July2,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, After what has been called by some as the “Reign of Terror” , the newly elected Village of Ridgewood Council opened on Friday with the election of its two remaining council members to the position of mayor and deputy mayor.
A celebratory atmosphere greeted the new council in what can only be characterized as a triumph of the people .
Councilwomen Susan Knudsen, who was elected to the council in 2014, was unanimously voted in as mayor and Councilmen Michael Sedon also elected in 2014 was then named deputy mayor by the same 5-0 vote.
Over the last several years Knudsen and Sedon made up the council minority often voting against their former colleagues . For their efforts they were often ostracized but continued to fight for sanity in a Village government driven by bullying tactics ,special interest and machine politics.
The pair is joined by newly-elected Ramon Hache and Jeffrey Voigt and former Councilwoman Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh to form the Village Council for the next two years.
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Awesome photographs, beautiful families. Confidence in their collective leadership abilities abounds. Go get ’em, Fab Five!
Great photo. I do feel that there is a positive change in the air.
So glad that Susan is the mayor
Lets just hope this council doesn’t screw us like the last one…
we hope the work force can meet with the new council and mayor in private, no upper managers.