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 Posted: Fri, Jun 3 2011, 4:49 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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When is the last day for a write in?
Can't imagine there will be an un-opposed candidate. Any other good prospects out there?? |
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| Posted: Fri, Jun 3 2011, 5:17 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Guest wrote: | When is the last day for a write in?
Can't imagine there will be an un-opposed candidate. Any other good prospects out there?? |
Can someone get write-ins at the primary election itself and then run, without filing in advance? |
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| Posted: Sat, Jun 4 2011, 3:33 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Who is this person that is running? |
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| Posted: Sat, Jun 4 2011, 4:10 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Guest wrote: | | Who is this person that is running? |
Click on the link in the first post. They have a description of her. |
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| Posted: Sat, Jun 4 2011, 5:28 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | When is the last day for a write in?
Can't imagine there will be an un-opposed candidate. Any other good prospects out there?? |
Can someone get write-ins at the primary election itself and then run, without filing in advance? |
Any person could be written in. Question is whether they want to be, or not. 
The Republican party is encouraging write-ins of their candidate. But anyone could be written in, as an R or a D.
If you have someone in mind, speak with them and write em in. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 11:21 am EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Quote: | | Ms. Callahan moved from Plainsboro to Cranbury three years ago. |
Three years? |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 12:33 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| I guess everyone who has been here more than three years recognizes what a hard thankless job it is. Win barely made it through one term. Good luck to her. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 1:04 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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Does someone with 3 years really understand the town and the issues? She is a stay at home mom so I think that adds a lot of value. I don't know her at all, so hopefully she has been active in the town meetings with COAH, the budget, the county mandates, etc... If she has not been then I don't know how she'll be able to step right in which is what the town needs as we'll have new non-experienced members at each election the last 3 years.
We have long term residents on the committee now who are getting their seasoning of experience in government yet know the town culture for over 100 years combined and have resources to draw on who are experienced- Jay and Dave growing up here, Dan married to a local native and Glenn living here for many years.
Electing a new resident as a TC member could mean asking a lot of the town and the individual. However, I look forward to hearing how she can address these issues, her experience in our local government and if she can address these issues I think she'll do well as a TC member.
What I hope she is not:
I hope she's not new and wanting to change the town to be like other bigger towns. Coming from Plainsboro I hope I am right that she values the small town feel and culture.
I do hope she's not a tea party member.
What upsets me is not her fault, but one of the letters of endorsement which again is not her fault.
I am upset about the idea of voting for someone because of gender as the Republican chair indicates should be done in her letter to the paper. As a female I think we do need women on the TC and mothers would be great, but experienced and knowledgeable women. Not vote for them because they are simply not a man.
I wish her and anyone else the best of luck and look forward to hearing their ideas. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 1:23 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| I don't know her one way or the other. But at least she has stepped up. So far that's more than can be said for anyone else. And I don't blame them. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 4:16 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| yes, I agree. I don't want to come off as demeaning her as she should be thanked for running. It's just that so far she is the only one so I hope she is as good as I hope she will be as I don't know her. I don't blame anyone for not wanting to run as you're critiqued by people no matter what you do. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 4:45 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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"I do hope she's not a tea party member. "
I also hope that she doesn't feel beholden to the Cranbury "Republicans" who are behind her run for office. We need people who managed Cranbury via reality, not fantasy. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 4:47 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| If you have a problem with her politics or the politics of her party, either get off your butt and run or convince someone else too. Otherwise you're just uselessly armchair quarterbacking here. It's easy to complain. But what are you personally doing about it? |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 5:13 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Guest wrote: | | If you have a problem with her politics or the politics of her party, either get off your butt and run or convince someone else too. Otherwise you're just uselessly armchair quarterbacking here. It's easy to complain. But what are you personally doing about it? |
I am not the one you're responding to, but the above statement gets overplayed. If I don't like the President's politics should I run for President?
If I don't have the time due to work I can't say I oppose someone's views? That is why there are hopefully two candidates to chose from. That way I can select the person who best mirrors what I want for myself and the town.
Now, I am not saying that people then have carte blanche to bash people running for or holding office. I am saying the right to say I disagree with such and such politics or views is my right. Just as it is the right of those I don't agree with to have them.
I also know what the other poster is referring to as I am on a list of emails from the "Cranbury Republican" group and can say I am disappointed in how they act toward two sitting members of their party who are on the TC. Many people in town (most I say) are not on that email list so likely you are not aware of what I am referring to. I remain a part of the list because I find it somewhat amusing to read the emails from the party chair. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 8:38 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | If you have a problem with her politics or the politics of her party, either get off your butt and run or convince someone else too. Otherwise you're just uselessly armchair quarterbacking here. It's easy to complain. But what are you personally doing about it? |
I am not the one you're responding to, but the above statement gets overplayed. If I don't like the President's politics should I run for President?
If I don't have the time due to work I can't say I oppose someone's views? That is why there are hopefully two candidates to chose from. That way I can select the person who best mirrors what I want for myself and the town.
Now, I am not saying that people then have carte blanche to bash people running for or holding office. I am saying the right to say I disagree with such and such politics or views is my right. Just as it is the right of those I don't agree with to have them.
I also know what the other poster is referring to as I am on a list of emails from the "Cranbury Republican" group and can say I am disappointed in how they act toward two sitting members of their party who are on the TC. Many people in town (most I say) are not on that email list so likely you are not aware of what I am referring to. I remain a part of the list because I find it somewhat amusing to read the emails from the party chair. |
Comparing it to the Presidential election is overplayed. This is a small town and the reality is the job is so unpopular that it has had 100% turn-over of incumbents over the last three years because none ran again and neither party could get a single person to agree to run in time for the official ballot this time. Both parties have been actively making calls all over town to try and convince people to run with most people saying no thank you.
I think we all can agree it will be great if multiple people run in the end. I certainly hope so. But given all of the above, to start questioning the only person who has stepped up so far into the process and volunteered to take on this hard job before she has expressed a single view or position based only on her party affiliation seems unreasonable. Wait for specifics to respond to or if you really are disappointed that no one else is running, convince someone too. This isn’t a national election with millions of people. These are your neighbors. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 6 2011, 8:48 pm EDT Post subject: Re: write-in candidate for Township Committtee |
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I would be careful to rush to assertions about tea party affiliation. I remember some people on this forum bashing Dan Mulligan when he was running because he had attended a Cranbury meeting of the Tea Party early on, back before it was obvious it was more a social conservative movement instead of a fiscally conservative one. He had never come out endorsing it or expressing any socially conservative views but as far as some were concerned he must be a local Sarah Palin because he attended a meeting (reminds me of when people were blacklisted as “commies” if they attended a single socialist meeting). Flash forward to now and isn’t it ironic that Dan has voted in concert with the TC Democrats on many issues and he and Jay are now being ostracized by the Cranbury Republican Party for not being conservative enough. It turns out Mr. Tea Party is a centralist.
I know nothing about this new candidate’s views or politics. I’m just saying rushing to broad conclusions isn’t very effective. |
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