Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Gloucester County taxpayers have allowed those who have been elected and hired to make decisions that have resulted in the waste of buildings, land and financial resources. Numerous individuals from the community have voiced concerns pertaining to many financial decisions made by the board of supervisors and the school board. Those individuals have voiced desires to have more community involvement in the decision making process.

Individuals have spoken at public meetings only to be ignored. Letters from individuals voicing concerns have been published in the press. Emails have been sent by individuals. As individuals we have been unable to accomplish very little. Now the new budget year approaches with a revelation of some disturbing information.

Our elected leaders spent over $750,000 to have county employee wages analyzed which resulted in significant wage increases. They are wasting huge amounts of money now and in the future by the way they are rebu...