I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the record on some items that Mr. Moskowitz seemed to be off the mark on in his last letter to the editor.
As a former commissioner who worked with Mayor Solloway and Mayor Diane Hanson, Town Manager Diana Smith and Finance Director William Brown, we all saw an opportunity with a very reputable financial representative at Edward Jones to work on our town investments. The gentleman came with the highest of qualifications and impeccable credentials.
Within about three weeks of having our town accounts under his guidance and creating positive investments for Dewey Beach, we went to another firm - Morgan Stanley. The council and town representatives realized that no one wanted the appearance of the mayor’s company running town investments, and Mayor Solloway was not even in the same office as the investment official. A solid official took over investments and balanced all the accounts to ensure a very positive cash flow for the town.
Fast forward to Mr. Moskowitz taking over as the investment chair for the town for the past four-plus years and all the accounts show a paltry .4 percent rate of return on our town’s investments. A blind squirrel throwing acorns at the Wall Street Journal could pick a better rate of return for the town’s investments than what Mr. Moskowitz has done in this booming economy. To continue with full truth and transparency, Diane Hanson was on board with the investment strategy under Mayor Solloway, William Brown, and the councils of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Our town has gone under a tremendous positive image with beach mats, new town manager and his impressive background in local governance, shedding light and showing no improprieties with the LESO program for our town and countless other positive and forward-looking projects. We should embrace what Mayor Redefer and Councilman Bauer have brought to Dewey Beach in one short year. Leaving the dark past of the last eight or so years, and focusing on the future is what Dewey should do!
Candidates who need to clarify simple questions - after the fact - from a town forum, delete less-than-flattering postings on social media, and have multiple run-ins with the police in such a short period of owning property in Dewey are not the forward-looking candidates that we need. Constantly self-promoting, yet tearing others down with half-truths and inaccuracies is in the rear view, and not needed in our town - positive players and new blood like Bill Stevens are the future. Working with Mayor Redefer and Commissioner Bauer, he will give our town the positive image that we need and want. It is time to leave the negativity thrust forth by Diane Hanson and her backed candidate, David Moskowitz, outside of our government. Let’s move forward, not in reverse in Dewey in 2018.
JV “Zeke” Przygocki
former commissioner, Dewey Beach resident
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