Warwick Advertiser reader slams Sen. Thomas Morahan's pork barrel issues

They're getting wise to Senator Thomas Morahan's slush-fund problems in Orange County:

It is not new to me to point out to elected officials and others for more than five years now to find someone in government or just among the people who will justify “Pork Barrel” gifting to be within the law and a practice for many years that has no legal foundation in fact.

Earlier this year I have corresponded with (Warwick) Supervisor Michael Sweeton regarding pork barrel grant gifting with the people’s money that is not in the legal budget. I wrote to (state) Sen. Thomas Morahan at least five years ago to learn of justification for a pork barrel gift to a summer camp - not even an official organization with the public’s money who have no opportunity to vote on the purposes of our legal, budgeting tax system.

Aside from the under-the-table practice, it sets in place other terrible, political practices, like voting Americans do not need but are in truth being penalized by when we need a balanced economy more than ever. In the current period a gift of $400,000 was made in Middletown to improve a building and now as much as $10 million for a facility in KJ so obviously lobbied for by that community.

Presumably those in office are afraid of losing their office to start any kind of debate or to be viewed as trafficking illegally or for a newspaper to lose some readership. I await with anxiety your response and hopefully appearing in your letters of opinion at the earliest date.

John (Jack) A. Porter

Warwick