{"id":6685,"date":"2015-10-27T05:28:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T09:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2015-10-27T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T05:30:09","slug":"independent-candidate-moore-hoping-shoestring-budget-campaign-is-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/10\/independent-candidate-moore-hoping-shoestring-budget-campaign-is-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Candidate Moore Hoping Shoestring-Budget Campaign Is A Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bob Moore (File Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

In one of New Jersey largest suburban municipalities, where hotly-contested partisan campaign budgets have skyrocketed into the six-figure realm in recent election cycles, former Democrat Bob Moore is hoping to do more with significantly less funding in this year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Spurned by his fellow Democrats over a number of votes during his first term \u2013 most notably, refusing to vote with his party<\/a> in a failed attempt to oust Township Clerk Lynnette Iannarone in favor of former Democratic councilwoman Kathy Russel \u2013 Moore is running as the only independent candidate this year. His campaign budget so far: just about $2,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you run independent, you don\u2019t have the backing of the engineering firms and the unions and the big money, so it\u2019s all about supporters who believe in me,\u201d said Moore, who is focusing his campaign on the issues of public safety and development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the blue collar guy who can get things done,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n

The single-person campaign has managed to keep up with the two parties with sign donations from supporters, plus donations of time from family members, neighbors and friends who have gone door-to-door, held meet-and-greets and placed signage around town.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes it really take money to win?\u201d Moore asked rhetorically. \u201cI hope not. I hope it\u2019s more that people believe in you.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Moore wins a second term Nov. 3, his vote could end up playing a much more influential role on the governing body than it has since his first year, when the council was split between four Democrats and three Republicans. Since the 2013 election cycle, the council has been exclusively made up of Democrats, with Moore finding himself persona non grata with his former running mates. In the event three Republicans win election alongside Moore, his vote would likely be the deciding one on countless roll calls that would undoubtedly result in a 3-3 tie.<\/p>\n

Moore admits he is \u201cpretty much even on the issues\u201d with his former party when it comes to municipal affairs, but he hopes being independently elected will allow him to restore some of the influence he lost after falling out of favor with the Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want every neighborhood in Brick to have a Neighborhood Watch program,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI had that going, we purchased software. I was the liaison to public safety, and when I was moved out of that position, that\u2019s where the Neighborhood Watch idea stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s ideas, if elected, range from setting up new youth sports programs in troubled neighborhoods \u2013 hopefully using grant funding \u2013 to reach out to kids who may otherwise go down the wrong path. He also said he favors private investment in the former Foodtown site on Route 70 and would like to see an indoor sports and recreation facility built there that could include room not just for sporting competitions but senior citizen activities as well.<\/p>\n

But to see his hopes come to fruition, he\u2019ll have to win Brick residents\u2019 votes a second time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you rely on your friends and family members, brother firefighters, they\u2019re there for you,\u201d said a hopeful Moore. \u201cThis time around, it\u2019s more of a family thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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