Candidates
Post new topic   Reply to topic    [http://cranbury.info] -> News | Events
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
anon-88r5
Guest





PostPosted: Fri, Oct 20 2017, 10:31 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

anon;oqs8-np85 wrote:
That seals the deal for me. I do not want to bond for the "LIBRARY FOR A FEW" . If the library wannabees want to pay for and maintain an unnecessary building then let them do so. My concern is the old timers with a mission will be gone and their memorial will end up being funded in perpituity by taxpayers who did not want, nor need the library. I Vote NO for Matt Scott!


You do realize most old timers do not want a stand alone library from what I see and hear being an old timer. A lot of the support is from 4 seasons, new residents and a few old timers. If you attended any of the TC meetings you would see very few long time residents in attendance.
Back to top
anon-pp98
Guest





PostPosted: Sat, Oct 21 2017, 10:12 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

anon-88r5 wrote:
anon;oqs8-np85 wrote:
That seals the deal for me. I do not want to bond for the "LIBRARY FOR A FEW" . If the library wannabees want to pay for and maintain an unnecessary building then let them do so. My concern is the old timers with a mission will be gone and their memorial will end up being funded in perpituity by taxpayers who did not want, nor need the library. I Vote NO for Matt Scott!


You do realize most old timers do not want a stand alone library from what I see and hear being an old timer. A lot of the support is from 4 seasons, new residents and a few old timers. If you attended any of the TC meetings you would see very few long time residents in attendance.




He also stated he wants to state his opinin on on progressive issues, but keep the flavor of the town. He stated he is not a member of indivisible, Scott, a self-described “progressive Democrat,” said he was not a part of the group but that he agreed “generally” with what the organization says.

This is lie Matt Scott is a member of their group. He and the group went underground when they decided to run him for the Cranbury council they have removed his name from the group publicly because he is their Manchurian candidate


“With that said, if elected, I do not plan on implementing all the things they want to do nationally."


the indivisible polices include making Cranbury a Sanctuary City, DACA, legalization of drugs including opioids even if Matt Scott supports only some of these national issues it is bad for Cranbury
Back to top
anon-4os8
Guest





PostPosted: Sat, Oct 21 2017, 6:13 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

LOL. Do you really think anyone takes these wild claims seriously? I hope you don't, but if so please get back on your meds.
Back to top
anon-413n
Guest





PostPosted: Sun, Oct 22 2017, 8:26 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Matt Smith was a member of Indivisible Cranbury. The member list was posted in Facebook until the group made their members private. The list of members was then posted on this site until removed. Here is an excerpt of that list.

    Matt Smith

    Neurosurgery PA at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

    Joined


    Added by Laura Zurfluh on February 1


As can be seen, Matt Smith clearly was a member added by the leader Laura Zurfluh. Because of the nature of the group, he probably "officially" dropped out of Indivisible Cranbury to run for office. He was able to answer the question that he "is not currently" a member of Indivisible Cranbury.

This may not be a lie but it is clearly deceiving the public.

Also, Indivisible Cranbury is promoting Matt Smith, the following Facebook post of "our" Democratic candidate, is still open to the public:

    Indivisible Cranbury shared a Page.
    October 1 at 11:29am ·
    If you are interested in learning more about our Democratic candidate for township committee:
    https://www.facebook.com/mattcranbury/


This situation is reminiscent of the deception earlier in the year by Susan Goetz who tried to disavow membership in Indivisible Cranbury but was called out with facts.

http://cranbury.info/viewtopic.php?t=6631&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


The kind of deception that Matt Smith is doing is not good for Cranbury.
Back to top
anon-413n
Guest





PostPosted: Sun, Oct 22 2017, 7:56 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Matt Scott was a member of Indivisible Cranbury. The member list was posted in Facebook until the group made their members private. The list of members was then posted on this site until removed. Here is an excerpt of that list.

    Matt Scott

    Neurosurgery PA at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

    Joined

    Added by Laura Zurfluh on February 1



As can be seen, Matt Scott clearly was a member added by the leader Laura Zurfluh. Because of the nature of the group, he probably "officially" dropped out of Indivisible Cranbury to run for office. He was able to answer the question that he "is not currently" a member of Indivisible Cranbury.

