Vito Perillo says he wore out two pairs of shoes campaigning door to door against incumbent Mayor Gerald Turning in the non-partisan municipal race. He was absolutely the underdog. Perillo says he ran because of police department lawsuits that cost the borough more than one-million-dollars.
The veterans says he was partly motivated to run by a whistleblower lawsuit in town against the police department that would eventually cost the taxpayers $1.1 million,
Perillo is the new mayor of Tinton Falls and says he doesn't hold any grudges against people who voted against him. He won by 300 votes.
Source: NJ.com