Ok....Mr Mayor
FACT; yes we did do things differently then
FACT; YOU werent there at the DEP meeting on the landfill expansion held in the Ocean County justice complex, where we presented our ideas on how they could not expand to within 900ft of the Oak knoll
estates. They have est 880 acres to which they use est 300, so why did they need to butt it 900ft from our yards? We voiced
our concerns and were treated rudely and got the heat turned up on us! YOU OR NOBODY FROM OUR TOWNSHIP WAS THERE! Toms River sent several.
Fact: You also werent there for the meeting at Manchester High School , but at least a Mr Fusaro and a Health Inspector on his own time were, and were shocked at the total disregaurd for us.
FACT : You also werent present when the seagulls roosted on our roof tops and crapped all over our roofs and we were threated to be find for letting them roost on our properity!
Fact: You also werent there for a meeting at the landfill where they told us to attach fishing line or spikes on our roofs to keep them off!
FACT; YOU AND YOUR OFFICES FAILED TO REPRESENT US!
FACT: I and a Whittsville rd resident went door to door and had pepitiions signed and personally handed them to Gov Whittmen in front of the then head of the DEP! Before we got any action!
ALL WE GOT WAS FACT #2 FROM THIS TOWNSHIP OFFICES!
SOO PLEASE EXCUSE US FOR NOT HAVING FAITH IN YOU!

Oh and one more suggestion: how about having the Landfill pay for some ofthe cleanup cost? Or use some of the host fee to Help clean it!
If it isnt $5.00 a ton please inform us just how much it is then?
What is being done in jackson to clean up its waters? Please inform us them

Why is his response so arrogant? He is our mayor-answering our concerns is part of his job, would be nice without the attitude.

I live across from Pine Lake, it would help greatly if a few of my neighbors would stop feeding the Geese and making the surrounding area disgusting with geese Crap everywhere. Also I pay huge taxes because I am told I live across from the lake, and my property is worth more money because I live there. That makes no sense, can't swim in the lake! This whole summer the new water park spash pad was closed, there wasn't even a sign up, I watched families come all Summer with their Kids, get out of their cars with all their stuff only to pack right back up when the children were dissappointed when they ran under the sprinklers and they weren't working! Only the last week before Labor Day did they put a sign up saying it was closed because of low water pressure, when in reality they didn't have the parts to fix it! Also, The public works guys come to cut the grass if you want to call it that, they do a crappy job, don't weed whack or clean up the grass they leave all over the place, then you have to beg them to empty the overflowing garbage cans. They make good money, our taxes pay them and they behave as if they are doing the residents a favor. The Mayor, and all township employees work for us, not the other way around!

@ bob....thats because thats the way he acts toward the working families concerns of our town. If you are senior they get the butt kissing!

@Outlaw-you are right on about the Spray park...my poor kids were so upset...and no sign or anything...it's one of very few things around that we can do at no cost, and they couldn't even keep that going!!!

Notice how any one who disagrees with the mayor is called a "detractor"? Maybe a person voted for this guy 10 times but if he disagrees with him once he is a "detractor". I have never seen a person more insecure as this guy. He can not take one comment that goes against his opinion, and he calls it a negative comment. I would love to see the voting figures by district, I would geuss all of PLP and H Oaks would be "detractor's". He also makes a comment, fact number 8 above, that we comment on issues we dont understand, Well fact one Mr, Mayor welcome to America, Fact two, we are not all experts in running a town, we are residents of the town so please just answer our questions no matter how beneth you they seem to you to be, Thats your elected job. I also think you need to take a page from our school admin and BOE. They can be seen at back to school nights, plays, music events and football games. I have lived here for over 20 years and I only know what you look like because your picture is on a free map I got a few years back. You show up at nothing. You can call me a dectractor, thats fine because I am, but if I got the chance to meet you I would treat you with respect for your title but since I have a differant view than you sir I highly doubt you would return the respect.

If you people read the articals on the STS and D&D on rt 70 & 539 across from WAwa and all the hearings and studies that went into the approval your head would spin! A big concern was the drive thru ( by the way, needs a special approval thats why we have no fast food places in town ) speaker volume! Where are the hearing for cleaning the lake?
NOW they are considering building a apartment complex accross from town hall! Let them know what you think they may even care!

@mark sooo true, lived here 18 years and saw him once maybe twice at opening day at little league! Thats because he may just hear what people on our side of town have to say and he may not like it!

I realize seniors vote, but if more non seniors actually got off their butts and voted we could get somebody in office that cared about all of our residents. It's just too easy to say "the damn seniors put him in office"--we could change that if we just VOTED...

