ministers to in prisons across America are young, minority men from the inner city.

"I have dedicated the past 21 years of my life to restoring people who have made poor choices to their God, to their families, and to their communities," Glading said. "We have to work harder to give people in places like Camden better educational and economic opportunities so they can be productive members of society, not turn to a life of crime."

"I will never take the city of Camden for granted nor ignore its citizens' cries for help," Glading concluded. "After all, my mother grew up in Fairview and my father in Cramer Hill. I am coming to Camden to meet its residents, to listen to their concerns, and to offer my help. Some say that a Republican can't go into Camden and connect with the people there, but I aim to prove them wrong."

Members of the media are invited to join Glading and community activists as they walk through the city. For more information, please contact Tim Saler at (856) 361-8989. A media advisory will be released on Wednesday with a specific time and starting location.

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Paid for by Dale Glading for Congress.

The Glading Plan for Energy Independence

Independent congressional candidate's
comprehensive energy plan draws contrast
with Andrews' "About 20 Percent" Plan

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 1st District, announced today his plan for energy independence, reaffirming a series of positions on critical energy issues that he has taken since he began campaigning in February.

Since the campaign began, Glading has outlined his positions on energy issues at two town hall meetings as well as in private interviews with the Gloucester County Times and the West Jersey Sierra Club.

Dale Glading on Offshore Drilling

Dale Glading supports allowing states to hold public referenda on permitting offshore drilling in their waters.

"There is a misconception about offshore drilling, that we'll be sitting on the beach in Ocean City looking at oil rigs," Glading told the West Jersey Sierra Club in July. "The fact is that any drilling would take place in the Outer Continental Shelf, fifty to one hundred miles away from shore. The people of New Jersey should have the right to vote in a public referendum as to whether that's something they want to explore."

Glading also commented on the environmental consequences of offshore drilling.

"We have the technological ability to drill safely and preserve our environment," Glading said. "The Chinese, for example, are already engaging in slant drilling off our shores. Ask yourselves this: who do you think will be more environmentally conscious – Americans or Chinese companies, the same people who put lead in our children's toys?"

Rob Andrews' "About 20 Percent of Our Energy Needs" Plan

Rob Andrews in his own words: "Well, I'm not for offshore drilling. I just don't -- I don't think it's necessary or appropriate. I think that we can exploit existing fields and cover about 20 percent of our energy needs." (Your World with Neil Cavuto, June 20, 2008)

With gas over $3.50 a gallon in most parts of the 1st District, Rob Andrews does not think responsible domestic drilling is "necessary or appropriate." After all, with his plan, we can "cover about 20 percent of our energy needs."

Perhaps the other 80 percent of Andrews' plan involves continuing to mortgage our country's future to the Chinese and the Saudis. Maybe when you make $457,000 a year like the Andrews clan, skyrocketing energy costs are no problem.

The other 98.6 percent of the 1st District that earns less than $100,000 a year deserves better than an "About 20 Percent" solution.

Glading Announces Mayor Cindy Rau-Hatton
To Serve as Campaign Chair

Highly respected mayor of Gloucester Twp.
joins with reform congressional candidate

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 1st District, announced today the addition of Mayor Cindy Rau-Hatton of Gloucester Township as his campaign chair.

"Mayor Rau-Hatton has an exceptional record of accomplishment and reform in Gloucester Township," said Glading. "She is the very model for the kind of good government that the people of South Jersey deserve. I am honored to have her standing with us in this campaign."

An active member in her community, Mayor Rau-Hatton is a member and officer of the Camden County Mayor's Association, N.J. League of Municipalities, First Suburbs, and the N.J. Regional Coalition. She also is a member of the Gloucester Township Planning Board, Chamber of Commerce, and Economic Development Committee.

Mayor Rau-Hatton has received recent notoriety for the environmentally conscious policies she has enacted in Gloucester Township. She was a founding member and director of Citizens Against a Radioactive Environment (C.A.R.E.), an organization that received the "2004 Environmental Service Award" from the NJ Environmental Federation.

"I admire Dale for his values and beliefs," said Mayor Rau-Hatton. "Together, we will work hard to get Dale elected this November. The people of South Jersey deserve a congressman who will fight for them, not for special interests. Dale will be that congressman, and I'm honored to help him in his campaign."

"Having Mayor Rau-Hatton on our campaign team is critical to our success in November," said Tim Saler, Glading's campaign manager. "Her leadership in Gloucester Township has gained her well-deserved respect in the community. We're excited to be working with her as representatives of a new kind of forward-thinking leadership for South Jersey."

Glading and Rau-Hatton will campaign together on Saturday morning in Gloucester Township.

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Paid for by Dale Glading for Congress.

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.