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Resident calls for Attorney General inquiry into BL England purchase by Upper Township
Summary
At public comment, a resident alleged the township misled residents and negotiated a 2021 purchase of the former BL England Electric Plant without public input, and urged the Attorney General's office to investigate; the committee offered no response at the meeting.
During public comment, resident Bob Deo asked the state Attorney General to open an investigation into the township’s November 2021 purchase of the roughly 350-acre former BL England Electric Plant site, alleging the Upper Township Committee negotiated without public input and withheld information.
Deo said he and other residents repeatedly sought information from the committee and county officials with no response. "The Upper Township committee misled and betrayed the trust of the people they were elected to serve," he said, and requested the state intervene and investigate transactions related to the purchase.
The committee did not take public action on the allegation during the meeting. The allegation was raised as a citizen request for state intervention rather than a formal petition; Deo said he would provide the state with documents and a list of officials he said had been contacted without response.
The committee's formal business that evening proceeded without a recorded reply to Deo’s request; residents citing concerns about large land purchases and transparency can follow up through the township clerk’s office or make formal written requests to the Attorney General or other oversight bodies if they seek a state inquiry.