Pollution in the lake? Mr. Mayor, I had a discussion with a candidate that is running for Congress who had experience in water issues. His suggestion and something I don't see in the Lake would be introducing Crawfish. Native scavengers. It will probably take 2 years for them to clean up the lake. Also, what a shame the water park wasn't open this year. I'm surprised it couldn't be fixed. I'll suggest we're all worried about tax dollars and ratables as the township falls to a steady level (at least for now) but if we're going to only keep some parks clean and leave other parks to fall park, I'm sure you can see how some people would be upset with the Council and it's decisions. I have a suggestion and it's something I'd like to work on if I'm elected Freeholder in November. Letting the County take over Pine Lake and making it a county park. It's not like the you and the council want to deal with it.

Mayor Fressola had NEVER cared one bit about the working class population of the township. All he cares about is his beloved seniors. And unfortunately for us, those seniors make up about 85% of the population of Manchester which is why this pompous idiot has been mayor for so long. Guarantee you that if Pine Lake was in a senior community then it would be one of the cleanest in the state.

When pollution is referred to - what pollution are you seeing? What water quality testing has been done? If this is purely a eutrophycation issue due to chemical seep and run-off and bird droppings providing nutrients in the water, then an introduction of native crawfish species may be helpful. This is done with great success in Maine and PA in smaller impoundments. AS to closing a water park because of drought - the NJ Pine Barrens sits over one of the largest fresh-water aquifers in the world. There are certainly other costs associated with re-opening the lake to public access/swimming.

IF we have sufficient ice, this winter, another technique that works particularly well in reducing algae and weed overgrowth is called a "sand-drop". It is unlikely, however, that we will have sufficient ice cover this year, if the past decade is any indication. The way a sand-drop works is to dump clean sand on the ice during the winter in an even layer. As the ice melts, it showers the sand onto the bottom, covering the plants and inhibiting growth. I will come out to meet with Scott and review the water flow in the lake in the next week or so. A temporary diversion and draining of the lake may be in order.

How is the mosquito issue with this impoundment? I suspect that, with the rotting plant material, the forage fish that feed on the mosquito larvae are limited or absent.

Scott, I will call you on this later today. Will check with other friends at Stockton and PPA.

If, however, there are harmful chemicals in the water, much more needs to be done. I think an OPRA request on testing and treatment efforts is in order. Approaching a problem by arguing over whether enough was done or not only discusses the past, and offers no solution. If you keep doing what you're doing, you keep getting what you've got.

Frankly, the same applies in the upcoming election. Scott Neuman, and independent running as a "Democratic-Republican" for Ocean County Freeholder. Scott and fellow candidate Tracy M. Caprioni of Brick are dedicated to "cleaning up" the county, from environmental issues to corruption. They intend an open-door, broad-daylight policy on all issues addressed by the freeholders. No more "executive session" backroom deals, no-bid work, or special treatment for "contributors".

I will be running with them for the Congressional Seat in the Third District, and will take the same policy with me to Washington.

Tired of a two-horse race where the same stable owns both horses? Here's the solution....Vote "Democratic-Republican" this fall.

Still not convinced? Watch the news for what we've already done for you to protect our Constitution and restore the control of government to We, the People. We're in court this week in the Federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals to compel recognition of the ratification of Article the First of YOUR Bill of Rights, and it's application. Also going to court to enforce election laws as written.

I believe seniors make up 65% of Manchester's population, it would be difficult but not impossible.

Four people running for three seats this year. Learn about your candidates.

@MARK i saw the land cleared but dont know what it is,MY GUESS is more over priced over taxed homes.
As far as the apartments go i dont wantto see them due to more kids in the school system. Thats just my point they worry about dumb stuff like the walk to the dumpster etc,and the additional cost for school buses etc!

Ment to say instead of the cost for the school buses etc

@ FREDRICK:by open door policy at the freeholders offices does this mean no more freeholders meetings during work hours when the tax payer are at work (that is if you still have a job after " hope & change" ) so people know when they are if they wish to attend?

Bryan, I know that when I saw the Freeholders meetings starting at 4:00pm, when most 9 to 5 folks are working, this to me isn't an open door meeting. I'd be making a proposal to move the meeting to 6:30 or 7:00pm.Many townships hold their meetings after 5:00pm. I have no issues with it on my end. I'm sure it would work for Tracy also.

