Letter: Woodbridge For Princeton Mayor

To the Editor:

We support Dick Woodbridge for Mayor and Geoff Aton for Committeeman of the newly consolidated Princeton government.

When we moved to Princeton 22 years ago, Dick Woodbridge was a Princeton Township Committeeman and became Mayor shortly after that.  Under Mr. Woodbridge’s skilled leadership, the municipal portion of our property taxes was only 30% of what it is today while the quality and effectiveness of municipal services, in general, were much higher than they are today.  Municipal agencies were much more responsive to the problems of residents at a fraction of the cost.  Stated in other terms, the amount of the municipal portion of our local property taxes has increased by over three times the amount that it was since Dick Woodbridge was Mayor.  This staggering increase is much, much higher than either the Consumer Price Index increase or the rate of inflation for this period of time. We have 22 years of tax bills to prove this.

While we do not expect our property taxes to return to the levels of the early 1990’s, we are confident that Mr. Woodbridge will draw upon his extensive and varied experience in municipal leadership so that our local services will improve at a much more reasonable cost.  It is unacceptable that long-time residents of Princeton should be forced to sell their homes because they can no longer afford to pay these crippling and outrageous property taxes. 

Princeton needs change now and only Dick Woodbridge and Geoff Aton can deliver this necessary change.  Please vote for Woodbridge and Aton on November 6.

Sincerely,

Frank & Virginia Wiener

Princeton