Republicans for Toms River

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

RODRICK’S RECORD:

🚔 Police Department: DEFUNDED
📝 Code Enforcement: DEFUNDED
🐾 Animal Shelter: CLOSED
🚨 Animal Control: TERMINATED
🚑 Silverton EMS: SHUT DOWN
🔎 Transparency: DIMINISHED
🏛️ Tradition: ERASED
🚙 Township Vehicle: ABUSED
💰 Pay-to-Play: ALIVE & WELL
🏗️ Development: EXPLODING

This is Dan Rodrick’s record.

Toms River deserves better.

08/25/2026

Silverton EMS has been shut down for over two years.

For 60 years, Silverton First Aid Squad served Toms River, responding when residents needed help most, and saving countless lives along the way.

Then Mayor Rodrick shut them down.

This wasn’t just the loss of a first aid squad. It was the loss of a critical local emergency response for the residents of Silverton and Holiday City.

Silverton EMS responded to approximately 30% of Toms River’s emergency medical calls. Taking that resource away means less protection for residents throughout our community.

Politics should never come before public safety.

Our residents deserve better.

REINSTATE SILVERTON EMS!

08/23/2026

08/21/2026

Toms River taxpayers paid $10.3 million to preserve the property located on Route 9 as Open Space to prevent overdevelopment. Now, Mayor Rodrick is proposing to use that same property to build affordable housing.

Do you support Mayor Rodrick’s proposal or should a better alternative be considered?

08/20/2026

Township-owned land or privately owned land?

Mayor Rodrick is pushing forward with plans to use Township-owned open space for high-density affordable housing, while a local property owner has offered privately owned land that could accommodate 140 affordable housing units.

The Mayor says the private proposal came “too late.”

Why isn’t the Township giving residents’ private property proposal a fair look before using Township-owned open space?

Toms River deserves a better approach.

08/19/2026

We congratulate Congressman Byron Donalds on winning the Republican nomination for Governor of the great and free State of Florida!

Under his leadership, we know Florida will continue to stand as a beacon of freedom, prosperity, and conservative values, and serve as a model for the rest of the country.

Now, onto November! 🇺🇸

08/18/2026

A Potential Affordable Housing Solution, Without Using Public Open Space

A Toms River Township resident has approached the Township Council with a proposal that could become a major piece of satisfying the Township’s state-mandated affordable housing obligation, without developing Township-owned open space.

The proposal involves privately owned property directly behind the new Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell VA Clinic that could potentially accommodate approximately 130 100% affordable apartment units. The proposed development would be targeted toward seniors, with a preference for veterans.

The location also makes practical sense. The property is located near Hooper Avenue, a major county roadway with multiple lanes, medians and jughandles, providing significantly better access for residents and emergency services.

That stands in contrast to Mayor Rodrick’s proposed development of Township-owned open space along Route 9, where the road is largely one lane in each direction with a double yellow line and already experiences traffic and roadway concerns.

There is also an important distinction that should not be overlooked:

One proposal would develop privately owned property. The other would develop land purchased and preserved by taxpayers as public open space.

If this proposal can satisfy a meaningful portion of Toms River’s affordable housing obligation while providing housing specifically aimed at seniors and veterans, it deserves serious consideration.

Can this proposal work? And could it provide Toms River with an alternative to developing publicly owned open space?

08/17/2026

Would you write a blank check for $9 million?

That’s essentially what Mayor Rodrick asked the Toms River Township Council to do.

The Council was presented with an ordinance authorizing $9 million in capital spending, including $8.55 million in bonds, meaning millions of dollars in new taxpayer-funded debt.

The problem? There was no clear explanation of exactly what the money would be spent on. Even when residents went to the Township Clerk’s Office to review the details associated with the ordinance, the information they were looking for was not available.

The Council ultimately tabled the ordinance, making it clear that they need more information before committing taxpayers to such a significant expenditure.

Let’s be clear: The Council did not vote the ordinance down. They simply said they needed the details before moving forward.

That’s exactly what residents should expect from their elected officials.

Toms River residents elected this Council to provide transparency, accountability and oversight, not to serve as a rubber stamp.

Before committing taxpayers to $9 million in spending, the public deserves to know where every dollar is going.