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The Terrance Wall Interview

Email interviews are not easy, especially for a blogger who wants to maintain anonymity. When Terence emailed me with the offer of an interview he requested a face to face with a promise of confidentiality. While I have no direct or personal reason to doubt Terence's word, that was a risk I was unwilling to take. We settled on a email interview and I promised to post the questions and answers verbatim.

I'm not exactly satisfied with Terence's responsiveness, and I will address this in follow up questions.

For now, here are the questions and Terence's response. I will email my follow up and additional questions to Terence, as well as post them here over the weekend.

1) Please introduce yourself to the voters. Tell us about who you are, your age, your background, family, education, professional history, public service history. Please highlight your most significant accomplishments. Also, tell us your most significant mistakes and what you learned from them.



2) Why do you want to be a Freeholder? What makes you qualified for this position? What do you want to accomplish in your first term as Freeholder?

Terence's response:

Dear Fellow Republican:

Many wonderful towns make up the great county of Monmouth. Our towns are large and small, rural and urban. To be true, in each region of the county there are neighboring municipalities with distinctly different issues and concerns. Monmouth County Freeholders understand this and work together with their peers to help all municipalities, regardless of size or status, to keep Monmouth County great.

My name is Terence Wall and I would be honored to work on your behalf. I’m 38 and a lifelong resident of Monmouth County. My lovely wife Jeanne and I live in Holmdel with our daughter Georgette.

The campaign website is http://www.monmouthmatters.com/ .The site will be constantly updated and designed to reflect your ongoing feedback. Since my campaign refuses to accept any PAC contributions, your support would certainly be appreciated. We need to return to grassroots campaigning.

I’d like to share a few thoughts with you about the issues of the day.

Taxes must be stabilized. My track record is one of cutting budgets and slashing tax rates for everyday citizens. I will share this record with the Monmouth County voters

Open Space and Farmland must be preserved for today and for future generations. My track record on preservation of open space and farmland is well documented and this experience will help any municipality who seeks urban parks and suburban preservation on a multi-jurisdictional basis will find someone who will roll up their sleeves and go to work.

Stay Local – I would dedicate my term to understanding the key local issues facing our communities – regardless of the challenge – and collaborate with local officials to design long term solutions.

Your vote on April 8th would be greatly appreciated and - if selected - you can be sure that we will win in November and ensure that the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders remains in good hands.

Thank you

Sincerely,

Terence M Wall

Professional Background –

Certified Emergency Medical Technician (Past Vice President of the Holmdel First Aid Squad) – Duty Crew Member for 8 years
Professionally licensed in the following – Insurance (Life and Health), Securities (Series 7) and Real Estate
Taught Continuing Education for Insurance Producers
Administrator – Borough of Keansburg

Past President – Holmdel Rotary
Past Board Member – Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Monmouth County
Finance Chairman – BBBS of MC

First elected to the Holmdel Township Committee in 1998 (primary and general)
Re-elected in 2001
Re-elected in 2004

Chaired and Vice Chaired numerous committees such as recreation, public works, finance and served as Charter Chairman of the Open Space Advisory Council

Significant accomplishments as an elected official:

1. GPU High Tension Power Line Project – fought and won
2. Nike Site – spearheaded preservation
3. Chase Tract – preserved by casting key vote against sewering
4. DePalma Farm – preserved by personally working with the farmer
5. F and F Nurseries – preserved in a multi-jurisdictional fashion
6. Lucent Redevelopment – work in progress