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anon-8n87	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 7:14 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 Traditional Trick or Treat'ing is classified as a high risk activity https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html#halloween
anon-8r43	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 6:42 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-4126 wrote: So blindly agree this a great idea. Fine. But either there is limited trick or treating as most homes are owned by at risk individuals in which case those homes on main st are not handing out candy negating the need to shut the street down or the at risk people will feel obligated to hand out candy and risk getting Covid. Either way it is a bad idea and like with the lake no thought was given to the negative side. Just a rush and do it. Excuse me? “Blindly agree”???? Just because I don’t agree with you does not mean I am blind. Could you be any more arrogant? Sorry I don’t share your anti-Matt crusader views, obviously I just want to put high risk homeowners in danger and keep you from your Saturday afternoon trip to Home Depot. The bottom line is that I think you are making this far more of a big deal than it really is, and I suspect that it’s because you are too busy trying to make Matt look bad than to let kids have a whopping 6 hours of fun and normalcy. You act as though this is going to pull in record numbers of trick or treaters, I think you’ll find that the opposite will be true.
anon-4126	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 6:36 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 So blindly agree this a great idea. Fine. But either there is limited trick or treating as most homes are owned by at risk individuals in which case those homes on main st are not handing out candy negating the need to shut the street down or the at risk people will feel obligated to hand out candy and risk getting Covid. Either way it is a bad idea and like with the lake no thought was given to the negative side. Just a rush and do it.
anon-8r43	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 6:18 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-4126 wrote: If you can’t see that closing Main st for 6 hours, inviting people in during covid and having them come into an area with a lot of at risk individuals is a bad idea then you are as blind for Matt as the Trump fans are for him. Most homes are owned by people at risk. So either there is limited trick or treating or you are putting people at risk by concentrating everyone in an area and opening the town up to even more trick or treaters. Reasonable when no Covid is around yes from 4-8. Reasonable with Covid from 2-8 no. Oh I’m sorry, I must have missed the part in the mayor’s update where it states that it’s mandatory for at risk homeowners to invite people into their homes, or even to hand out candy. I only read as far as “there are signs available at Town Hall for those who don’t want to participate.”
anon-4126	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 6:14 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 If you can’t see that closing Main st for 6 hours, inviting people in during covid and having them come into an area with a lot of at risk individuals is a bad idea then you are as blind for Matt as the Trump fans are for him. Most homes are owned by people at risk. So either there is limited trick or treating or you are putting people at risk by concentrating everyone in an area and opening the town up to even more trick or treaters. Reasonable when no Covid is around yes from 4-8. Reasonable with Covid from 2-8 no.
anon-8r43	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 6:14 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-037r wrote: do you live within the area being closed down? Cranbury day was shut cancelled because of covid 19 ; but Halloween is ok? The governor did not cancel Halloween. People are going to turn up trick or treating regardless as long as they are allowed. I’m sure many will opt out but there are still going to be kids out. It seems to me that what the committee has done is put guidelines into place that will ideally make it as safe as possible for trick or treaters that will be out either way. Jay seems to believe that tour buses from Hightstown and South Brunswick will start pulling in full of out of towners because a half mile stretch of road was closed, or he’s just being contrary and trying to make Matt look irresponsible.
anon-r302	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 5:59 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-388r wrote: Surprising that no one here has blamed Trump for this. Nobody has blamed Trump because it’s the Trumpets that are upset that Matt closed Main Street. It’s a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but because Matt did it, that means it must be bad. It’s the mirror opposite of “Orange Man Bad.” Opposite sides of the same coin and the reason I don’t bother with politics anymore.
anon-388r	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 3:10 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 Surprising that no one here has blamed Trump for this.
anon-037r	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 3:03 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 do you live within the area being closed down? Cranbury day was shut cancelled because of covid 19 ; but Halloween is ok?
anon-572n	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 1:03 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-4156 wrote: Cranbury Day does not shut down Main Street from Station Rd to Westminster. Cranbury Day also did not happen due to Covid for fear of crowds. Nor does Cranbury Day have people visiting each home and incurring amp expense. Now you have a long stretch of road, surrounding towns curtailing events and are encouraging people to come in. If you’re talking of a pat on the back. Check out today’s Cranbury Press with the lake dredging not happening. There is no thought when making decisions. If you don't want to participate, grab a sign from town hall, turn your porch light off and don't participate. But to claim that this is some unprecedented act of tyranny that's going to irreparably harm Main St residents because now folks can't run their saturday errands is just dumb. That is why I'm comparing it to Cranbury day.
anon-572n	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 1:00 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 anon-037r wrote: you don't see this as having potential as a super spreader event? Do you live in the area of main street being closed down? How would you feel if the same area was shut down for a Trump rally? Super spreader event? No, I really don't. If 25,000 people show up I will stand corrected but to compare a half mile stretch of a small village street to a massive rally is not accurate.
anon-4156	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 12:37 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 Cranbury Day does not shut down Main Street from Station Rd to Westminster. Cranbury Day also did not happen due to Covid for fear of crowds. Nor does Cranbury Day have people visiting each home and incurring amp expense. Now you have a long stretch of road, surrounding towns curtailing events and are encouraging people to come in. If you’re talking of a pat on the back. Check out today’s Cranbury Press with the lake dredging not happening. There is no thought when making decisions.
anon-037r	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 12:07 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 you don't see this as having potential as a super spreader event? Do you live in the area of main street being closed down? How would you feel if the same area was shut down for a Trump rally?
anon-572n	Posted: Tue, Oct 27 2020, 11:51 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 Trying to drum up outrage over closing main street on Halloween? That's a bit of a stretch. If I recall correctly there was a lot of support for the idea the last few years, especially after the hit and run but it was always brushed off as not possible. The road will be closed for approximately the same amount of time and the same location as it is closed every single year for Cranbury Day, which did not happen this year, so to frame this as some huge inconvenience for residents is a bit silly. Sounds like certain people are just upset because Matt got something done that was brushed off in the past.
anon-1ror	Posted: Sun, Oct 25 2020, 9:39 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 Why is Main Street closed from Station Rd to Westminster Place? Why not make it Plainsboro Rd? Oh wait you do you not want to be inconvenienced like everyone else?
anon-404q	Posted: Thu, Oct 22 2020, 11:03 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Mayor's Update - October 16, 2020 The Mayor and Deputy Mayor ran and for years complained there was no transparency. Now that they are in charge there is even less transparency. The public is totally excluded. The OEM is never discussed publicly, Halloween isn’t discussed, there are no updates on the lake, they try to kick the fire company out of the fire house, etc... Yes we get an email, but that is telling us what was done. There is no opportunity for input.