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In my Opinion, As an Elected Supervisor of Exeter Township: I fully acknowledge the existing concerns surrounding our escalating water costs. Unfortunately, due to the industry's heavy governmental regulation, our direct control over these costs is minimal. In 2019, I submitted a detailed 63-page document advocating against the sale of Exeter's sewer plant. However, at that crucial time, participation from our residents was noticeably sparse, with only a handful of individuals offering support.
The primary reason for the plant's sale was rooted in years of financial mismanagement by our township supervisors. They, unfortunately, drove us into a position where the only option left was to sell our most significant and profitable asset owned collectively by our community. Alarmingly, history seems to be repeating itself, as the same financial mismanagement appears to be resurfacing. For example, we are budgeting for our golf course to incur a loss of $400,000, and our banquet business, a for-profit venture, is being subsidized, causing us to lose another $100,000. In the board of supervisors held on Monday, July 10th, four supervisors, our solicitor, and our short-term manager censured me, alleging disruptive behavior in meetings, which is categorically untrue (please refer to the video footage). They also claimed I was consuming excessive staff time by asking pertinent questions and seeking information. As a representative of this community, I believe it is my duty to work tirelessly for you. To succeed in this mission, I urgently require your continued support and active involvement. The handling of our township's affairs by these unaccountable individuals, whom I regard as inexperienced, has resulted in the mockery of our local government. They have perpetuated false accusations and have essentially controlled our township for a year now. Key questions that need answering include:
These costs could have been averted since 2019, but were instead met by the sale of our sewer plant. I urge you all to consider the implications of these decisions, for this is your hard-earned money.
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Here's My Opinion as An Elected Supervisor of Exeter Township: A year ago, Gardella, Bell, and Vollmer engaged in a series of deliberate lies, publicly accusing me of sexual harassment against an employee. They were fully aware that these accusations were baseless and motivated by retaliation from a disgruntled employee. This employee sent an email the day after I took office. Further, a thorough investigation conducted over the course of a month, which included numerous testimonies from employees, cleared me of any wrongdoing. Despite knowing the truth, Gardella, Vollmer, and Bell still censured me, while Schnee took no action. They all participated in spreading these false allegations for political gain, and Schnee potentially for financial motives. Throughout the past 12 months, Gardella, Vollmer, and Schnee utilized these fabricated lies and the censure to continuously harass and defame me in public meetings and online. They employed various methods, including exploiting the township website, Facebook page, and providing false information to the Reading Eagle, with the malicious intent of damaging my reputation and character. Gardella, Vollmer, Bell, and Schnee intentionally concealed the investigation report, as its release would have exposed their deceitful scheme. It was only after parts of the report were brought to light by Jerry Geleff and The Exeter Examiner, followed by an anonymous individual publishing the entire report, that the false accusations of sexual harassment miraculously ceased. In the meantime, armed with absolute power and a majority of votes, and with Schnee's complicity, Gardella, Vollmer, and Bell continued their campaign of harassment, passing one motion after another to unlawfully impede me from fulfilling my supervisor duties. They managed to turn the entire township staff, including the township supervisor, against me, despite my never having set foot in the township offices. I was officially prohibited from entering any township office and subsequently prevented from communicating with any township employee. Whenever I requested information crucial for my supervisor responsibilities, such as invoices, bills, or budget reports, they deliberately delayed or outright denied my requests, using false claims of confidentiality. Eventually, they compelled me to resort to right-to-know requests, further obstructing my understanding by intentionally slowing down the process. Even with these requests, the documents were returned to me heavily redacted, rendering them incomprehensible. Later on, I was forced to channel all my questions and document requests through Gardella, who maliciously and passively denied nearly all of them. Bell exhibited the same unprofessional behavior. Schnee's electronic communications were not only unprofessional but also filled with passive-aggressive language, which amounted to fabricating additional lies for the record. In summary, Gardella, Vollmer, Bell, and Schnee have conspired over the past year to systematically defame and harass me in public and on social media. They have retaliated against me by effectively blocking me from any opportunities or access to personnel and documents required for me to fulfill my duties as an elected supervisor. Their collusion has rendered me entirely ineffective and useless in my role as a supervisor. Review full investigation report here. Why are Gardella, Vollmer, Bell, and Schnee subjecting me to this treatment? What is the motive behind their intense hatred, malicious slander, relentless bullying and harassment, passive-aggressive vindictiveness, and