Mark Matthews\’ Blog: Bellmawr BOE Election questions

There was a bit of excitement at the Feb 23rd Bellmawr Board of Education meeting.

I went to the meeting intending to ask questions on the election process, and how it is promoted to the public. I had a simple suggestion to offer, based on things from last year’s election. As expected, it was a civil discussion.

Then near the end of the meeting, a Board member volunteered information on another member’s resignation, we then find out the member was asked to wait on submitting the resignation (while there was still time to make this an elected seat)… and… Well, at that point, I lost it.

If you’ve followed my blogs or posts, I’ve always said my \”angle\” on putting time into town issues is to simply get information out to people. Let them hear the situation, let them decide, and we all can accept and live with the decision. Democracy 101.

So here are my thoughts on the night. READ ON….