file photo Boyd Loving
Glen Rock voters reject turf field referendum
NOVEMBER 5, 2014 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 2:03 PM
BY RICHARD DE SANTA
STAFF WRITER |
GLEN ROCK GAZETTE
Wasting no time addressing the implications of Tuesday’s resounding Faber Field turf referendum defeat, the Glen Rock Borough Council will start its Monday, Nov. 10 work session at 6:30 p.m., an hour earlier than usual.
Although Mayor John van Keuren and the council had already extended the meeting time several days before the vote – to specifically allow discussion of next steps for Faber either way – the setback and its magnitude have ramped up the need for fresh deliberation.
After the lopsided 2,999-1,176 vote against the $3 million bond proposal, van Keuren told the Glen Rock Gazette Tuesday that, “We had already moved up the start time, just to talk about the outcome and next steps, not knowing what the outcome was going to be, and it was obviously definitive.”
Saying the post-vote reaction of some council members ranged from “disappointed” to “shell-shocked,” the mayor added, “Regardless, we have to move forward. So we’ll see what the mood of the council is, and how to tap into the mood of the community.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/elections-in-nj/glen-rock-voters-reject-turf-field-referendum-1.1126423
Lesson here – the next time you think Ridgewood’s Village Council is about to make a dumb ass decision, circulate a petition, get enough signatures, and let the voters decide. Those who snooze are those who lose.
you are forgetting one thing…
On average, Glen Rock residents are far more practical and savvy than RW residents
Good for them. The sports maniacs who promised millions more than they were able to get in donations did not get their way as they did here.
Photo above article is an apt choice.
Is that the Charles Johnson Aquatic Center??
They’re going to get their field. They just won’t bond it. They will build it into the budget.
With such a significant defeat, I don’t think any politician in his/her right mind would try that tactic.