This may not be a lie but it is clearly deceiving the public.

Also, Indivisible Cranbury is promoting Matt Scott, the following Facebook post of "our" Democratic candidate, is still open to the public:

    Indivisible Cranbury shared a Page.
    October 1 at 11:29am ·
    If you are interested in learning more about our Democratic candidate for township committee:
    https://www.facebook.com/mattcranbury/


This situation is reminiscent of the deception earlier in the year by Susan Goetz who tried to disavow membership in Indivisible Cranbury but was called out with facts.

http://cranbury.info/viewtopic.php?t=6631&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


The kind of deception that Matt Scott is doing is not good for Cranbury.
Back to top
anon-s6p5
Guest





PostPosted: Sun, Oct 22 2017, 8:41 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

I think this is getting ridiculous. Instead of making these loose ties that at best serve to only make people feel sorry for Matt. Why not look at his positions. In fact I'll do it for you.

- He wants to do bike lanes and work on other such items. Where does he plan to do these? How does he plan to fund them? Is he aware that the TC considered this before and you can't do anything with Main St Old trenton or Cranbury Neck because they are county roads. So where is this planned and how?

- He fully supports funding and paying for the library. Is he aware of our current debt, the 2% cap on tax levy and that we have a lot other expenses in town to cover? For the cost of the library the much needed Petty are repairs could be done, land preserved, and go a quarter of the way of dredging the lake.

Instead of being a troll argue his platform being against your agenda. Right now, I'd vote for Matt just because this trolling is ridiculous and I feel sorry for him.
Back to top
anon;oqs8-np85
Guest





PostPosted: Sun, Oct 22 2017, 9:47 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

The trolling needs to STOP. Matt may be a nice guy but he really doesn't have what it takes as far as background to be on the Committee. Ms. Witt does have the business background and financial expertise to delve through the numbers and run this township like a busniess. We have been dealing with Committeee members running this like an Elite Club that only focuses on "The Village" and Main Street. Contrary to popular belief this is a Business and needs to be run like a business not a Country Club for hangers on in the municipal building. Lets get real and eliminate the two " administraators", we really need a part time financial person and a real full time Clerk. We do not need two administrators and assistants for those administrators. We also DO NOT need a fulltime Planning and Zoning Administrator--that position is overstaffed considering the nubmer and complexity of applications that we receive now that we are pretty much built out.At this time we need a Committee that needs to evaluate carefully the need and cost for these positions and really work to eliminate excess expenditures/salaries[almost $300,000. salary and benefits].
Just a note for your thoughts; If you poll the employees in town hall you will find without exception a true dislike of the "ADMINISTRATOR" and without that respect, we as taxpayers do not get our money's worth---we are grossly overpaying for those services----------------
Back to top
anon-s6p5
Guest





PostPosted: Mon, Oct 23 2017, 6:35 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

anon;oqs8-np85 wrote:
The trolling needs to STOP. Matt may be a nice guy but he really doesn't have what it takes as far as background to be on the Committee. Ms. Witt does have the business background and financial expertise to delve through the numbers and run this township like a busniess. We have been dealing with Committeee members running this like an Elite Club that only focuses on "The Village" and Main Street. Contrary to popular belief this is a Business and needs to be run like a business not a Country Club for hangers on in the municipal building. Lets get real and eliminate the two " administraators", we really need a part time financial person and a real full time Clerk. We do not need two administrators and assistants for those administrators. We also DO NOT need a fulltime Planning and Zoning Administrator--that position is overstaffed considering the nubmer and complexity of applications that we receive now that we are pretty much built out.At this time we need a Committee that needs to evaluate carefully the need and cost for these positions and really work to eliminate excess expenditures/salaries[almost $300,000. salary and benefits].
Just a note for your thoughts; If you poll the employees in town hall you will find without exception a true dislike of the "ADMINISTRATOR" and without that respect, we as taxpayers do not get our money's worth---we are grossly overpaying for those services----------------


Sounds like you don't read minutes or know much about the government in town.

The clerk by law is a tenured position. So you are not going to change the clerk who also has an assistant administrators title for when the administrator is out.

The town administrator is also the CFO a combined role.

