In debate, GOP slams Greenstein for abstention on affordable housing vote

[JD]

[Jersey Whig]

The candidate who will truly represent the citizens of the 14th District was not asked to attend this debate. He does not have $600,000.00 propaganda machines behind him. Gene is mounting a significant challenge for State Assembly in the 14th District. Gene is a leader with no party lines to walk. I ask you to strongly consider voting for The Modern Whig candidate Gene Baldassari. For more information on Gene visit www.votegene.com

[Guest]

[Guest]

Dave has enough guts to put his name next to his statement. If you want to call someone a liar have the guts to put your name out there.

[Guest]

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[Guest]

People, stop it. This thread is downgrading and is important to all of us as a town. We need change at all levels and we don't need to downgrade an important thread with bickering.

[wcody]

There has been concern regarding Greenstein & D’Angelo position on COAH after their respective abstention and affirmation of the COAH A500 legislation last year. It is interesting that Greenstein claims she did this to continue to have input on the issue (as well as how she equates abstain to no). It has been well over one year and what has she done? It is clear that legislation is needed to fix the affordable housing program. New Jersey legislature keeps a good record of pending bills, their status and who is primary sponsor.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillsBySponsor.asp

She has been primary sponsor for many bills during the past 2 year legislative session but I could find only one bill regarding COAH. A4128, which was introduced by Greenstein and D’Angelo on 6/22/09, reduces the job counts for warehouses, which is good. This bill is identical to S2460 which Bill Baroni introduced over 5 months earlier on 1/13/09. Why wait 5 months after Baroni took the initiative? At least it was introduced. Bills need to get introduced either at the Senate or Assembly then will get carried over to the other body later. Both of these bills were sent over committee for review where they still sit.

Besides COAH, this debate brought out several other issues that were already pointed out by previous “guests”.

Where did Greenstein and D’Angelo get over $600,000 in funds, which is more than 20X as much as Calabro and Harvey. Was this from local residents or did it come from the Democratic machine, PAC’s, etc. It would be great if they publically disclosed the source of the funding prior to the election. What strings are attached to this money? Last campaign was Clean & Fair and it went well but that initiative was killed by the Democrats last year.

The other concerning point was Greenstein’s new found support of regionalization. Baroni has stated Cranbury should not be consolidated. Corzine wants to consolidate small towns like Cranbury. There are only two small towns in Greenstein’s district. Where does she stand on consolidation of Cranbury?

I was also surprised to see Greenstein and D’Angelo defend Corizine’s record on taxes.

I do want to make one correction, I have seen Wayne D’Angelo in Cranbury. He along with Linda Greenstein and Bill Baroni came to the Helene Cody Cranbury 5K. Our family appreciated their support.

Of course, as a township committee member, I will try to work with whoever is elected, but for the future of Cranbury, we need a change in Trenton. I encourage all residents to vote for Rob Calabro and Bill Harvey for Assembly. Also, we need a change in Governor as well so I encourage voting for Chris Christie who has the best chance of winning and bringing the needed reforms in Trenton.

Win Cody

[JD]

Win,
I appreciate your comments and echo your concerns for Cranbury. I would add to that the outcome of this year's Gubernatorial election is even more critical to Cranbury because of the profound impact it will have on the the Court for years to come.
JD

[Guest]

Honest question - Can anyone tell me where to find any information on how Christie expects to make good on his promises? I certainly don't want to vote for Corzine, but feel as if Christie's making promises that are completely impossible to keep. Thanks!

[Guest]

Here is what I think. Corzine, Wayne or Linda get in we as a town are done. If you vote Dagget it's a vote for Corzine because Dagget has no chance. So you need to vote Christie if you don't want to lose our town.

For TC, we need to vote Mulligan and Taylor. Not one or the other because we'll cancel votes out then and they will lose. They offered ideas, solutions and understand the finances. Jay's family has been here since the 40's. Dan's since the 70's. They understand history and understand the need to stand up. If they lose then Win will be a minority again and we'll see David back as Mayor with no change from the last years. We all say we want change. Now is the time from state to local to do this change and protect our town.

[Jersey Whig]

Every election year I hear people saying we need change and then they go out and vote for Democrats or Republicans. Both these parties share the blame for the mess we have on our hands.

If you elect one party the other party fights every move they make. They will vote against something good for the citizens just to disagree with the other party. Its a game Democrats and Republicans play at our expense. All they care about is power.

If you really want change look outside these two parties, That's where you'll find leadership.

Trust me when I tell you if you keep electing politicians you’ll get exactly what you deserve. You’ll get more of a mess and in 2 years you’ll be rewarded with hearing your favorite politician telling you he has a plan to fix it.

New Jersey is desperately in need of leaders. Take a good look at all independent and third party candidates before making your selection.

[JD]

[Guest]

I'm a Democrat, but as others have posted here a vote for Corzine is effectively a vote against Cranbury. Corzine is on the record as promoting legislation that would force our Blue Ribbon school system to be consolidated into other districts and legslation that would basically force smaller townships like ours, even in cases like Cranbury where we have been successful in outsourcing most of our services to other municipalities, to merge into larger towns.

If you live in Cranbury and don't mind us becoming part of Monroe or South Brunswick, fine, vote for Corzine. Otherwise, what are you thinking. You could hate virtually everything Christie stands for and he'sd still be a better choice. You don't have to believe in change or believe Christie is anything but another slick politician that can't be trusted. But you can still be certain, because it is a hallmark of the NJ Republican parties position, that he is not in favor of merging our Township out of existence like Corzine.

[JD]

[Guest]

Hadn't you two been asked to move on? Determined to get the last word in?