At Tuesday evening's M&C meeting, what was traditionally a brief public session turned into an extended discussion between the public audience members on current events, campaign finance reform and pay-to-play.

While everyone is entitled to their opinion, these are the facts:

1. According to ELEC filing form R-1 signed and dated 05/18/2009, Matthew Carrick acknowledged a campaign contribution of $5,200.00 on 03/04/2009 from T&M Associates on page 2 of Schedule A.
2. On 02/02/2010 Councilman Carrick voted AYE on Resolution #10-70 to appoint T&M Associates as Borough Engineer.

I am told that Mr. Carrick broke no laws...

See the full article with full links on
abetterdumont.com

Thank you for sharing that information with the community, abetterdumont.

Do you know what is the campaign limit that a donor is permitted to give?

I think the monetary limit from a corporation or union to a candidate is $2600 per election. Since there are two candidates in the joint committee, the limit is $5200.

But I am told that barrier appears so porous that one could probably drive an 18-wheeler through it...