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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Hank Kalet</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Sep 6 2008, 10:34 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Introducing the Cranbury candidates for committee</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">FYI: This is just the first of a weekly series on the candidates. We'll be doing something every week until the end of October.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Historically Fiscal</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2008, 10:57 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Introducing the Cranbury candidates for committee</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">It would be good to get even more info on the two candidates, a few months back, someone on the forum made a good suggestion for the residents/press to ask pointed questions on how these two candidates would have voted on certain important issues in the past in Cranbury and on upcoming issues like COAH and Taxes. I would like to know how these candidates would have voted or their ideas on the recent Tax hikes, PNC purchase, Baseball field decision, what Cranbury issues he has championed in the past, Preservation Fees, Rising Muni Budgets, Affordable Housing, Closed Door TC Meetings, Party Politics, etc. There was another list of good question on one of these threads maybe the original poster can add it here.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cranbury Press</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2008, 9:25 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Introducing the Cranbury candidates for committee</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Introducing the Cranbury candidates for committee</span> <br /> <br />Thursday, September 4, 2008 2:20 PM EDT <br />By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer <br /> <br /> CRANBURY — With lone Republican Township Committee member Wayne Wittman stepping down, two candidates have emerged on separate tickets, both vying for the seat this election season. <br /> <br /> Republican Win Cody, 48, a resident of Cranbury for 11 years, and John Ritter, 60, who moved to Cranbury 24 years ago, are seeking the three-year seat on the committee. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cody has been the chairman of Cranbury’s Republican Party for the past two years and a member of the organization for three years. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cody is originally from Hartford, Conn., and received a bachelor’s degree in managerial science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 and a master’s degree in business from the University of Connecticut in 1985. <br /> <br /> He said a job transfer brought him to New Jersey in 1988, when he first settled in Metuchen. Later, looking for a place to raise his growing family with his wife, Linda, the two discovered Cranbury. <br /> “We liked the small feel and friendliness of the town,” he said. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cody has been the head of Retirement Solutions Practice at iGate Global Solutions in Iselin for a few months, but said he has a long history in the state’s business sector. <br /> <br /> Before taking on his newest endeavor, Mr. Cody was president of Cody Partners, his own personal consulting practice based out of Cranbury; the founder and CEO of ExpertPlan Inc., in East Windsor; and senior vice president at CitiStreet, which was located in East Brunswick at the time of his employment. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cody said he decided to run after state Sen. Bill Baroni, whose district includes Cranbury, and Mr. Wittman approached him and requested that he run on the Republican ticket. <br /> <br /> “Some people are going to say we need balance,” Mr. Cody said of the current political makeup of the committee, which is one independent, one Republican and three Democrats. “I think balance is important. It’s what makes a committee strong — different views.” <br /> <br /> Mr. Cody said he’s also certain he has something to bring to the table if elected. <br /> <br /> “There are a lot of issues facing Cranbury,” he said. “I have a lot of financial background and business background and I think I can help the town.” <br /> <br /> Some of the issues Mr. Cody intends to focus on this election season are Council on Affordable Housing requirements, revenue, taxes and fiscal responsibility and cultivating communication between township officials and residents. <br /> <br /> “Now that Wayne’s stepping down, that’s a big reason why we need another good voice,” he said. “My kids are a little bit older so I have more time. I really care a lot about Cranbury.” <br /> <br /> Mr. Ritter, 60, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., moved to Cranbury when his New Jersey native wife, Ginger, wanted to be closer to home. <br /> <br /> He said Cranbury’s neighborly feel and appreciation for history was very similar to his old stomping grounds and won him over right away. <br /> <br /> “We were here for an afternoon and we knew that this was the place,” Mr. Ritter said. “It was important for me to kind of recapture the things I loved about Park Slope (in Brooklyn).” <br /> <br /> Mr. Ritter said he retired in 1998 as vice president for JP Morgan in New York City, a company he had been with for 20 years. <br /> <br /> He received his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from City University of New York in 1970 and his doctorate in linguistics from the university in 1978. <br /> <br /> Mr. Ritter was on the Cranbury Library board of trustees from 2001 to 2002, where he served as president in his final year. He also was a member of the Human Services Board in 2006 and 2007 and helped organize individual counseling sessions for seniors concerning the Medicare drug prescription programs through the Middlesex County Human Services Department. <br /> Mr. Ritter also helped develop the official Cranbury Township Web site, which was completed in 2005. <br /> <br /> Attending many of the meetings and familiar with any number of the problems that face the community, Mr. Ritter said he hopes to put his full time and energy into tackling these issues if elected. <br /> <br /> Some of these issues include public safety on local roads, supporting farmland preservation and open space initiatives in accordance with the township’s Master Plan, controlling property tax costs, preventing consolidation, and reducing COAH requirements. <br /> <br /> “I think the township faces some difficult issues,” he said. “Anyone who’s been at the (Township Committee) meetings in the last 10 years knows my positions. They have a sense of who I am. It’s really up to the community to decide what person they want in that role.” <br /> <br /> From now until November Mr. Ritter said that what he’s really looking for from the community is feedback. <br /> <br /> “I’m going around and visiting people, seeing what’s on their minds,” he said. “I’m hoping people will share their concerns with me.”</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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