photo courtesy of Saurabh Dani
Cris Kaufman’s only flaw is that he is not experienced at being a BOE member and he is not super polished in a venue like the “debate.” This is not a character flaw. Loncto is experienced because he has 7 years on the Board. I am sure Cris will know more in seven years. And Loncto had to READ answers after SEVEN YEARS of experience. Cris is natural, he is not scripted, he is enthusiastic, smart, involved, and he is a listener. I saw him at one of the coffees and he was aces in this less formal environment. Loncto, by the way, was appointed the first time and ran unopposed the second time so he never had to go through this debate scene EVER. Voting for Kaufman, no doubt about it. Loncto has to GO.
I was going to vote for Kaufman but I no longer can in good conscience. He was totally unprepared for the debate, which showed disrespect for those who supported him, for the public at large and he was a poor example for children who may have been watching. Kids do your homework, it matters! I was impressed that LONCTO took the time to get facts and figures perfectly accurate by writing them down. Major political candidates do that. And at congressional hearings if you watch CSpan you see them reading facts and figures.
But what bothered me the most was Kaufman’s insistence that his having kids in the school system was important. Loncto’s wonderful answer to that was: All the children in the school system are my children. I care about all of them (not perfectly accurate quote; I didn’t write it down!). Kaufman’s insistence that kids of school age are a major qualification to serve on BOE revealed a person who is biased, prejudiced and discriminatory. A person who is likely to exclude rather than include people, certainly on the basis of age, possibly race and gender also. I don’t trust him. I am a senior citizen; I belong to Age Friendly Ridgewood and I am sensitive to age discrimination, called Ageism. Kaufman certainly demonstrated that prejudice. I have a relative, a renowned PHD CHILD psychologist who was never married and didn’t have children throughout most of her career. What she did have was knowledge, and empathy, and she was a human being. Human beings can remember childhood at any age. Human beings must not be put into categories that prevent them from actualizing themselves and contributing to our society because of age, race, gender or anything else. Kaufman may be able schmooze well at a coffee, but that doesn’t count for me.
If I were the parent of the child Kaufman kept referencing during the debate I would be livid. It would not take much to narrow down which friend of his kids was the one he was referencing. And he kept saying that was the reason he was unprepared. He had a couple of weeks to prepare. He’s assuming people will vote for him for a change. Not so we will vote for someone competent.
Does CCR have a recommendation…?
Ok… Its official (at least to me)
The ” was going to vote for Kaufman but I no longer can in good conscience….” poster is either Loncto himself, or a lackey since he’s been posting the same long diatribe multiple times.
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Do you have it in a word document for easy cut and paste?
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This type of dirty tricks/voter suppression tactics are enough to make me vote for Kaufman (aka “not Loncto”)
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Loncto seems desperate… his minions are posting fast and furious in an attempt to discredit Kaufman
How about the CBR or the Ringel Coalition or any of the other acronym groups constantly backing incompetents in the name of change? Listen to these groups and you get Aronsohn (CRR), Pucciarelli (Graydon), self serving Susan (CRR and Graydon). How about you do your own research, watch the debate on you tube and reach your own conclusion. Oh and don’t vote for someone that is clearly incompetent just because some group said so.
“I was going to vote for Kaufman but no longer can in good conscience” is not Loncto or a lackey. It is me an elderly woman resident of 40 years here. I feel offended that an elderly person who no longer has kids in the school system but keeps up with current events and local issues would be excluded from being on the BOE, according to Kaufman, because he or she no longer has young kids. Kaufman is guilty of discrimination, ageism and leaving out every category of person who does not have kids in school. In plain words he is ignorant; he is one who excludes people not includes people. I cannot vote for a stupid ignorant man. He did show disrespect for residents of Ridgewood by not being at all prepared. It was embarrassing. On the other hand, when Loncto said: All the children in the school system are my children, I thought that was wonderful. I am a thinking and feeling human being an individual who forms her own opinion, and to HELL with belonging to any group. Yes, I know Loncto can be contemptuous and arrogant with residents at BOE meetings. NO I would not have passed the last school budget; it was wrong. But Kaufman is too incompetent for me.
I never vote for any candidate whose signs litter the village.
Little josh has had sings up since fucking July.
I thought it was creepy when Loncto said that all of the children are his children.