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The NJ Insider interviews Democratic Primary Candidate Kevin Wilkes. Running for Mayor of PrincetonCast: Princeton Community Television

Candidate Statement by Liz Lempert, Democratic Primary Candidate for Mayor of PrincetonCast: Princeton Community Television

The NJ Insider interviews Richard Woodbridge Republican Candidate for Mayor of Princeton.Cast: Princeton Community Television

In the June 5th New Jersey primaries, Princeton Democrats will be asked to choose their mayoral candidate.  It's between Liz Lempert and Kevin Wilkes.  Dick Woodbridge is the only Republican in the running. 

Richard Woodbridge, former Township mayor and former Borough Councilman, is running for mayor of consolidated Princeton.  He says that what the municipality needs most during this period of transition is “experience, experience, experience.”

Woodbridge has the unique background of having served on the elected governments of both Princeton Township and Princeton Borough.  He also grew up in Princeton, went through the public school system, and graduated from Princeton University. 

Borough Councilman and local business owner Kevin Wilkes is hoping to serve as the first mayor of consolidated Princeton.  If elected, he said that maintaining efficiency in municipal services would be his top priority.

“My goal is to effectively implement the consolidation program to manage our community affairs as one New Princeton,” Wilkes said.  “There is a high level of expectation in our community with regards to our two forms of government, and as they merge into one Princeton there can be no let down in service delivery to our citizens.”

If elected Mayor of the newly consolidated Princeton, Democratic candidate Liz Lempert promises she will commit to making the merger a success on every level.

Interview with Princeton Mayor candidate Kevin WilkesCast: Princeton Community TelevisionTags: Kevin Wilkes, Princeton, Mayor and candidate

Redistricting in New Jersey. Guests include Liz Muoio, Chair of the Mercer County Democratic Committee, Dudley Siprelle, Chairman of the Princeton Republican Committee, Chad Goerner Mayor of Princeton Township and Kamal Khanna, Council President of West Windsor TownshipCast: Princeton Community TelevisionTags:

The Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) formally endorsed the current deputy mayor of Princeton township Liz Lempert in her bid to become the first mayor of the unified Princeton, along with four prospective candidates for Council:Lance Liverman, Bernie Miller, Heather Howard, and Patrick Simon.

In anticipation of the first election cycle of the soon-to-be consolidated Princeton Borough and Township, Sunday’s assembly at the Jewish Center of Princeton  drew a crowd of over 500 community members and eligible voters.

On Tuesday, January 31^st, the transition task force held a kickoff meeting that laid the groundwork to help bring Princeton one step closer to consolidation.

The meeting started with members of the team introducing themselves. The team is comprised of elected officials as well as six Princeton residents, three from the Borough and three from the Township, with a fourth resident from each municipality serving as alternate.

Strolling through Princeton at night in the coming weeks, people may be wondering about the lovely luminaries lining the sidewalks and paths in Palmer Square, on Princeton University campus, along the Princeton Township building and other areas of Princeton. The lights are part of the Womanspace Communities of Light campaign to express solidarity with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The Princetons are now accepting applications (until Dec. 7) for a transition team with a historic mission:  consolidating the borough and township into a merged government that will take over on January 1, 2013.
 

In a town hall meeting with Princeton Township Mayor Chad Goerner and Princeton Borough Council member Kevin Wilkes, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie congratulated the two Princetons on the recent vote in favor of consolidation.

“We have to start not just talking about challenging the status quo, but actually challenging it,” Christie said, calling the Princetons an example for the rest of the state.

Despite predictions of low statewide voter turnout today, Princeton could prove to be the exception, as the stakes on the local ballot are exceptionally high this year.

Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem, will present a talk at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Admission is free and open to the public, but tickets are required; detailed ticketing information is provided on the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs website.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting, Anne Waldron Neumann of the public citizens’ group Save the Dinky described Councilwomen Jenny Crumiller and Jo Butler as “heroines” for their stance against Princeton University’s plans to move the Dinky station.  That didn’t prevent the rest of the Borough Council from voting “Yes” on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) drawn up earlier this week between the Township, Borough, and University

At Tuesday evening’s mayoral debate between Democratic candidate Yina Moore and Republican candidate Jill Jachera, the two women answered questions on pressing local issues like consolidation, movement of the Dinky, Hurricane Irene, and town relationships with Princeton University.

With regards to the University’s development of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, which would require moving the Dinky terminus, Moore stated that she did not think moving the Dinky “is the right thing to do.

Princeton voters face some unique choices on the ballot this November.  Most notably, whether to consolidate the Borough and Township.  Other big decisions Princetonians must make this year include: choosing a new Borough mayor to replace Mildred Trotman, who retires after more than 25 years in public service;  and voting for the first time in the 16th New Jersey Legislative District, to which Princeton has been moved after last April’s statewide redistricting.

Township Mayor Chad Goerner is ready to take a shot at dunking a willing police officer at Community Night

Proposed Agenda:

6:30 PM Closed Session

7:30 PM Open Session

                  CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND READING OF OPEN PUBLIC MEETING STATEMENT

                  ROLL CALL

When Jill Jachera was reached this week by telephone for an update on her campaign for Borough mayor, she was on vacation with her children.  But after that, she said, it’s all business:  her nose will be buried in papers when she isn’t meeting with elected officials and a former mayor or two.  “I will be getting up to speed on all the issues.  There’s a lot of work to do.”

After a long, arduous process of discussion and edits by Princeton Borough and Township officials, the issue of consolidation is one step closer to being on the ballot. A Wednesday evening meeting hammered out the details of a final recommendation to the governing bodies by the Consolidation Commission.  On July 25th, another joint meeting at Princeton Township Hall will discuss whether to put the consolidation question to a vote in November.

AGENDA:

DISCUSSION

1. UPDATE – Proposed Ordinance - Rail Transit District

2. PRESENTATION – E5 (Arts/Transit) Ordinance/Opportunities, Benefits, Concerns 

OLD  BUSINESS

It was no more than half an hour after the polls closed in Princeton when Democrats munching pizza at Conte’s learned that Yina Moore had defeated David Goldfarb.

By a margin of 297 to 211, with all nine precincts reporting, Moore got the nod of her party as its nominee to take on Republican Jill Jachera in November in the Borough mayoral election.