Barham deserves to be freeholder director

Despite an editorial challenge by a Western Mon-mouth newspaper to block Bill Barham as freeholder director, he was returned by a new bipartisan board, and rightly so.

The freeholders recognized Director Barham has done a good job for years at all levels and deserved the directorship for 2007.

Attending most freeholder meetings in 2006, I've noticed Director Barham runs his meetings professionally, and under his leadership many cost-saving reforms, additional acquisitions of open space as well as budget reforms were enacted last year. Nobody else has been there as long as he has and experience at the helm makes sense.

Congratulations, Director Barham. We look forward to you continuing to keep Monmouth County's many departments efficient with AAA ratings and one of the finest in the state.

Rhoda Chodosh

Manalapan