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Village of Ridgewood Mayor Paul Vagianos “I challenge anyone to look at the hours and hours of Village Council meetings and find an example of bullying from the dais.”

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Ridgewood NJ, Mayor Vagianos on October 23 at the Village Council Workshop – “I challenge anyone to look at the hours and hours of Village Council meetings and find an example of bullying from the dais.”

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Ridgewood Welcomes Its First Class III Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO IIIs) to Enhance School Safety

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Ridgewood NJ, in a significant step towards strengthening the security of our schools, Mayor Vagianos proudly swore in Ridgewood’s first Class III Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO IIIs). These newly appointed officers bring with them years of experience in law enforcement and will be dedicated to ensuring that our public schools remain safe and secure learning environments.

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Addressing the “Disclaimer” on the Village of Ridgewood Official Facebook Page

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog has serious concerns about a recent “disclaimer” regarding the opinions shared by Ridgewood citizens. According to the disclaimer, “The opinions do not reflect the opinions of the Village of Ridgewood.” Say WHAT?

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Reader asks, How can we trust that anything Ridgewood Mayor Vagiano says is truthful and that he does not stand to benefit in some way

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Ridgewood NJ, according to a Ridgewod Blog reader, “Doesn’t seem to bode well for Mayor Vagianos or the village of Ridgewood. especially as Vagianos is trying to get re-elected for another term. How can we trust that anything he says is truthful and that he does not stand to benefit in some way by making choices that do not benefit the people he was elected to represent.”

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Ridgewood Village Council Discuses Dining Corral Safety

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Ridgewood NJ, at the April 3 Village Council worksession, the subject of dining corrals was discussed.  The Village Manager indicated that there is a POSSIBILITY of switching from concrete blocks to more decorative bollards as a means of protecting diners.

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Two long-serving Village of Ridgewood Historians dismissed in a terribly embarrassing and hypocritical display

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Ridgewood NJ, at the December 13 Village Council meeting, the two long-serving Village Historians were dismissed by the Council majority is a terribly embarrassing and hypocritical display.  Joe Suplicki and Peggy Norris were lauded by Vagianos, Winograd, Perron, and Weitz, at the same time that they were being kicked to the curb.  It was cringe-worthy.  It must be noted that Norris and Suplicki had sent a letter to the Council stating their strong objection to putting a huge artificial turf field over the historic Schedler property.  Smelled like RETRIBUTION was the reason for their dismissal.

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Ridgewood Village Council Gives Residents Zero Information on 510 West Saddle River Road Land Grab

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Ridgewood NJ, speaking about bad planning , will wonders never cease, the Village Council plans to  purchase a property at 510 West Saddle River Road to build a parking lot and bathrooms on top of the new new Schedler plan which involves clear cutting 8 acres of trees and laying a turf field to create a  sports complex on Route 17.

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Ridgewood Mayor and Subordinates Continue to Suppress Public Input

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Ridgewood NJ, it is unbelievable that Vagianos and Winograd are doing everything in their power to control the message, squash public comments, ignore the people who they are elected to serve.  From censoring (hiding?  blocking?) comments on their official Facebook pages, to trying to stop the display of signs at meetings, also cutting off public comments at meetings, stopping (or trying to) residents from naming council members by name, Winograd participating in a highly censored and controlled Facebook group, Vagianos stalling on legal OPRA request fulfillments – the list goes on and on.  And Vagianos scolds everyone before public comments even commence – telling them that they have to be civil and so on.  That is like yelling at your kids when they have not done anything wrong, just in case they MIGHT do something wrong.  We are entitled to FREE AND OPEN speech as long as threats and vulgarity are not part of it.  What are they thinking?

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Ridgewood In the Eye of the Storm: The Supreme Court to decide whether, public officials can legally deny access to individuals who want to post comments to their social media pages

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Limiting Access to Individuals to post on social media pages  has Become the Main stay of Village of Ridgewood Politics 

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Ridgewood NJ, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide when, or whether, public officials who have accounts in social media can legally deny access to individuals who want to post comments. It’s also the issue in a pending suit in San Francisco by a journalist who was blocked from Supervisor Dean Preston’s Twitter account, and similar to suits against then-President Donald Trump for excluding critics from his Twitter platform.

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Ridgewood Mayor Arbitrarily Cuts Public Comment Session

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Ridgewood NJ, On March 8, 2023, Resolution 23-108 was approved by the Village Council . Resolution 23-108  Establish Waivable Policy for End Time of Village Council Meetings – establishes a policy for Village Council meetings to end at 11:00 pm, which can be waived by a consensus of a majority of the Village Council.

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