Monmouth County Freeholder Director John P. Curley said he will send a letter to the state Board of Public Utilities today, asking for an investigation into JCP&L's post-Hurricane Sandy response.
Curley said he wants to know how many personnel and trucks JCP&L put to work following the forecasted storm. A week later, 26 percent of the county is still struggling without power, and temperatures in their homes are falling as a vicious nor'easter approaches.
"I think they've done a poor job of keeping the public informed," said the county executive outside the Keansburg Bolger School day shelter, on the day before he faced re-election in the polls.
"All you hear is you will have power by next week. But that's not good enough. We need to know where — what streets — and when," said Curley.
He said the county has helped beleaguered Bayshore municipalities obtain gasoline for emergency vehicles, provided vehicle repair services, and loaned equipment like front end loaders.
Have you been to Holmdel, Matawan, Aberdeen, Marlboro, Howell, Union Beach, etc. where the power is still out? I can answer that - NO - there's no media coverage in those areas for you to get the "free" coverage to get reelected.
This is why we need to get you off the Board of Chosen Freeholders. You are a "salesman" who tries to sell your concerns. WE NEED politians who care about the people not a smooth talker. You should stop using the devastion of Hurricane Sandy for your own political gain. Vote Shea/Lavan The Right Team for Monmouth County.
Sorry for the vent but they guys ignorance just got to me. I realize how bad the situation has been for you guys and I really do sympathize. I don't live there but we were hit by a winter storm with nothing but ice and snow that put us out of electric for 3 weeks when the temperatures were in the 20's during the days and even colder during the nights, so I know what your talking about when you complain about when you say it's cold and your tired of being cold. My husband is there working his butt off trying to get your electric turned on to as many people as he can. He has run into problems with the engineers with your electric company trying to pull him off a job when it was almost complete, the engineer telling him to go to a different location when if he could have stayed another 45 min. he could have turned on 1000 people. He argued till he won the argument. Today he is in a area no lineman has been before. Now he is hearing about people throwing eggs at linemen. For that I say Thanks for the appreciation.
you are a clueless fool...you are the one out of touch. I see 25 subcontractor (JCP&L) trucks just sitting in my town not doing anything. We are documenting/photographing everything (the Town). We are supposed to have a JCP&L contact that the town was given after hurricane Irene devastated us but I am told that the town council member has not been able to reach him for 9 days. So much for coordination. During Irene we had no power for 10 days and they told us the same thing no telephone poles. They had ample time to store/stock. JCP&L has been a drag feet company since I moved to Warren County. I have had to go to the Board of Public Utilities to get anything done. I was losing power 12 times a month when it was sunny out for over a year and this was the only way they finally corrected the problem. You are the one talking politics here not whomever Curley is. Get a life.
And finally, the number of people out there working on the lines simply aren't enough to cover their service area. If you can't handle the business don't take on it. It's a good job only if you think not having power for 2 weeks is acceptable.
http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/assistance/complaints/
supervisor who drove down our street a few time. The out of state crews did ALL the work. Please extend our deep gratitude to your husband and his co-workers.
I would go one step further and demand support services from FEMA which have been nowhere to be seen. The state and county governments have been going at this disaster alone without the support from the federal government.
Instead of complaining, got to a shelter and help. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. Stop whining and do something.