Millville Partisan Politics
JANUARY 2018 Santiago, Parent, Udalovas, Pepitone, and Cooper were sworn into office on January 2, 2018 promising to “stop partisan politics at city hall” and “increase transparency of local government”. So how is the Santiago team doing so far? Partisan politics is: exhibiting blind, prejudiced and unreasoning allegiance to a political party. The opposite of “partisan” is open, receptive, reasonable, honest, and independent. The first act of the Santiago team was the award of several professional service contracts: the city solicitor, labor attorney, insurance broker, special project engineer, and public defender. The common qualifications were campaign contributions and party affiliation. The ...