NJ District 04 Townhall hosted by Shore Progress (Portrait)

Once again, I'm not a good public speaker. >> Hi, thank you everybody for coming and thank you to Tom's River Brewing. You guys have been awesome. Thank you so much. >> So, tonight is Shore Progress's first ever town hall and we're really excited about that. I'm Maggie Ducet. I'm one of the founding members of Shore Progress

and we're really excited to piece today and um hear about a little bit of her priorities and what she plans to do if she gets into office. So Rachel

So before we get started, we'd like to bring up any of the local candidates that are here tonight. I think we have >> Chrissy.

>> Hi Chrissy. Sure. Uh my name is Christina Mertz. I am running for burough council in South Toms River with GG Sparza and Jacqueline Burns and I think we have a really good shot. We're all about affordability, transparency, and really doing what's best for the people because that at the end of the

day is all that matters. So if you live in South Toms River, vote for me. If you have friends in South Toms River, tell them to vote for us [laughter] and enjoy the night. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Chrissy. We also have Gloria Atinson from Manchester board here tonight. >> Hi, guys. Thank you. Um, I'm I'm running

for my second term on the board. Unfortunately, uh, a opponent who is running along with me ran with me the last term. Um, however, because of some shady and ethical things that he has done, we we chose that we just could not give up our values and run with him. And right now, he is running a super smear