Year in Review: Galloway Government News

2011 was a year of high-profile turnover and threats of lawsuits for Galloway, with former township clerk Lisa Tilton filing tort claim notices totaling $9 million: against ; against the ; and against .

The genesis of Tilton's series of claims was in June, when she   for the first time during her tenure as clerk. It quickly became apparent all wasn’t right: Tilton was without pay and in July to resign. replaced Tilton, but the former clerk stayed in the picture, filing numerous tort claims totaling millions of dollars and what the township characterized as .

When all eyes weren’t on the unfolding Tilton situation, they were focused on ex-Mayor Keith Hartman. He and Kleiner in a big way in June, then Hartman began missing meetings and claimed he was getting left . Hartman so many meetings that his seat was , a move Hartman . Hartman again, but lost the .

Hartman and Tilton weren’t the only ones to end their service with Galloway. The township manager in January, while the chief financial officer , replaced by .

Turnover aside, it was a big year for Galloway on many other fronts. Galloway put pressure on nonprofits for a Galloway lost more than a half-million dollars to , township Democrats got a , the got a financial boost, residents protested a possible and township employee . Oh and amid all of this, Galloway , returning two incumbents to council and electing a newcomer.

With such a busy year in 2011, what do you think 2012 will bring for Galloway government news?

Galloway Patch published 337 government news stories in 2011. Stay caught up year-round at Galloway Patch’s government and election topic pages.