A Toms River Councilman and a Republican nominee for mayor was asked to resign while a planning board member filed her resignation. Toms River Council President George Wittmann Jr. and five other members of the council voted to censure Daniel Rodrick and urge his resignation from the council. The reasoning behind the council's decision is due to "Rodrick's "bigoted conduct" during the recent Republican mayoral campaign that shows his "unfitness for elected office," according to the other six members of the Township Council," according to the Asbury Park Press Report. A Campaigne mailer said "Mo Hill Gets Big Endorsement," featuring a photo of a smiling Hill speaking to Scott Gartner, an Orthodox Jewish resident of Toms River's North Dover section who is Hill's neighbor. Rodrick's campaign promoted what he presented as facts about Hill and Coronato:
"I resent the notion that I'm someone bigoted," Rodrick said. "I've never written anything bigoted or said anything bigoted."
Meanwhile, Toms River Planning Board Member Heather Barone who was also on the primary
ballot for a seat on the council resigned from her position in a letter written to the township and council. It was in response to a Facebook posts on her campaign page implying that Mo Hill's victory was the result or more wealth especially from the Orthodox Jewish community.
"At the end of the day voters voted for more overdevelopment and orthodox votes. There is nothing we can change from that. I thank you so much for your support but not much of a Toms River wanted the bias racist treatment of Toms River." she said, " thank you to all who actually voted. Not a chance we had against the money Mo Hill had and team had from the Orthodox vote and money. So you got what you voted for."
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