In terms of the zoning and planning function. You do realize that warehouses, businesses and homeowners all visit this office not just for the original build, but renovations and modifications as well. This is lao separate from construction who is funded solely via permit fees and is separate from the town employees.

This has all been in minutes over the years.

I agree in Mrs. Witt. Just don't expect a change like firing a bunh of people.

Also, I'd like to ask what areas you feel are ignored. I see Petty road being constantly discussed and engineering studies done, I see John White Rd being repaved and brickyard on the table for when the Unexcelled property construction is fully done and it seems the TC is actively working to redo the traffic circle.

So yes, the town redid the business area, but with grant money that if we did not get would have gone to another town. So I'd rather we get it than Camden.
Back to top
anon-5p0n
Guest





PostPosted: Mon, Oct 23 2017, 9:56 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Whatever happened to finishing the sidewalk on Old Trenton? Around the same time the Township announced the new brick sidewalks on Main Street they announced that project, which seems to be a response to the "Main Street gets all the money" naysayers. But Main Street was done years ago and Old Trenton still remains without a contiguous sidewalk a large portion of the Township residents could use to get to and from downtown.
Back to top
anon-7581
Guest





PostPosted: Mon, Oct 23 2017, 9:56 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Matt Scott is an alt left candidate who supports Bernie sanders socialist view of the world matt scott will be a mouth piece for Laura Zurflu the leader of imvivisible cranbury and her national extreme views on sanctuary city daca $15 hour minimum wage for cranbury more affordable housing than we have to build and many other extreme policies

anon-413n wrote:
Matt Scott was a member of Indivisible Cranbury. The member list was posted in Facebook until the group made their members private. The list of members was then posted on this site until removed. Here is an excerpt of that list.

    Matt Scott

    Neurosurgery PA at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

    Joined

    Added by Laura Zurfluh on February 1



As can be seen, Matt Scott clearly was a member added by the leader Laura Zurfluh. Because of the nature of the group, he probably "officially" dropped out of Indivisible Cranbury to run for office. He was able to answer the question that he "is not currently" a member of Indivisible Cranbury.

This may not be a lie but it is clearly deceiving the public.

Also, Indivisible Cranbury is promoting Matt Scott, the following Facebook post of "our" Democratic candidate, is still open to the public:

    Indivisible Cranbury shared a Page.
    October 1 at 11:29am ·
    If you are interested in learning more about our Democratic candidate for township committee:
    https://www.facebook.com/mattcranbury/


This situation is reminiscent of the deception earlier in the year by Susan Goetz who tried to disavow membership in Indivisible Cranbury but was called out with facts.

http://cranbury.info/viewtopic.php?t=6631&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


The kind of deception that Matt Scott is doing is not good for Cranbury.
Back to top
anon-42r5
Guest





PostPosted: Mon, Oct 23 2017, 11:50 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

anon-5p0n wrote:
Whatever happened to finishing the sidewalk on Old Trenton? Around the same time the Township announced the new brick sidewalks on Main Street they announced that project, which seems to be a response to the "Main Street gets all the money" naysayers. But Main Street was done years ago and Old Trenton still remains without a contiguous sidewalk a large portion of the Township residents could use to get to and from downtown.


This as covered in meeting notes a few years back. Both were awarded via grants. The downtown via a state dot grant and old Trenton Rd via a federal grant. The federal grant would have required an engineer be on site for the full length of the project and the town would need to cover that cost. When they saw the cost to have an engineer onsite they determined the cost was too great. Whereas the state grant did not have the same requirements.

It's too bad because the town ended up turning the money down. But I think it was over 100k or so in township added costs.
Back to top
MA C-p0o2
Guest





PostPosted: Tue, Oct 24 2017, 12:42 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates & Library Reply with quote

[/quote]

A lot of the support is from 4 seasons, new residents and a few old timers. If you attended any of the TC meetings you would see very few long time residents in attendance.[/quote]

Even biggest spenders from 4 Seasons have DONOR FATIGUE.
Back to top
Guest130-n6o0
Guest





PostPosted: Tue, Oct 24 2017, 3:42 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Just read Matt Scott's letter asking for my vote. There's no question that he will ask the township to support funding the library. Does he understand the tax implication? I don't think so. I also don't think he understands that there were approximately 600 out of 3300 residents who donated. Not a good representation. I personally donated, but it was my choice. I do not believe it is in the township's best interest to use taxpayer dollars. Matt does not appear to know what the majority of people want but rather what special interest groups wants.
Back to top
anon-88r5
Guest





