Endorsement of Liz Lempert for Mayor

Anyone who contacts Liz Lempert will see that she is accessible, open-minded, knowledgeable, hard-working, and thorough. We have approached her about several issues during her tenure as deputy mayor and have found her to be a thoughtful, engaged listener who addresses concerns with well-reasoned responses supported by facts, explaining her reasoning with analysis of all possible solutions.  Her skills have served Princeton well as she addressed the highly nuanced and multi-faceted issues facing the community, not the least of which were consolidation and negotiating the first voluntary contribution from the university. Liz has been involved in the consolidation process from the start and is the only candidate for mayor who can hit the ground running during the first year of consolidation, where recent experience and institutional knowledge about the complex decisions made during the process will be most critical.

Equally important, Liz has been a leader and innovator with ideas that have moved Princeton forward in many areas. When we returned to Princeton 20 years ago, Dick Woodbridge was in his last year as the Republican mayor and Princeton was a very different place. For years after our return, we found Princeton to be behind comparable neighboring and college towns in terms of recycling, biking, and sustainability. In the last four years, Liz has been actively involved in moving Princeton forward in these areas—preserving open space, achieving certification from Sustainable Jersey, promoting safe bicycling, and establishing the curbside composting program—while holding taxes flat for the last several years. She has an impressive record of success in achieving environmental, budgetary, town/gown, and technology goals.

Liz has earned our votes, and we hope you will join us in making her united Princeton’s first mayor.