ONLY IN NEW JERSEY: Mayor Mayer has Plaque dedicated… in his honor?

Plaques are a funny thing. For a small donation, you can have a plaque dedicated to anyone on pretty much any park bench in Gloucester Township. However, is it appropriate to have a plaque (created with public money) dedicated to a sitting Mayor… created by that same Mayor?

Is it just me, or is there something very Nazi Germany, Soviet Russian and Maoist China about all of that?

Mayor Mayer is the Mayor of Gloucester Township, and has had some form of political role in South Jersey ever since about 2002. This past week, I have received a barrage of criticism from friends and acquaintances on social media about Mayor Mayer’s seemingly tasteless move of allowing a plaque/statue to be raised in his honor at Gloucester Township Park:

 

\”It seems that a small statue has been placed on a newly constructed wall at GT Community Park. The plaque reads Dedicated to Mayor David R. Mayer April 2013. It is incredulous that the mayor and his friends would use public money and resources to stoke his massive ego. How incredibly narcissistic can one man be? Was this discussed and approved by his council?\”

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