As someone in Cape May is fond of saying: "you're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts."
 
By the terms of our charter, the TPA has no partisan or political agenda and the Association does not endorse or oppose any candidate for office.

Nonetheless we are deeply interested in facts.

Recently the two incumbent candidates for Cape May City Council posted this on their Facebook page that:

"Back in late September, the Cape May Taxpayers Association Board of Directors reached out with a list of questions to be answered by the candidates running in the 2020 election. Majority of the questions were important topics that the residents of Cape May should be informed of. We took the time to thoroughly answer and research these questions, only for them to be kept from the public."

For whatever the motivation, these two incumbent candidates have gotten their facts wrong. On September 25, TPA sent each of the five Candidates the follow invitation:

Because the TPA is not able to host our traditional Candidate Forum this year, we are offering each candidate the opportunity to address several issues of concern to the taxpayers of Cape May. If you so choose, please respond to each of the questions below in a paragraph or two.

We will post your responses verbatim on our website, www.capemaytaxpayers.com, and will also send them to each TPA member who has provided us with their email address. We are planning to circulate the responses we receive no later than October 4, 2020.

On October 6, the questions, and the responses of all five candidates were sent to all 700+ members and citizens on our email list. They were also posted on our website and have remained there since then.  Anyone who goes on the website can read all five candidates submissions:

Election 2020 Candidate Responses (PDF)- Taxpayers Association of Cape May
Chris Bezaire    Zack Mullock

How the two incumbents concluded that their responses have been "kept from the public" is a question for them to answer since the responses from all five candidates, including theirs, have be available to the public since October 6.

Interestingly, in her responses to TPA questions one of the incumbent candidates cautions that ..."The information contained in this document is not to be copied or reproduced beyond publication as agreed to..."  which seems to indicate that the incumbent candidates themselves were aware of and agreed to the TPA public publication plan when they submitted their responses on October 6.