Mount Laurel Council’s Steglik & Pritchett Crush the Petition Filing Requirement Having Launched Grassroots Effort for a 2nd Term

Mount Laurel, NJ – On Monday, Deputy Mayor Stephen Steglik & Mayor Kareem Pritchett successfully filed petitions to seek re-election to Mount Laurel’s township council. With over 200 signatures, the Steglik & Pritchett campaign submitted 4x the required amount needed to file.

“I am proud of the work we have done to help make the Mount Laurel Township Council a more engaged, modern, efficient, and fiscally responsible governing body,” stated Steglik.

“Working alongside our township employees, we established a proactive communications department to disseminate information, organized family-friendly events that drew thousands to our community, established Veteran focused events and services that helped show appreciation to our local heroes, and preserved more than 45 acres of land for conservation.

That is a record I am proud to run on,” added Steglik.

Fiscal responsibility was a major campaign promise for Steglik & Pritchett in 2018. In their 4 years on council, Stephen Steglik & Kareem Pritchett have never raised taxes delivering 3 consecutive years of no tax increases with no cuts to services, and even voted against the Republican tax hike of 2019. In 2021, Mount Laurel Township was awarded an AA+ Bond Rating from S&P Global further establishing Mount Laurel as an economically robust community.

“From day one our goal has been to do more with what we have to reduce the burden on taxpayers. Our record of fully funding community services, especially our Police and Emergency response, is a point of pride for Stephen and me,” said Kareem Pritchett. “There is more work to be done for the people of Mount Laurel and we would be honored to have that opportunity once again.”

Steglik & Pritchett were elected in a historic landslide election in 2018. In 2020, the Democratic Party took control of township government after more than three decades nearly of Republican control.