file photo by Boyd Loving
Every time he seems to have calmed down, he comes out with another Aronsohn-like outrage. Dissing his fellow council members in public before the issue was even decided was pretty low and only makes him look bad.
Known and unknown detractors and calumniators of our mayor are diligent, working toward her political reduction and the resurrection of the Aronsohn faction. There is a level of sophistication in their machinations that our Village has never before seen or experienced. In some ways this speaks well of ordinary citizens in Ridgewood, in that the big guns of political warfare are now being rolled out to try to disarm and discourage them, and yet our non-political municipal heritage is not really yielding to the pressure. Most towns get caught unawares, leading to easy takeovers by the democratic machine. The reader who posted this is quite astute. Voight is undoubtedly recruiting like-minded candidates to run, win, and serve with him for at least a two-year period as a new majority that would marginalize Councilpersons Coughlin-Walsh and Hache much like the present Mayor and Deputy Mayor suffered at the hands of former Mayor Aronsohn and his cronies. Their treatment was atrocious and they are due a debt of gratitude for persisting and waiting for the dawn the way they did.
I knew this guy was questionable when he showed up to the “coffee meet and greets” with his entourage. He came across as a professional politician.
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However… it was either vote for Voigt, with my concerns about him (which have unfortunately come to fruition) or vote for either Willett, Weitz or Brooks, who I knew were not good for the village.
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IMO he calculated this into his campaign strategy when he decided to represent himself as he did and ally himself with Coughlin-Walsh and Hache. Sophisticated. Deceptive. Successful. Political.
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He doesn’t have the chops for this and ought to resign. Machiavelli would have deplored his childish outbursts and petulant behavior. Last night, outraged at having been discovered in his supposedly secret machinations that were actually on the public record because he used his official email address, he stormed out of the building before the closed session, probably to the relief of the other four council members who were about discuss items such as…bullying. Jeff, you’re demonstrating precisely the attitudes and alliances we feared. The years when three good council candidates must be found are tough! We did the best we could in 2014, but it wasn’t good enough.
Get out now Jeff.
Jeff, you will NOT be elected to another term.
Jeff definitely doesn’t have the chops and maybe will resign. Be careful what you wish for.
I saw him at many many campaign events. He was always alone.
It is time for Jeff Voigt to resign. He is obviously not able to manage this position. Thanks for running, thanks for trying, but we can see you are not up for the job. We do not need a hothead on the council who screams when he does not get his way.