February 28,2016
PJ blogger
Ridgewood NJ, with the announcement that the citizens group has gathered enough signatures to force a binding referendum on BCIA funding of the garage . Mayor Paul Aronsohn has already announced his intention to go back to Village financing for the project .
With a council election just around the corner it makes sense to postpone any action on the garage until the next council . Recent verbal and physical attacks on residents have crossed the line and the public no longer feels comfortable with the current council. Lets face it ,the entire project is now suspect and the public has lost all confidence and trust in the current Village Council.
Key information like the Maser report appears to have been withheld from the public and some council members as well as the conclusions in the Walker report seem to have been misinterpreted,with the reality being the garage has little chance of paying for itself.The projects design and financial impact on the village , as well as increases in parking rates appear to be left to chance by the current council majority .
Other projects are waiting in the wings , like the high density housing for the central business district, negotiations with Valley Hospital and the Ridgewood Water suit all of which will force major changes to the Village of Ridgewood .
Common sense should prevail and all major decisions about the Village and Village business should be postponed until the new council takes over in June and restores the public’s confidence in the Village council’s ability to represent the residents of Ridgewood .
Sorry Mitch Mcconnell, that’s not how government works. They’re not even lame ducks at this point. Also, the twisting of words to make it appear that the council had something to do with “the assault” is disingenuous.
What if you do not like the new council do we stop work altogether?
Looking forward to the retirement of the expression “council majority.” It’s horrible–because it’s accurate.
8:36. Why do you have “assault” in quotation marks? Intending to imply that it was not really an assault? Sounds like Gwenn is posting here. The article did not suggest that the council,had anything to do with that incident, but you are suggesting that the incident didn’t happen. If you didn’t see it, it didn’t happen, right?
If these three think they have done good for the village, why are they all not running again? What are they afraid of?
Dictators (oligarchs?) don’t need the confidence and trust of the people to force their will upon them.
If it does not fit you must acquit
the three amigos just want there names permanently displayed on the monstrosity of the garage.