Dover GOP Leader Rick Clement: “The Voters Of Our Community Deserve An Answer” From Democrat Committeeman Who Reneged On Commitment To Disclose Public Clients Of His Accounting Business

Larsen Reaches New Low As He And “Doctor” Moriarty Prepare Letter Signed By Harold Larsen (Apparently Larsen’s Father), Calling For DMUA Takeover, With Wild Charges Like The Nonsense That Open Space Acquisition “Will Substantially Weaken The Scholarship And Financial Integrity Of Our Schools”

Dover Township: Republican Club President Rick Clement says “the voters of our community deserve an answer” from the Democrat Committeeman who promised to make a disclosure of his firm’s public clients on “the same level of information” as disclosures made by other township committee members.

At last week’s budget hearing, after requests by residents, Committeeman Richard Larsen reneged on a pledge to disclose the identity of his clients, as his fellow elected officials have already done.

Three township residents requested that Larsen disclose the local, county, state and national government clients he and his CPA firm has contracts or agreements with, so that potential conflicts might be identified and made public.

Larsen Pledges Disclosure Of All Public Clients

“I will disclose the same information as the rest of them”, pledged Larsen in response to public session requests for disclosure of his government contracts.

He was referring to the other Dover Township elected officials who sit with him on the dias at every township committee meeting.

Shea, Under Fire From Larsen, Questioned Larsen’s Bills

The issue of government contracts as a potential conflict arose when GOP lawyer Robert Shea presented copies of purchase orders and approved bills paid by Dover Fire District #1 to Larsen’s accounting firm, Jump, Scutellaro & Company at 1144 Hooper Avenue in scenic Toms River.

GOP Members Russo, Inteso, Fiure Made Promised Disclosures

In response to the questions in the public session, Mayor Russo responded that he provides legal services for the Lakewood Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Deputy Mayor Inteso, who operates an internet services business, disclosed a business relationship with the County of Ocean.

Committeeman Fiure disclosed that he provides legal services for the Borough of Seaside Heights.

No Response From Larsen As He Breaks
Pledge Made Moments Before

They waited for the promised disclosures from Larsen, but none were forthcoming.

“Oh that’s cute, John.,” was the only comment Larsen was willing to make (to Mayor Russo), and his pledge to make a competent disclosure, made only minutes previously, went unrequited.

And despite additional requests and reminders, he repeatedly refused to divulge any information about any of his governmental contracts.

Clement: What Conflicts Is Larsen Hiding?

“What possible conflicts could Mr. Larsen be hiding”,  asked Clement; why would Larsen embarrass himself so publicly and refuse to answer a simple question?”

The public should “call Rich Larsen and demand he fulfill his pledge”, the GOP leader suggested.

Conflicts Complicated By Letter From Larsen's Father, Who Says Open Space Acquisition Will Weaken Schools

The Larsen conflict issues were further complicated when a letter to the editor appeared a few days later, apparently from Larsen’s father, Harold Larsen, who charged that open space acquisition “will substantially weaken the scholarship and financial integrity of our schools”.

The letter, written by Democrat boss and publicist “Doctor” Jack Moriarty, raised more questions than it answered because it contained a number of Moriarty’s made-up fictional “facts”, all of them discredited months ago.

More on this issue and an unexpurgated review of the Moriarty-Larsen Sr. letter in the very near future from OceanCountyPolitics•Com (for 8/05/03)

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