Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-07
THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR A CHANGE

inefficient exravagant and altogether bad th
of resolutions passed by the Board of Aldermen
Monday night ought to cinch the fact.
The present city administration dodge responsibility
for the present condition Of the city by blaming the
that gone before Each succeeding administration
always conveniently point LEGACY that has been
forced upon by previous administration Each board in its
own estimation working solely for the city interest and II
would be able to accomplish wonders if it not for the mis-
management who have preceded it. especially those
who preceded happened be of the opposite party While the
present board is blaming everything the egacy left it by
previous boards doubt the board three hence will
be pointing LEGACY left it by the board OF today And
50 it goes But all said and DONE the people have
faxes 90 up and up city has little nothing show for
the money spent,
The aldermen in resolutions passed Monday night
numerate long that should have been paid in
1921 or 1922 or at least before the present elected
is severe indictment against the the city managed The
trouble is be responsible Even today nobody is
directly responsible for anything that takes place
Isn't time for the citizens clean house and adopt
a Of government that is responsible? easy enough to fix
responsibility under the form of government Five
men, elected by the city large each in charge OF definite
branch of city government yet all sitting together to govern
The city as escape responsibility There can be
iucking no hedging under such system.
1t is significant that Camden just voted adopt the
mission form government by majority Of about 1000 Camden
IS forging The people sick and tired of the old council
government with lot Of ncompents from each ward
IN charge of affairs with no directly responsible for anything
Commission government may be all that should bet not
nearly as efficient city manager an but far and away
ahead of the antouaed cumbersome wastefu form of
ment that Perth Amboy has today.
The aldermen lot OF things for which they claim
they are not responsible and yet they knew that they had to IN
eue them present budget Knowing this why not econ
ome departments which they have control? Why not
adopt real business methods handling city aars' There is
every reason believe that every department Of the present city
Government loaded with necures aud useless officials
There are men city pay roll who have business being
there and if the city officials running he city they would
their own they would not have them there We all know
there are big problems Perth Auboy and it will require
big men to solve them way be found for continuing
be citvs PROGRESS without bankrupng the municipality.
The action Monday night passing lot bills that
authorized apparently aud which considering the salaries beng
paid the officials Justified shows how the waste
These bills are petty themselves perhaps but in the Of
wear they up something like $4,000 of the taxpayers money
But the taxpayers seldom hear about them they quietly
slipped through month with nothing being said about
them only when the aldermen to fighting among them,
\Selves that such facts out
The aldermen attempt explanation only helps to
vince the doubtful that the of is
rotten It is incompetent and waeful and utterly without
ouy The resolutions passed do not change the fact that
the tax rate for Amboy fifteen eighteen points higher
this year making of the highest in the state for
municipalities this and there little nothing to show for
all the money spent such other cities have On the contrary
the city has special legislation order to exceed the
debt limit per its financial obligations
something other city the state has found necessary to do
pretty nearly time the people woke the situation
and demanded remedy Surely the taxpayers could be
worse Of lettering themselves ons
eably by adopting entirely different form Of government
With such the aldermen have laid before the people
showing awful made of handling public affairs
under present of government ought be hard t
the taxpayers who have to the burden that
eomplete change is absolutely desirable.