Mr. Mayor and Council and Council elect. I drove over to the lake today with Frederick LaVergne. As you know, Frederick and I are running as Democratic - Republican Party Candidates. We're trying to get past the bickering that goes on between the two super parties and move back to a time when people worked together so that we'll find solutions to problems. One problem is the lake and how nice it would be to be able to use it again. So today Mr. Lavergne and I drove over to the lake and will have the water tested. In my first scoop of water samples by the dam, all sorts of fun little critters were seeming in the sample. People we also catching Bass and other fish. We didn't see any hard core pollution we'd hoped to find. One other thing we didn't see a lot of was the Geese. We counted three and one had a broken wing so we had just a few geese but a decent amount of poop along the shoreline. We saw more dog poop and the park isn't supposed to allow dogs so what's up with that. So to help the township out, we'll have the water tested and make some suggestions that won't cost millions of dollars to repair the lake and maybe in one or two years, we'll have a swiming lake again. The Crawfish idea is a simple very cost saving idea. It's very possible the Mayor hasn't tested the lake in a few years (and I don't recall him mentioning the last time it was tested). Also, if pollution is the issue, I'd like the EPA to do a run up the branches and find it. We don't want it in Manchester.

Also, I'm interested in where the pollution is coming from. I realize that if there is pollution here, we're sending down the river and into the Bay but when looking at a Google Map I see the stream/river/branch coming from Horicon Lake. This is also branch feed but people swim there all the time. So it looks like 50% of the water feeding Pine Lake Park isn't polluted from what is sent from Lake Horicon. I understand the Mayor has the test results but I wonder if the test results test both of the two small branches before it hits Pine Lake. So assuming (and until I get test results, I'll assume) the Union Branch and Manapaqua branch aren't the issue(runs through the military base so hopefully they are good neighbors?. That leaves the feeds from nature reserves like Colliers Lake and Success Lake that feed into Ridgeway Branch. None of these look like what most of us would consider to be a river and they are feeding from springs up north. Mayor can you run three tests. A water test on the Ridgeway Branch before Pine Lake, one on the Union Branch and of course the lake and publish the results via Patch/Asbury Park Press and the main website for the township. As I mentioned, I'm sure you tossed your hands up in fustration and I'm sure you'd like to offer another fine park to the township residents. I'm taking you up on your offer. Depending on the pollution and what type, We have a college full of kids that would love to help out from Stockton State that will walk the river.

Thank you sir, as a person that has lived in the Lake area for many years, I would love to see your ideas come to pass! I can say I have seen first hand what goes on at the lake and what does not, since I live right here. The township has long forgotten about this park and the beautiful lake, that once had a swimming dock, Paddle Boats and lifeguard stands. Now we have the water park that was barely open at all the whole Summer, which is an excellent and free activity for families. From what I can see in the many years I have lived here, is that they only do what they have to do in the Park (Public Works) and really not even a good job. I look forward to your excellent ideas!

@ mark i did see that there a sign at the site on rt 70 and it is going to be professional offices
@ scott, you guys are soo right and would love to see these ideas at work i m sure there are plenty of schools that would love to study this for free
NOTICE NO REPLY FROM OUR MAYOR YET?

Just so everyone knows. I am not attacking the mayor or the council. The mayor said if someone had ideas and not just complaints, he'd like to hear them. Since I, my family and the friends I've made are here, I'm going to take him up on his offer. Many of people running for change under the Democratic-Republican Party have a array of talents and contacts and have offered to help because if their love and understanding of preserving the natural resources in Ocean County.

WE NEED TO VOTE OUT "MIKEY & HIS GOOD OLD BOYS "

Scott, other than the possible coliform contamination that would occur periodically from animal droppings (geese, dogs, etc.), it would appear the sample we took is "clean". I have not yet tested for bacteria or heavy metals - have to send it out for that. I will speak to my friends at SSC and see if a lake survey can be done as part of a class. Meanwhile, what did concern me, as you know, was the "foam" under the spillway - "iron" foam is more brown tinted. This looked like organic contamination (protein from dead plant tissue rotting on the bottom). Weed and plant cover on the lake surface is not excessive. Keeping the beach area clean and testing for coliform bacteria on a regular basis is probably all that needs to be done to use the facility for swimming, again, although I still recommend a sand-drop in the "safe-swim" area. Review "Safe-Swim Defense" on macscouter.com, (as you are now involved in Scouting like Don, Tracy, and I). Len Marshall (Our District Four Congressional Candidate) is very familiar with that specific river system. We may take a closer look at things in the coming weeks. Metals and phosphates may show up from the dump and lawn fertilization washing in from street drains, as well as leaching in from septic installations. This was a problem nationwide in the 1960's and 1970's, and prompted many communities to switch to sewers. All of these rivers and streams end up in the bay, so checking for the real causes is necessary.

Mr Mayor
who do you support
Romney
or
Obama

Didn't think you would answer

Mr Mayor
who do you support
Romney
or
Obama

Build Wal-Mart