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The league of Women Voters hosts Ridgewood Council candidates night tonight at 7:30pm at the Village Hall

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April 20,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, The league of Women Voters will host the Ridgewood Council candidates night tonight at 7:30pm at the Village Hall.

Village of Ridgewood Candidates night format for the evening will include welcome from the president, flag salute, and an introduction of our esteemed moderator and the candidates. The moderator will then take over.

Opening statements 11/2minutes each

Questions # 1 2 3 1 1/2 minutes each question

Cross talk on each question 5 minutes in total each question

Questions from the public 40 minutes

Closing statements 1/1/2 minutes each

1. During the recent budget proceedings, Ridgewood Water outlined a six year, approximately 40 million dollar capital plan to
update the facility which serves not only Ridgewood but also Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff. Should the town invest the money
to update the facility or should we consider selling the utility and why?

2. We are looking at potential new development in Ridgewood , in the downtown area and the Central Business District (garage and
multi family housing at several locations). What measures would you propose to minimize disruption to traffic flow, local businesses and home owners and to ensure pedestrian safety?

3. Regarding the Town Garage location on Franklin Avenue and the adjacent municipal lots, the Department of Environmental Protection has cited these properties for remediation due to underground fuel tanks that are leaking diesel and hydraulic fuel into
the surrounding ground water. There has been talk of charging the cleanup to a potential developer or acquiring the garage site by
eminent domain and doing it ourselves. How do we address this problem in the most expedient manner so that no further
contamination occurs and serves the best interest of the village?

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Richard Brooks and Evan Wetiz are running on joint ticket sponsored by Rurik

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April 18,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Richard Brooks and Evan Wetiz are running on joint ticket sponsored by Rurik. Ridgewood news has published full page ads where footer suggested that those ads were paid for by “Progress Ridgewood”. Rurik’s address was used in these ads as the address of progress ridgewood group.

Progress Ridgewood Group recently uploaded two videos with messages from Brooks and Weitz. Both with the same background and same setting. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRZHBgmFO5y7g30tg-Fsm-A/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0

This confirms that both of these candidates are supported and sponsored by Rurik Hallaby. Now why this is so interesting?

Rurik has been a long time supporter of Valley. He has spent good chunk of money on this cause. Richard Brooks is spouse of the planning board attorney Gail Price. Gail Price played major role in convincing the planning board members to approve valley deal. Next step for the valley deal is village council. Rurik now wants to get Richard Brooks and Evan Weitz appointed to the council – so they can finish the work which Gail Price started.

Watch the video of Evan Weitz carefully. He thinks the decisions taken by the council yet are not “bold enough”. He wants to be even bolder than Paul, Albert and Gwenn and build even a higher density and give Valley even more than what they have gotten so far.

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Gwenn Hauck endorses Richard Brooks for Ridgewood Village Council : “Kiss of Death”

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Will this be the “kiss of death” for Richard Brooks?

April 9,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood Nj, Is Richard Brooks Campaign for Village Council over before it started?  Richard Brooks the husband of Ridgewood Planning Board attorney Gail Price who seemed to have been more interested in representing Valley Hospital than the Village of Ridgewood and who’s stewardship led to Valley getting everything they wanted with no compromise in a mediation settlement .

Now to make matters worse for the Brooks campaign,  the conflict of interest councilwomen of the year Gwenn Hauck who is so intertwined with Valley Hospital she can not seem to remember whether she got a check or gave a check , whether she paid her property taxes or as some allege is responsible for the mass murder of  wood turtles ,an endangered species;  has endorsed him.  Apparently Gwenn has looked up from her ipad for a brief second and seen the light.

While some will say it was nice of her to take a break from ranting against Ridgewood residents , while others suggest that Gwenn suffers from a mild case of  “foot in the mouth” disease and the Brooks endorsement is just more of the same .

Our modest suggestion is that perhaps Gail should sharpen up those resume skills , but on the other hand Valley might be hiring.

How anyone could support a candidate who is being endorsed by Gwen is beyond our comprehension :

https://www.gwennhauck.com/views/richard-brooks-for-ridgewood-village-council/

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League of Women Voters to Hold Village of Ridgewood Council Candidates Night

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April 3,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, On Wednesday, April 20, the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood will hold a moderated forum for candidates who are running for Village Council in the May 10 Municipal Election. The forum will be held at Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue at 7:30.There are six challengers for three open seats on the Ridgewood Town Council: Richard Brooks, Ramon Hache, Jeffrey Voigt, Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh, Evan Weitz, and Janice Willett.

The candidates will each provide a background statement and will answer questions provided by the League. There will also be time for questions from the public.

Candidates Night will be televised live on Cablevision-Channel 77 and Fios-Channel 34.Ms Barbara King from the Fairlawn League of Women Voters will moderate the forum. If you have any questions about the forum or the League of Women Voters, please contact Joan Burns at 201-615-6614.