Serial volunteer or avid Boosterism : Readers Debate Gwen Hauck’s relationship to Valley

Serial Volunteer or avid Boosterism : Readers Debate Gwen Hauck’s relationship to Valley

Residents that put themselves out there as candidates for positions such as these tend to be serial volunteers by nature…..and I don’t mean that in a bad way. To expect them to have had no connection to groups or causes that are parties to the resolutions they vote on is a bit unrealistic. Those that would qualify as such are the ones that no one would vote for in the first place.

 

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Are we equating cleaning out a public pond with the Girl Scouts once a year with spending years raising millions of dollars for a (I don’t care what its legal category is) for-profit hospital at countless social events, including their biggest annual “do”s?

How come her avid boosterism about Valley was suddenly tempered, at least in public, once Aronsohn had personally tapped her to become his third vote for anything he wanted as a 3-2 majority? He personally called Pucciarelli, too. Yes, he is that devious and more.

Get her off the dais NOW for any upcoming meetings or hearings and especially the biggest council decision Ridgewood has seen in a very long time. Do residents understand that this vote would not just be to let Valley expand, but to CHANGE THE MASTER PLAN OF THE TOWN?

Is this the person you want as the deal breaker determining an epic change?

Yes, she came in third in the May 2012 election by a tiny number of votes. That is no mandate of the people, especially considering how relatively few residents vote at all (which is sad).

If the Planning Board says no, fine. But if they say yes again, things will proceed swiftly. Raising the recusal issue at that time would be too late.