Kiley Fegler Approximately 50 residents were present at the recent meeting of the Atlantic Highlands Republican Club to hear both County Commissioner Sue Kiley and GOP Congressional candidate Scott Fegler talk abut their plans after election to their respective posts in the November election.
Kiley, the current county commissioner seeking her second term, is well known by local residents, not only for her work on the Monmouth County board but also previously when she served as mayor of nearby Hazlet Township and all her volunteerism with the Raine Foundation, a family foundation non-profit organization that helps in multiple local areas. The commissioner was also employed as the business administrator at St. Agnes Church.
The commissioner outlined the continuing work of the Monmouth County Commissioners as well as her own efforts in the specific departments she oversees including the Division of Aging and Disabilities, Veterans Services and the Sheriff’s Office. She explained the far-reaching assistance the county’s ACTS program, which she leads, and which is the first of a kind in New Jersey public-private partnerships. She explained how ACTs, (Assisting Communities through Services) has improved communication and delivery of care for residents while continuing to work on future programs.
Fegler, who is a resident of neighboring Highlands, is seeking his first term in Congress, hoping to unseat incumbent long time Congressman Frank Pallone. Fegler, who was born the year Pallone first won a seat in Congress in 1988, is committed to crafting legislation as a Congressman to establish term limits in the House and Senate, citing pitfalls of prolonged political tenure. He is also strongly opposed to Wind Turbines installed off the Atlantic coast and cited the cost to taxpayers for these energy projects as well as their impact on Bayshore residents in particular and the danger they present for marine wildlife.
A native of Matawan, Fegler maintains a successful family business as a wholesale cheese, charcuterie, deli meat, grocery and seafood products importer.
Among the crowd which included former mayors, council members and local residents from three towns at the GOP meeting hosted by Atlantic Highlands GOP Chair Brian Boms, Art Gallagher, GOP chair in Highlands also spoke on the community spirit between the two neighboring towns and his assurance in the November election for GOP candidates. Highlands operates under a non-partisan form of government and will also be electing two members to its borough council without any party affiliation.
