Ken Paris

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Mayor-elect Ken Paris

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                CONTACT:May 21, 2008                                                                                                 Ken Paris                                                                                                                        (609) 304-9088 

PARIS PROPOSES TOUGH NEW PAY-TO-PLAY BAN

Says Voters Support Changing the Way Business is Done in Delran 

(DELRAN, NJ) –  A mere week after receiving a powerful mandate from Delran voters to become their next mayor, Mayor-elect and Councilman Ken Paris today proposed a tough new pay-to play ban for contractors doing work for the township, saying it’s time to change the way business is done in Delran.

Nine New Jersey municipalities will elect mayors in next Tuesday’s non-partisan election: Bradley Beach, Cape May City, Delran, Mahwah, Montclair, Orange, Perth Amboy, Spotswood, and Vineland.

Orange Mayor Mims Hackett, who was indicted last October on charges that he accepted a bribe, is not a candidate for re-election. Six candidates are running to replace him: Councilwoman Tency Eason, Councilman Donald Page; Planning Board Chairman Dwight Holmes; attorney Eldridge Hawkins, Jr., the son of a former Assemblyman;

Vineland Mayor Perry Barse faces a strong challenge in his bid for a third term from Robert Romano, a police lieutenant and the son of Barse’s predecessor. Also running for mayor is Nicholas Girone, a former school administrator.

In Montclair, incumbent Edward Remsen is not seeking re-election – the latest in a long string of one-term mayors. Councilwoman Joyce Michaelson, Councilman Ted Maddox and BikeMontclair founder Jerry Fried are the mayoral candidates.