PostPosted: Tue, Oct 24 2017, 4:00 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

Guest130-n6o0 wrote:
Just read Matt Scott's letter asking for my vote. There's no question that he will ask the township to support funding the library. Does he understand the tax implication? I don't think so. I also don't think he understands that there were approximately 600 out of 3300 residents who donated. Not a good representation. I personally donated, but it was my choice. I do not believe it is in the township's best interest to use taxpayer dollars. Matt does not appear to know what the majority of people want but rather what special interest groups wants.


The way I look at it:

- Matt could demand a new library at each meeting, but you need a 4-1 vote to bond and there will not be that number of votes.

- The November referendum may very well solve the whole issue with the state coming in to fund the balance.

- Even if the Ballot referendum fails and if Matt pushes, you're talking the following:

- Next year Mr. Cook and Mr. Taylor both losing or not running and a pro-library funding candidate wins both slots. I think Mr. Cook will run as his kids are in college, Mr. Taylor I know has stated to me he may not run as his kids are now older and need more of his time. They will have both been on the TC for 9 years which is a lot of time.

- The following year Mr. Johnson and Mr. Mulligan either not running or one losing to a pro-library candidate.

This means that from a town tax perspective, we're at least 1 to 2 years away from the town bonding under a worst case or best case scenario (depending on your view).
Back to top
anon-s6p5
Guest





PostPosted: Tue, Oct 24 2017, 6:25 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

I have defended Matt as my internet id will attest. I still like Matt.

However, after seeing his letter I am not voting for Matt. Recent candidates including those on them TC have always focused on needs and not wants. Just over 10-15 years ago we had a TC focused on wants. The budget rose, we got the ballfield, and the money from our warehouses went right out the door. Just look at today's budget vs late 90's and early 2000's. while some can argue with this TC and projects overall taxes have been in check, the budget has been cut and the town retired debt prior to the affordable housing.

Now I look at Matt's letter and it is all a repeat of wants. No position on being frugal.

- make the downtown and neighborhoods around more aesthetically unified. Does that mean expanding the HpC zone? Making it more peestrian and cyclist friendly. Can't do that without money.

- foster a downtown renaissance and make it like lambertville or hope we'll. First, Cranbury is not that town and second it would ruin life for residents in the village area and neighborhoods. Parking would be horrible. And do we really want those crowds?

- look at new and expanded bike paths. With what money? The town has sought grants where possible. the roads where bike paths make sense are county roads and the town has no money or legal right to apply for a grant for those roads.

- build the library. The coat is huge and this is the biggest want vs need.

- his last point about making Cranbury greener is noble. But he doesn't say how. Do we want more ordinances that may infringe on our rights? Shade tree wants an ordinance prohibiting people from cutting down trees in their own yard. Do we really want to do this?

I am not trolling. These are Matt's actual positions and they concern me because I don't see anything about fiscal responsibility or management practices. I don't care about indivisible and he has stated he's opposed to sanctuary cities which I fully believe. But there is enough in his letter that gives me a real pause for my tax dollars.
Back to top
anon;oqs3-np85
Guest





PostPosted: Tue, Oct 24 2017, 10:21 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Candidates Reply with quote

I agree with the previous post. From reading Matt's letter I am now convinced he is going to be a spender like previous committee members who gave us all the debt for their wants ie; "Field of Dreams". Now most all of those Committee members have deserted the town and are gone to do damage elsewhere. The town needs to put the brakes on spending for WANTS and the library is a Want not a need. As the resident mix changes there always seems to be that "There is nothing too good for me or my child at any cost" attitude.What happens time and time again is the turn over of homes as children grow up, go through the school system, then the parents move . Cranbury has turned into a place of transient homeowners. Unfortunately those folks who moved here for the village hometown atmosphere have lost that asset to a town focused on being a DESTINATION! I'm not so sure we need to be a destination for others. How about we be a nice town for the folks who live here and a less visited destination with less traffic and crowds and noise.
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    [http://cranbury.info] -> News | Events All times are GMT - 4 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Next
Page 3 of 7