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[quote="anon;oqs4:-2ooq"]The regression to non transparency gets worse all the time. The real decisions are made without any real public input. All the ordinances are read a first reading and just pushed through on the second reading without the public having any say unless they go through the tortuous experience of trying to get an explanation of the ordinance. By the second reading the deal is done behind closed doors and the passage is just formality. The present Mayor has been taught by the ex Mayors to simply duck the questions and never give a straight answer to the public on any questions they may ask. Has anyone EVER had a follow up answer to a question from the mayor or an answer at the following meeting? The old days of good back and forth educated, respectful discussion are gone. The public has been diminished to only being allowed to attend but not actually participate. The Committee meetings are a joke and if it were not for the administrator leading the circus and the clerk continually prompting the Mayor we would be in even worse shape. Most of the dedicated committee meeting folks that use to attend have given up or passed away and thus we now have a government run by a few for a few. Going back to in person meetings will not change the mindset of the committee and even fewer folks will attend as they get pushed into the hall for executive sessions as has happened so many times in the past.[/quote]
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Mega Maga-s03n
Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 7:20 am EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon-8p57 wrote:
Guest 2314-psor wrote:
anon-rp7s wrote:
Here is some advice to Charlie.....you want to be a leader in this town? You see your name is not on the agenda? Reach out and make it happen. Or are you too lazy to pick up the phone or send an email? Are you a child?
I hope this individual is not referring to Charlie Smith. If so, I’d be interested in knowing how this person volunteers his/her time or how many years and hours have been put in. Based on the comment, I doubt if the days, hours, late night early morning hours can come close to Charle Smith’s.
Exactly! Probably a newer resident.
anon-8p57
Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:56 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
Guest 2314-psor wrote:
anon-rp7s wrote:
Here is some advice to Charlie.....you want to be a leader in this town? You see your name is not on the agenda? Reach out and make it happen. Or are you too lazy to pick up the phone or send an email? Are you a child?
I hope this individual is not referring to Charlie Smith. If so, I’d be interested in knowing how this person volunteers his/her time or how many years and hours have been put in. Based on the comment, I doubt if the days, hours, late night early morning hours can come close to Charle Smith’s.
Exactly! Probably a newer resident.
Guest 2314-psor
Posted: Thu, Aug 18 2022, 4:52 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon-rp7s wrote:
Here is some advice to Charlie.....you want to be a leader in this town? You see your name is not on the agenda? Reach out and make it happen. Or are you too lazy to pick up the phone or send an email? Are you a child?
I hope this individual is not referring to Charlie Smith. If so, I’d be interested in knowing how this person volunteers his/her time or how many years and hours have been put in. Based on the comment, I doubt if the days, hours, late night early morning hours can come close to Charle Smith’s.
anon-rp7s
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 3:17 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
Here is some advice to Charlie.....you want to be a leader in this town? You see your name is not on the agenda? Reach out and make it happen. Or are you too lazy to pick up the phone or send an email? Are you a child?
anon-rp7s
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 3:08 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
2021 Adgenda-s02s wrote:
As they did in the past...
TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY
BUDGET MEETING
JANUARY 30, 2021
(Via Remote Access – Zoom Information Bottom of Agenda)
9:00 AM
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Open Public Meetings Act Notice
3. Roll Call
4. Capital Plan
–Police
–Fire
-All Other Items
5. Fire and First Aid Contribution
6. Use of Surplus and Tax Rate
7. Salary Pool
8. Increases in Operating Line Items
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
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2021 Adgenda-s02s
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 12:49 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
As they did in the past...
TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY
BUDGET MEETING
JANUARY 30, 2021
(Via Remote Access – Zoom Information Bottom of Agenda)
9:00 AM
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Open Public Meetings Act Notice
3. Roll Call
4. Capital Plan
–Police
–Fire
-All Other Items
5. Fire and First Aid Contribution
6. Use of Surplus and Tax Rate
7. Salary Pool
8. Increases in Operating Line Items
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/8694025640
Meeting ID: 869 402 5640
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,8694025640# US (Chicago)
+19292056099,,8694025640# US (New York)
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)
Meeting ID: 869 402 5640
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Adgenda-s02s
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 12:47 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
If the Township Committee was so interested in the Fire Co. budget, they should have had them on the agenda as they did for the police department and affordable housing....
JANUARY 29, 2022
BUDGET MEETING
(remote access instruction at end of agenda)
9:00 AM
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Open Public Meetings Act Notice
3. Roll Call
4. Capital Plan
–Police
-Affordable Housing-Eden
-All Other Items
5. Use of Surplus and Tax Rate
6. Salary Pool
7. Increases in Operating Line Items
8. Public Comment
9. Adjournment
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 869 402 5640
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Meeting ID: 869 402 5640
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anon-rq4p
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 8:21 am EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon-p5q2 wrote:
anon-8p57 wrote:
anon-rq4p wrote:
anon;oqs17-2ooq wrote:
There are so many folks who would be glad if Matt just resigned and our Mayor would not run again. With the lack of true leadership and not the political hacks we have we are doomed!
