still unofficial with the numbers
The Reign of Terror Has Ended
photo by Melanie McWilliams
May 10th 2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
unofficial updates to follow 5698 voted 34.04% of total voters
Jeffery Voigt 3839 67.37%
Janice M. Willett 1803 31.64%
Evan Weitz 1736 30.47%
Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh 3611 63.37%
Richard S. Brooks 1656 29.06%
Ramon M. Hache 3867 67.87%
Ridgewood NJ, Voigt, Hache and Walsh in a Landslide Victory in Ridgewood Council Race .Six candidates were running for three, four-year terms on the Ridgewood Village Council in this year’s non-partisan election. In what could only be called one of the most contentious elections in many years. With None of the three incumbents seeking re-election it was a wide open race .
The Mayor , developers , Chamber of Commerce , and Ridgewood Guild endorsed Willett , Brooks and Weitz who failed to impress the public with their message of build build build . While Voigt, Hache and Walsh focused more on a vision of keeping the small town feel to Ridgewood. It was above all else a resounding rejection of Mayor Paul Aronsohn’s policies , a rejection of over development, machine politics , professional politicians and a blatant disregard for residents desires .
