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Ridgewood its Reorg time

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Ridgewood its Reorg time
May 15,2012
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The election is over and its time for the reorg, Reorganization as it is called will be held at the council meeting on July 1, the two new council members Albert Pucciarelli, Gwenn Hauck will  join Paul Aronsohn , Bernadette Walsh and Tom Riche to select a new mayor for a two year term.

Contrary to popular belief the popular vote during elections makes no difference in picking a mayor. .In 2010 Councilwoman Walsh, took home the most votes and was passed over for a more experience Kieth Killion.  It all comes down to a simple process ,after the new members are sworn in, nominations for mayor are submitted. The individual with most total votes among the five is then appointed and sworn in as the new mayor.

The Patch has reported the sources have said Aronsohn has support of running mates Gwenn Hauck and Albert Pucciarelli, and would have enough votes to take over the their words “largely figurehead role”. We have also heard that both Bernadette Walsh and Tom Riche, elected in 2010, have expressed also interest in the position. Riche is currently the deputy mayor and comes to the council with a lot of experience .While many witnessed Paul Aronsohn standup up in front of the whole town and say he couldn’t work with Keith ,Tom,Steve  or Bernie, this in our and many peoples eyes rules him out as mayor .

Ridgewood still uses a mayor-council system based on the Faulkner Act. The mayor presides over the council meetings.,but has no veto power over decisions. His or her vote counts just like any other councilperson. However the mayor is the public face of the village, attending Village functions meeting with respective counterparts and of coarse other politicians. The mayor also presides over the council meetings.

This is again where many people have a serious problem with the two new council members for their strings attached affiliation to Valley Hospital and of councilmen Aronsohn for his deep connection to the state Democratic party and partisan out look in a non partisan town.

7 thoughts on “Ridgewood its Reorg time

  1. the next mayor needs to talk with the town workers to see how we can fix a lot of problems with the top managers in town.the big wig’s have been giving all of you a b s story for a long time.we have dept’s that are short on man power for a long time.in the street dept they had 27 workers in 1990.now they are down to 7 and that’s not a good thing. my taxes did not go down from the lay off’s.did any one’s else.but the service did. the new people that just won because we the people are very mad with the old crew what they did to this town with the help in all dept’s. but the police and fire made out ok. thanks to the old mayor.

  2. The Patch is Paul’s voice to the residents. As far as Mayor Paul only get along with people that support is ideas. Lets see how long his running mate put with his attacks when they disagree with him.

  3. He’s not the mayor yet. Despite the large number of votes, many people can’t stand him and would be upset to see him representing the town.

    The mayor also has nonfigurehead roles, such as an automatic seat and vote on the Planning Board.

  4. Can Aronsohn count?

    What’s to stop Walsh and Riche from voting for Pucciarelli? In that circumstance, I would think that Pucciarelli would vote for himself, leaving Aronsohn with the task of mending fences if he ever wants to be mayor in the future.

  5. Hauck and Pucciarelli should call in their favors from Aronsohn now because he’ll stab each of them in the back the moment it’s to his advantage to do so.

  6. true, true #5

    1. It’s all over folks, Paul and Pucciarelli Deputy Mayor.

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