A Great Candidate for School Board

I am writing this letter in support of Patrick Hagan for a continued term of school board. I have known Patrick since he was a seventh grader at Gloucester City Junior Senior High School. He has always been committed, responsible and active young man in our community. He has been involved and interested in the community sports games and has been a positive role model for the young men and women of our community. Patrick is a paid Firefighter/EMT, contributing his time and commitment to the safety and welfare of our community.

As a personal friend, Patrick possesses a wonderful personality; he is respectful, positive, responsible and a good leader.

Deborah Sheehan, Gloucester City

Patrick Hagan Seeks Support for Election

Hello, my name is Patrick, \”Pat\” Hagan and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the citizens of Gloucester City. I am currently seeking election to the Gloucester City School Board, a position I was appointed to this past November. As with the four generations of my family before me, I have been a lifelong resident of Gloucester City.

After graduating from Gloucester High in 2002, I became a professional firefighter for the city. As an active Union member, I became the youngest in the state to achieve lifetime state membership to the Firemen\’s Mutual Benevolent Association. The position of Vice President of the local FMBA recently held by me gave me much valued and needed experience in the bargaining process and the language of contracts.

As a volunteer member of the Gloucester Heights Fire Association since 1999, I now hold the position of Secretary of the Gloucester City Firemen\’s Relief Board. Also, after attending classes at Burlington County College, I recently became a licensed Fire Inspector.

Many in town believe that the future of Gloucester City depends on new businesses and redevelopment. Although I realize the benefits in this; Gloucester City\’s strengths historically has always been its sense of community and its citizens. I strongly believe that the \”future\” of Gloucester sits in our classrooms. I am asking for your support and help in making our \”futures\” educational experience a promising one.

I request that if any of you have a question, concern, or solution to any issue, please seek me out. I pledge that I will listen to you and act accordingly. If I can\’t give you an immediate response, I will pursue that matter until I can.

Thank you for your time, and please vote on April 17^th.

Patrick R. Hagan, Gloucester City

VOTE FOR BOB BENNETT SR.

I am asking the good people of Gloucester City to support me in the School Board Election on April 17.

I am Robert H. Bennett Sr., and have already served as a school board member for 18 years. I lost in the last two years when you chose not to re-elect me. I was also denied two times by the School Board when two members had resigned. I thought, with 18 years experience, I would have made a good choice. I learned that was not so.

I took great pride in being a school board member. I always put what was best for our students first, and still do.

The Board has its work cut out for itself, with the upcoming budget cuts. I fell the state has let us down.

I hate to see people lose their jobs and programs be cut. We were a school district that was improving every year and now we have to cut back. It will hurt us a lot. As a board member, I would fight to get us back the funding that we need from the state.

I am a person who is independent. I have no group, organization, or party backing me. I vote according to what I feel is right. I have served on the many of the committees of the school board, including Policy Negotiation, Finance, and Property.

I work as a crossing guard at Broadway and Monmouth Street, wave to those going to work or taking their kids to school. It is the best job that I have ever had. I enjoy talking to the students and listening to their problems.

I am very involved in churches in our city. I am a member of Trinity Methodist Church. I also go to Highland Park Methodist Church, where the pastor is Joyce Mooney. I go to the Baptist Church on Wednesday night. Their pastor is John Hill. Monsignor Curran even allows me to come to his beautiful church, Saint Mary\’s. I attend their 9 a.m. mass and their 5 p.m. mass on Saturday night.

I like to wish the other candidates good luck in this election. They are all good people.

There are five candidates running for three, three-year terms. Please vote for Bob Bennett on April 17.

Bob Bennett, Gloucester City