RELATED BILLS POINT OF VIEW
By Bill Cleary
GLOUCESTER CITY NJ -Gloucester City Mayor Bill James appointed a Mayor Advisory Committee earlier this year to study a change in the City’s Charter. The committee is expected to sum up its findings within the next month.
Last November Wil Levins a columnist for CNB (ClearysNoteBook) wrote, the time has come to open a debate about Gloucester City’s Ward system. As I have written in previous articles over this past year, I believe our Wards are outdated and no longer serve the best interests of a City that has 12,000 residents living in a mere 2.2 square mile area. The Wards prohibit full participation in our electoral process and segregate voters from expressing their will.
Many of our residents and City leaders have expressed similar frustrations with Gloucester City’s governing/voter divisions.
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