Hope for the future

摘要

Whatever it's paying him, New Jersey's Lakewood Township is getting more than its money's worth from public works director John Franklin. At age 65, after serving 10 consecutive terms on the township's governing board and five years as mayor, Franklin was hired to reorganize its 106-employee, $10 million Public Works Division. His primary order of business: replace the township's woefully outdated public works facility.