Dear Editor:
As a taxpaying resident of the district, I am disgusted by the disregard that his opponent, Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, shows for the people she is supposed to represent. She collected an endorsement and a check from NJEA, the notorious teachers’ public union. Despite vocal objections from her constituents, DeCroce backstabbed them by voting for a massive gas tax increase last year, then twisted the dagger by saying that she is “proud” of the vote. She must be equally proud of avoiding her own tax hike as she pays for fuel out of her campaign funds. Between her six-digit public pension and a legislator’s salary, cannot she pay for her own gas?
Hank Lyon is everything BettyLou DeCroce’s is not: young, enthusiastic and conservative. As Freeholder, he actively worked to lower Morris County taxes and debt. To save money, he went as far as eliminating health benefits freeholders – himself including! Lyon brings a conservative vision that is so much needed in Trenton. Despite DeCroce’s dirty attacks, he has waged a clean, issues-based campaign.
I urge all my fellow Republicans to clean the house by voting for Hank Lyon in the June 6 primary.
Maxim Sapozhnikov
Montville