Good one! Thanks for the laughs today.
I agree with the original poster as well. This is no laughing matter. Matt Scott is absolutely useless.
As long as we get rid of Spann first. She is hopeless. Her big event this year was getting a sign put up
Charlie is that you? Still sour because you don't understand the budgeting process?
anon-rq4p
Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2022, 8:20 am EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
What about running that crazy Trumper from Petty Road again? She got a lot of votes, which tells you something about this town.
anon-p5q2
Posted: Thu, Aug 11 2022, 10:34 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon-8p57 wrote:
anon-rq4p wrote:
anon;oqs17-2ooq wrote:
There are so many folks who would be glad if Matt just resigned and our Mayor would not run again. With the lack of true leadership and not the political hacks we have we are doomed!
Good one! Thanks for the laughs today.
I agree with the original poster as well. This is no laughing matter. Matt Scott is absolutely useless.
As long as we get rid of Spann first. She is hopeless. Her big event this year was getting a sign put up
anon-8p57
Posted: Thu, Aug 11 2022, 9:12 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon-rq4p wrote:
anon;oqs17-2ooq wrote:
There are so many folks who would be glad if Matt just resigned and our Mayor would not run again. With the lack of true leadership and not the political hacks we have we are doomed!
Good one! Thanks for the laughs today.
I agree with the original poster as well. This is no laughing matter. Matt Scott is absolutely useless.
anon-rq4p
Posted: Thu, Aug 11 2022, 1:09 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
anon;oqs17-2ooq wrote:
There are so many folks who would be glad if Matt just resigned and our Mayor would not run again. With the lack of true leadership and not the political hacks we have we are doomed!
Good one! Thanks for the laughs today.
anon;oqs17-2ooq
Posted: Wed, Aug 10 2022, 9:32 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
There are so many folks who would be glad if Matt just resigned and our Mayor would not run again. With the lack of true leadership and not the political hacks we have we are doomed!
anon-rsnr
Posted: Wed, Aug 10 2022, 9:27 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
Proud to be an American!!!
Even though Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world
Back-s02s
Posted: Tue, Aug 9 2022, 7:38 am EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
Sounds like September will meetings will be back in person. I wonder if Matt will stand and cover his heart for the Pledge of Allegiance or if he'll just sit there like he did last night.
Karen-srr4
Posted: Thu, Jul 14 2022, 8:24 am EDT
Post subject: Re: In person
I am Karen as well-rqrr wrote:
Yet you fail to give a clear response to why thing are happening you don't like. All you do is attack the TC, the mayor, the Clerk.
Your name? What a joke. We are all here because it is anonymous so we can attack people and post bs. Be honest for a change.
Karen-srr4 wrote:
anon-rqrr wrote:
Just come out and say to which TC member you have spoken to? Don't they have a name? And the clerk, doesn't she report to to the administrator? If you have an issue, why not bump up the problem?
In original posts I state my name however, you continue to comment under an anonymous name? You have repeatedly implied I haven’t addressed my concerns with TC member(s) or the Administrator when in fact you are mistaken. It is not necessary to mention any specific names in order to justify my comments to you, especially since you seem to be unwilling to provide your own name.
Reread my posts, I clearly state the reasons of my concerns, the reason I don’t agree with not having meetings in-person and why I disagree with not having election unofficial results read on election night.
“ Re: in-person meeting....the reason given was the TC also wanted to live stream and needed to get the wiring. That was a year ago. Furthermore, if several requests and emails have been sent to TC why is it the responsibility of the taxpayer to send yet another email or show up at Teddy's? Where is the responsibility of the TC member to provide an appropriate response or update?
Re: Polls closing and votes counted....it's a matter of transparency. It has been a long standing tradition in Cranbury (any a majority of other towns) to have unofficial results read directly from the voting machines on election night. When the new Township Clerk arrived, the process was eliminated without providing taxpayers a justifiable reason for changing a past practice that is permitted under election law. Given the current climate and claims of election fraud in this country, reinstating this type of transparency is vital to the process and needs to be addressed with the TC. And yes, I have already expressed my concerns to a TC member.”
As you indicated, it is my propagative to post my opinion on this forum and I am not required to provide you with the supporting documents, copy of text messages or transcripts in order to make you feel comfortable with my position. It is clear you will never share my position and apparent you are blindly supporting members of the TC without stating valid reasons for your position. Your only defense is to shift the responsibility onto taxpayers expressing concerns regarding TC issues. For the record, my full name is Karen Callahan. Feel free to share that with your “friends” on TC, they are fully aware of who I am and the concerns I have expressed. Now its your turn, “be honest for a change” when post your next response to me, add your full name otherwise there will be no reason to continue this back and forth with “anonymous”