Write-In Campaign Announcement – JAMES SANFORD for Freeholder

Dear People of Hoboken and Jersey City,

Last month a corrupt City Council chose to play politics over your public health and safety. We deserve better!

Far from the fiction of working together, the Hoboken City Council removed me as a Public Housing Commissioner while I was actively serving and protecting HHA residents. In April, at the critical moment when people needed face masks, but could not find any, we stepped up.

However, this Council ignores the timely lifesaving contribution of 20,000 face masks donated to protect people from Covid-19. And, to this day a majority of the Hoboken City Council will NOT even acknowledge or thank any of us who participated in this community relief effort.

I’m proud of my friends and strangers alike who banded together at the critical juncture when this crisis hit. After overcoming international barriers, we shipped 50,000 medical face masks from Hong Kong to New Jersey. And, I’m grateful for everyone’s help in receiving and distributing masks to stop the spread of Covid-19. This effort was neither easy nor inexpensive.

Everyone who was involved both in Hong Kong and America should know with pride that we saved lives. Let no one say that you are “non-essential.”

Instead of looking out for the people of Hoboken; the City Council backs the wealthy and wellconnected.

The Council used a national health crisis as cover to controversially appoint a local developer’s Executive Vice President to the HHA Board. Appointing a developer to sit on the public housing board is like putting a fox in the hen house. The Hoboken City Council has sold out the people it claims to represent. Wealthy developers paid and the City Council rendered services; while we’ve been out of work the Council is working hard to sell out!

The Council has taken me out of the fight. Now, I ask YOU to put me back into the fight!

Today, I announce my write-in campaign to serve as Freeholder for the 5th District including Hoboken and parts of Jersey City. As a Freeholder candidate I will hold local politicians accountable for their obscene corruption and disregard for the health and safety of the public.

Send a message to failing for-sale politicians. To vote in the upcoming July 7th Primary, you will receive mail-in-ballots. If you’re a Republican then write me in. If you’re a Democrat then write me in. If you’re an Independent then go to the polls and write me in. People are more important than Party. Recent events remind us that life is too short. In the wake of this pandemic we need to work together and deliver competent leadership. That is my promise to you. We deserve better and I’ve got your back. Put me back to work fighting for you!

Sincerely,
JAMES SANFORD
FREEHOLDER WRITE-IN CANDIDATE
HUDSON COUNTY 5TH DISTRICT