JACKSON - Name. Address. Position applying for. Attach a resume.

That's all it takes to get appointed to one of the township's 11 boards and commissions, including powerful land use boards that can shape the face of the township by approving or denying various residential and commercial projects.

The result? High-profile resignations by Zoning Board members amid criminal charges and social media posts decried by critics as crude, anti-Semitic or just plain offensive.

"The Zoning Board isn’t what it was 10 years ago,” said Councilman Barry Calogero, who served on the Zoning Board for a decade before joining the governing body.

“They’re listening to very big applications. We need someone to listen to them and not be coerced – politically, for religious reasons or otherwise," he said.

Last month, board member Anthony Marano was arrested for possessing child pornography. The Township Council removed him from the board last week, prompting Calogero's calls for background checks.

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Most recently, it was 49-year-old car wash owner Larry Schuster, who resigned on Wednesday, citing unforeseen family commitments just eight days after his appointment.

A few hours after his resignation, Facebook posts made by Schuster — which he described as "spoofs" taken out of context — came to light. One featured a photo of Orthodox Jewish women being arrested on charged they fraudulently received government benefits.

"Housewives of Lakewood," he captioned one photo. "Free health care, Social Security and food stamps. Live on Bravo."

Another post featured an Orthodox Jewish man installing an eruv on a utility pole. Schuster captioned it "banging a pole."

And last year, he commented online that — if he won the lottery — he'd buy every "for sale" house in Jackson and dedicate it as open space. "No one will ever worry about new neighbors," he wrote.

"Someone who can post comments like this sitting on the Zoning Board is extremely insulting," said California Avenue resident Mordechai Burnstein. "It's worrisome. How can such a person represent the entire Jackson community on any application?"

In response to a Press story about his resignation, Schuster wrote a profanity-laced email to a Press reporter, suggesting that he perform sexual acts "because your news career is not going to get you far."

Calogero's plan would include an in-depth questionnaire, asking potential appointees about their criminal history, financial background and three references.

Though the township is unlikely to conduct a social media search, "that doesn't mean I wouldn't look into it myself," Calogero said.

And if questionable social media posts came to light?

“I’d invite them (the prospective appointee) out for a cup of coffee and simply say, ‘I’m concerned. I want to understand what the intentions are,’” Calogero said.

“And quite honestly, I wouldn’t have appointed (Schuster)," he said.

Schuster's posts come amid continued tensions between the town's Orthodox Jewish community with some of its longtime residents in neighborhoods near the Lakewood border.

Most recently, a spat of complaints about "eruvs" — religious wires hung from utility poles that allow Jews to carry objects and children outside the home on the Sabbath and holidays — sparked the township to begin enforcing an out-of-date law that effectively bans the structures.

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Schuster is not the first ex-Zoning Board member whose unsavory social media posts about Orthodox Jews came under fire.

On Sept. 10, former board member John Burrows made a Facebook post telling Sen. Robert Singer, R-Ocean, and Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore to commit suicide because of their relationships with the Orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood.

According to the Shore News Network, Burrows ended his tirade referring to Lakewood's 3.5 percent sales tax, part of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone program: "Pay your fair share, you filthy (expletive) cockroaches."

But unlike Schuster, Burrows was a longtime Zoning Board member. In 2014, he cast one of the votes shooting down a proposed all-girls' Orthodox Jewish high school.

You can watch a video of those hearings at the top of the page.

“Those feelings don’t come from nowhere,” said Burnstein, who led the grassroots effort to get township approval of eruvs. "There’s going to be applications before the board made by Orthodox Jewish residents of Jackson. You ought to make sure (a zoning board member) is someone who can represent every Jackson resident equally."

In an email, Department of Community Affairs spokeswoman Tammori Petty said an applicant can file an ethics complaint against a public official. But it's unlikely that a complaint would have resulted in state action.

"Generally speaking, offensive speech, bullying and similar poor conduct is not a covered action," she said.

Mike Davis: 732-643-4223; mdavis@gannettnj.com