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Residents press commissioners on Medicaid changes and criticize board’s response at June 24 meeting
Summary
Several residents used the June 24 public comment period to urge commissioners to protect Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries, to criticize commissioners’ conduct at a prior meeting, and to lodge allegations about the county prosecutor’s office; commissioners responded to some transportation concerns but no formal board action was recorded.
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. — At the June 24 Board of County Commissioners meeting residents criticized how the board handled public comments at a May 27 session and urged protection of Medicaid benefits under proposed federal changes. The public comment period also included an extended, unverified complaint about the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and calls for improved public transportation.
Why it matters: residents said potential changes to Medicaid and SNAP at the federal level could affect vulnerable county residents, and several speakers asked commissioners to listen respectfully to constituents and to advocate on their behalf before laws are finalized.
Bill Wheaton of Villas told the board he attended the May 27 meeting and said commissioners “talked down to and insulted”…
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