Deputy Mayor Steven Langert & Hal Halverson Sign Petition Running For Republican Primary

so no still this is clerk we are here to file our petition for Publican primary you you not our sign you need to sign here and down here's no difference but we have to know how yes it sounds poor but I didn't make and you [Laughter] have work for Sandy kofax $20 it as Harold Hal just Harold Hal or just Harold Hal you're registered as Harold but if you want the how in there you can but put it after the Harold in quotation like in quotation but you're officially registered on the voter system as right as Harold right yes I have no idea go online I don't mean oh wait let me put our slogan on the U on the front did I put our regular he organization of Ocean County great really hi I'm Hal Halverson I've been living in Lakewood now going on six years I've lived in Oran County for 40 years uh this I find this to be an exciting opportunity for me to join uh with Steve and Manos and Isaac to continue uh what was started a few years ago with reversing the trend that had been taking place in lakid for many years and hopefully I can make a contribution to us continually to reduce cost hold cost and provide the services that the the township requires very excited to be running with Hal Halverson this year I think it's a wonderfully balanced ticket I am uh hopeful and confident that we will have a very clean campaign uh it will be a campaign based on our record over the past two and a half years in the past two years I've been able to with the help of the committee cut taxes here in Lakewood we're one of the only we're one of the only towns in the in the area that's been able to do that in fact almost 10% of the municipalities in New Jersey are looking for a waiver for their cap and I think that you know that's very important to the voters and taxpayers in in Lakewood that you know last year we had a tax cut this year with the with the help of the Board of Education and the fire fire budget uh fire district and with the township coming in with a flat budget that we will um have another tax cut this year I know that uh U as an aside I'd like to just thank all of those um who came out in the last few days encouraging me um prodding me asking me if I was going to be running for the assembly as most of you should know from the video here posted on the scoop last night at the County Convention you know for the sake of party Unity for the sake of um U avoiding a primary I felt that overall at this time it is better that I focus my efforts into my re-election on the township and that's where we're that's what we're going to do I look forward to running with Hal I've known how for quite a while now uh certainly very articulate very knowledgeable about local issues and uh we hope to have very clean campaign thank you