the continuous infliction of emotional distress in public, on social media, and through email for over a year? The reason behind their actions is simple: I am asking the right questions about the township's governance and exposing their complete incompetence, laziness, lack of transparency, and their role in destroying the township's finances while promoting unprecedented corruption. Additionally, I have dared to criticize their pet project, the municipal golf course, which is both expensive and unprofitable, benefiting only a tiny fraction of the township's residents. I have shed light on their lack of intelligence, business experience, misguided views on governance, absence of a plan, and their ignorance of fiscal responsibility and budgeting. All I do is calmly and rationally ask questions, and they are terrified of facing those questions. Dear voters, this is the consequence of allowing corrupt, incompetent, unscrupulous, lazy, and, most importantly, incredibly stupid, vindictive, and despicable individuals to attain power through deceit rather than merit. They leave nothing but destruction in their path. And now, as this malicious clique prepares to launch another coup and censure me using new fabricated lies, I have a question for you: what have they accomplished in the past 12 months? They have held complete power with a majority vote, so what tangible achievements can they claim? Here is a short list of top issues Gardella, Vollmer, and Bell must respond to.As they censure me once again, be prepared to witness another narrative, most likely built on psychological projection, in which they will falsely claim that I am creating a hostile environment, solely focused on slandering them and ruining the reputation of our township. They will go to great lengths to propagate this narrative across the township's websites, inundate official meeting minutes with relentless attacks against me, and spread further slander about Supervisor Hughes, calling me the “Trump of Exeter," on platforms like the Reading Eagle and various social media outlets. At this juncture, it becomes essential for you to question how I can be responsible for all these alleged wrongdoings when my access to information has been completely severed, my freedom of speech forcefully suppressed, and my vote as a minority reduced to insignificance, while Gardella, Bell, Vollmer, and Schnee have enjoyed uninterrupted power for over a year. Do you truly believe that all this spectacle and smoke and mirrors will deceive anyone? Let me make one thing abundantly clear to Gardella, Vollmer, Bell, and Schnee: The more you spread lies about me, the more resolutely I will expose the truth about each of you. I will never resign.Dave H. Hughes, BS, CMA, CFM
This meeting was held without public attendance. Business which was not listed on the publicly advertised agenda was conducted by the board that involved the use of and the spending of taxpayer assets. PLEASE CLICK BELOW "READ MORE" SELECT AGENDA ITEM AND CLICK ON TIME STAMP
Note: Ms. Kircher asks and reveals St. Lawrence may have a claim on Sewer proceeds never revealed by our Supervisors, SO HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE LEFT OVER AFTER ALL CLAIMS ARE SETTLED? WHY DID THE SUPERVISORS NOT INCLUDE THIS IN THE SETTLEMENT PRESENTATION? @ 1:45:34 OF THIS PRESENTATION.
AMATEURS IN EVERY SENSE! Only one more meeting left, I would like to see a lot of people show up at the Dec 9th Monday meeting. One last chance for the outgoing supervisors to remove John Cusatis as Chairman of the Board, finally doing the right thing, only a symbolic gesture of goodwill at best but it will save someone's political career. Also, the last meeting for anyone who wants to say something about this outgoing Board. I have never seen in my entire life such a collection of misfits quite like this board and some of the supporting staff. REMEMBER CLICK ON "READ MORE" AND THEN PICK ANY AGENDA ITEM AND CLICK ON THE TIME SHOWN AFTER THE @ AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THAT TOPIC
Interesting meeting, many issues, some very unusual moments. Reading the draft minutes for this meeting I feel like I was at a different meeting altogether. The minutes in many places do not reflect what was said. Watch the 1st public comment section, first Joe Staub speaks, Cusatis listens intently, then I speak and Cusatis is fumbling around, looking here, looking there, writing, anything but listening to my comments. If you see what I see, childish behavior, juvenile, adolescent behavior unbecoming someone who should be a role model. His behavior is an insult to all Exeter residents. During the second public comment hear Vinnie Biancone claiming that by simply moving my lips I was calling him an idiot? Why would I do that? But wait, Mrs. Cusatis claims she heard my lips moving...imagine that? Then, hear me ask the board to REMOVE CUSATIS as chairman of the Board. At the very end of the public comment listen to the gentleman who reports that a vendor was selling sex toys at the fall festival.....Cusatis say he knows about this vendor from May Day ....how did he possibly get to work the Fall Festival? Have fun watching the Exeter Township Supervisors Comedy Hour. For the meeting's agenda with corresponding times indexed to the video: click "READ MORE" below. (Note: You will be directed to YouTube if you use the index)
For the meeting's agenda with corresponding times indexed to the video: click "READ MORE" below. (Note: You will be directed to YouTube if you use the index)
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For the meeting's agenda with corresponding times indexed to the video: click "READ MORE" below. (Note: You will be directed to YouTube if you use the index)
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