Reader says time to find some independent thinkers for Village Council
PLEASE start asking around town for independent thinkers with no ax to grind to consider running for council in the spring. Council Election Day (yes, another one) is only 9 months away.
If they don’t, and if Mr. Riche and/or Ms. Walsh (whose terms will expire next year) choose not to run again (who could blame them?), the mayor will find one or two more cronies to do his bidding. Even if they do run, the White Horse machine might get others elected in their place.
Then he’d have a 4-0 or 5-0 “majority” for ANYTHING HE WANTED through at least mid-2016, with a hand-selected Village Manager to do his bidding. How does that sound?
Yeah, scary. Find people to run who aren’t tied to special interests. Pleeeeze.
Why ask around town……run yourself!
The problem with the position is there very little rewards for the aggravation that goes with it. That’s why there are so many members with an agenda that run for council.
Ridgewood resident Frank Del Vecchio, who is the police chief of Fairview, NJ, was overheard telling members of the crowd greeting Cory Booker at Starbucks on Friday that he, Del Vecchio, plans to run for Ridgewood Village Council in the Spring of 2014.
Chief Del Vecchio was the Democratic candidate for NJ State Assembly, District 40 in 1999 and 2001. He lost both elections to incumbent Republican candidates. He planned to run for Ridgewood Village Council in 2008, but did not submit required voter petitions prior to the established deadline.
Del Vecchio is a significant contributor to the Bergen County Democratic Organization and is viewed as being a strong political ally of Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn.
In the summer of 2011 it was revealed that while serving as Fairview’s Deputy Police Chief, Del Vecchio was “moonlighting” as the $250K per year CEO of a not for profit organization that later shuttered when its founder was indicted by the State of NJ for theft.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/125282388_Deputy_chief_juggled_two_jobs.html
Despite the controversy surrounding his not for profit job, Del Vecchio was promoted to Fairview’s police chief in December of 2010.
The Del Vecchio family has resided on Walthery Avenue since September of 2003.
OK so what?
Strong political ally of Aronsohn? He can’t stand Aronoshn! This would be the worst possible situation for Paul. Frank is beloved by democrats in Bergen and would push Paul to the back of the line.