I totally agree with you. I live in Logan Twp in Gloucester County. We had three Republicans, the Mayor and two other councilmen get elected and then after the election, swap to Democrat. Two things occurred. The first was that the general opinion in my area is that they sold themselves out to S. Sweeney (Glouc Co. party boss). The second thing is that the Rep party never recovered. The last elections have been with no alternate party to oppose the Dems. What I propose is being honest about what we believe and begin to run for these unopposed seats. If ballot access is denied, we need to use the local press to push for equity. I don't believe you can change things from within. They're too ingrained.