Mayor Richard Pucci apparently doesn’t believe that there is anything wrong with accepting donations from professional services that do business in Monroe Township.  In fact, Pucci is placing blame on the Supreme Court of New Jersey for allowing it.  That’s sort of like a teenager blaming his parents after stealing from his father’s wallet because his father didn’t lock his wallet in a safe.

Pucci’s heir apparent will continue his policies if he is reelected. Why wouldn’t he?  He hasn’t stopped these practices in the past 14 years that he has been Council President and has been more than happy to accept the donations for his own Council campaigns.   If Ken Chiarella is elected Mayor the practice will end!  Vote Chiarella for Mayor and Chirag Bhagat and Stanley Edelman for Monroe Township Council.

Here is a quote from the article and link to the article: PAC Donations in Monroe Township

“In Monroe Township, Mayor Richard Pucci and his running mates received at least $13,000 in donations from three different PACS during the last election cycle.  All three PACS received donations from Monroe Township professional services contractors, including $4,800 from Hodulik and Morrison, which holds the township’s accounting contract and $3,600 from Epic Construction Management, which holds a contract for management of the expansion of the township community center.

In addition, the Monroe Township Democratic Committee, which Pucci chairs, received more than $20,000 in the past year from the same three PACs.  The committee in turn donated $20,000 to the candidates on Oct. 21.

Pucci, who when he signed the township’s pay to play reforms in 2007 called them “a model for others in the nation and state to follow” said the intent of the ordinance was to limit direct donations to candidates and had nothing to do with PACs.

“I’m the mayor and the chairman or the Monroe Democratic Party,” Pucci said. “We have always followed the law. That’s been our policy all along. We haven’t done anything illegal. That’s our policy.”

Pucci blamed the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision for sending campaign finance off the rails.”