Perr tells Paulsen to come clean on public documents at Lenape, the County Bridge Commission and BCIT:

“We’re tired of your cover-ups and excuses while the public continues to pay your legal bills and higher corruption taxes.”

(MEDFORD, NJ) – In light of continued controversies swirling around Burlington County GOP Political Boss Glenn Paulsen, a local attorney, as public agencies he represents refuse to publicly release copies of all subpoenaed material in an ongoing criminal probe of State Sen. Martha Barks’s no-show county jobs -- as well as media-requested documents in the Lenapegate Scandal -- today Richard J. Perr, founder and President of the Burlington County Taxpayers Association issued the following demands:

“The taxpayer and toll payer-funded agencies and school districts in Burlington County that Republican Boss Glenn Paulsen controls were not meant to be used as a personal patronage fiefdom for him and his allies. The public has a right to know the details of deals made to give Senator Bark her no-show jobs costing taxpayers a whopping $330,000, as well as details of deals to line the pockets of his close political allies in the $45 million Seneca High School construction scandal.

Was Boss Paulsen the power broker behind those no-show jobs, while supposedly providing legal advice for both public entities at the same time? If not, why is he hiding from the public all of the documents related to Senator Bark’s employment, work product, and accountability?

It is disturbing to imagine if Paulsen counseled the public agencies he represents, while serving as the Chairman of the County Republican Party, to hire fellow Republican Senator Bark under the pretense that she would have little, if any, job responsibility while earning $330,000 at taxpayer expense. Obviously Paulsen must be conflicted in the matter due to his role, which only further drives up legal fees when he had to hire outside counsel to represent the County Bridge Commission and the Burlington County Institute of Technology with compliance in the state’s criminal probe. Paulsen serves as counsel to both county agencies.

The hiring of expensive outside counsel amounts to nothing more than a corruption tax imposed on every single county resident – especially if the county Bridge Commission extends payment beyond the initial announced $50,000 legal fee.

If Glenn Paulsen has nothing to hide he should immediately come forward with all of his billable work and retainer agreements with county and local government to justify why the taxpayers of Burlington County are paying higher corruption taxes. It’s becoming all the more obvious that his interests are not in line with the general public’s.

I challenge Boss Paulsen to produce all records being requested by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, as well as the general public and media outlets to shed some light on how and why this much money was abused.

Boss Paulsen’s refusal to speak out publicly on these matters when he was the central figure in both scandals, speaks volumes about his fear of being held accountable to the taxpayers.

Now the leadership of the Lenape School District wants to impose $77,041,189 in taxes on the 8 towns that comprise the district and yet they arrogantly, at Paulsen’s counsel, don’t want to open up all the books and show what Paulsen did to earn his overly generous legal fees during their spending spree to build the $45 million Seneca High School. The Seneca project was laden with giveaway pay-to-play contract awards for Paulsen’s top contributors.

In all of these scandals, there is one common denominator – Glenn Paulsen enjoys being paid and taking care of his cronies, but has no interest in full public disclosure when taxpayer dollars are being used to finance his unhealthy grip on county and local government.

The citizens represented by the Lenape School District, as well as all county residents want to know why they are now being forced to pay higher corruption taxes and higher property taxes because of the actions of Paulsen and his elite few. They should demand no less. Until Paulsen and his crew at Lenape stop thumbing their noses at the people paying their bills, I encourage all eligible voters to reject the excesses of their $112,781,886 Lenape School District budget at the polls on April 20th. The public has just had enough.”