Cranbury Committee Member Changes Party, Seeks Re-election

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Now, this is why he should have stuck it out... Jay is nothing like the last half of this list...


"As a long time democrat here in Cranbury we are excited to have Jay Taylor join our party and support our other great elected democratic leaders that represent our town Mayor Dave Cook, Township Committe Memebers Glen Johnson & Susan Geotz, State Senator Linda Greenstein, Assemblyman Wayne Deangelo, Assemblyman Dan Benson, Congreeman Rush Holt, Senator Robert Menendez, Senator Frank Lautenberg, and last but not least the President of the United States Barack Obama. Welcome to the team Mr Taylor."

[Return of COAH]

This is a big week for Democrats. First getting Jay Taylor to switch and now the Democrat controlled NJ courts are reversing Christie's decision to abolish COAH, which was praised by leading Democrats.

A few years ago, Tom Panconi dropped out of the Democratic Party due to differences, mostly COAH, and became an indepedent. Jay Taylor had differences with the Republican Party but did not become an independent, he joined the Democratic party during a big week for COAH supporters.

Court Ruling Restores COAH

Thursday, March 8, 2012

TRENTON – An appellate court determined that Gov. Chris Christie exceeded his authority when he abolished the Council on Affordable Housing last year and transferred the council’s functions to the Department of Community Affairs.

In a unanimous ruling, judges Philip Carchman, Clarkson Fisher and William Nugent ruled that Christie does not have the power to abolish a legislatively created independent authority.

“Today’s court decision has made it clear – the Governor cannot ignore the Constitution, nor can he ignore the Legislature, in his efforts to comply with the Mount Laurel decisions mandating affordable housing in New Jersey,” said state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union.)

“In order to develop a plan which will stand the test of court scrutiny, we have to work together to create an alternative to COAH that actually works,” he said. “We cannot simply throw COAH out the window without first developing a mechanism which seriously addresses the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in New Jersey communities.”

The 12-member Council on Affordable Housing is tasked with enforcing the Fair Housing Act, which was passed after a series of court decisions that required New Jersey municipalities to provide affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families. However, while an appeal of rules instituted by COAH in 2004 is pending before the Supreme Court, the council’s rule-making authority has been suspended.


Read more: http://njtoday.net/2012/03/08/court-ruling-restores-coah/#ixzz1ojzaK7b3
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[New Resident]

As a father, husband, and fairly new resident I feel it is time to post. I have been watching these posts and it amazes me how people so quickly can prove a point through by going negative. As Lincoln said it is better to be thought a fool and than open your mouth and prove it.

Jay has been dragged through the mud to the point of even his poop being discussed. He's been called or insinuated as dishonest, self centered, a liar, unethical, etc...Which is interesting if these posts are to believed because it appears he's in almost every organization in town so by association these boards and organizations must be the worst judges of character to ever exist.

Jay stated that he did this to avoid political influence or having votes depend on party affiliation. Well, he was dragged through the mud proving his comments by people saying he's supporting COAH by being a Dem, Rush Holt and Obama. For those interested, two of the three Judges who overturned the Christie decision - Carchman and Nugent were appointed to the Court under Kean and Christie. By linking him it shows that the Republican group can't distance itself from broader politics.

[to new resident]

If you're new you may not have realized yet that there is 1 or 2 very conservative, very bitter anonymous poster(s) who dominate these negative discussions, posting under a variety of aliases. Sometimes they wholesale make stuff up, other times they imply or exaggerate or misconstrue. If you try and counter their actual points they usually ignore the factual responses and keep posting the same stuff or they use your post to reinforce the idea that there is a conspiracy. If you try and "go positive" they just ignore you outright. If everyone goes silent, they will keep posting several times in a row sometimes with more and more provocative little zingers hoping to draw someone out. It is only after these things have gone on an on for pages that everyone finally gives up trying to engage or overcome the loser and after their baiting doesn't work they finally move on. You can search the history of this forum and see example after example. It's all the work of maybe 2 people and the suckers the trolls draw in.

[Happy Voter]

Happily I will be be voting to reelect President Barack Obama and Jay Taylor this year.

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[a Republican for Jay]

The person who continuously states Jay voted against the budget and then swithed parties for political reasons is obviously not listening to Jay. This person must be 1 of the very few Republican leaders he had a disagreement with. He was willing to raise taxes, but not to the degree the other 4 deemed necessary. The 5 agreed to disagree, which was OK.

[Democrat]

There are inconsistent messages. If Jay was dissatisfied with the local Republicans and did not want to become tied to any group, he could have become an Independent.

He did not become an Independent, he chose to align himself with the Democrats and now is associated with the positions of their leadership, which could be good or bad depending upon an individual's leanings.

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I agree, it's the same poster. But by replying you are just feeding the Troll. The only way this redundant nonsense stops is when that poster has had the last word, about 3 times in a row under different names, and no one takes the bait again...

[Disappointed]

I am very disappointed in Jay Taylor not because he switched to democrat from republican but because he chose to not become an independent like Tom Panconi did. I respected Tom Panconi for his decision to place Cranbury before political party unlike Jay Taylor who unfortunately is only worried about getting reelected which is disappointing to many of us

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[Cranbury voter]

Jay's switch in political party, I believe, was not such a shallow move as to merely indicate his displeasure with the pressures put on him by a few Cranbury Republicans, but was done because he fundamentally identifies himself with the ideologies of the Democrat Party. Jay is a fine person and entitled to his political beliefs, but I am disappointed, nevertheless.