This is our Letter to the Editor, Ridgewood News today (April 22, 2016)
Merriam-Webster defines TRUST as “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something”. In this upcoming election for Village Council, we believe finding candidates worthy of resident’s trust must be the priority, as they will be the representative stewards of our Village at this most critical time.
Jeff Voigt, Bernadette Walsh and Ramon Hache are candidates we believe meet that test. Each has a deeply rooted connection to the Village and is running for Village Council for their own, personal reasons. Each has an independently developed vision for the future of Ridgewood, and each has expressed a willingness and desire to work alongside the continuing members of the Council to improve resident input and the transparency with which our Village Council operates.
We have clearly seen the negative results of a unified political bloc’s agenda running roughshod over the normal give and take of municipal government. Let’s go for something better this time around.
Ridgewood is in desperate need of a comprehensive, long-term vision for the future. We need candidates who want to be a part of leading a Ridgewood that will progress and grow without sacrificing everything we all love about this town-the charm, the friendly atmosphere, the excellent schools and the safety for our families. We need council members who will put resident’s interests first.
On May 10th, please vote for Jeff Voigt, Bernadette Walsh & Ramon Hache, and let’s get Ridgewood back on a path of trust in our local government.
Thank you.
Jim & Gail McCarthy
Voigt, Walsh and Hache are the only way to go. The other 3 have come together as a bloc, they hired a professional campaign strategist, they have already excluded Voigt, Walsh and Hache from a candidates forum because Voigt, Walsh and Hache refused to sign a pledge. The other 3 say they will listen to everyone, but have already showed they only listen to those that agree with them!
Ridgewood cannot survive another voting block. Do not fall for the same trick Paul Aronsohn pulled 4 years ago, “vote for me and my friends Al Pucciarelli & Gwenn Hauck”. Ridgewood deserves 5 individuals who will listen, debate, and work with each other in a respectful manner.