Letter to the editor
To the editor:
In his letter of Sept. 7, 2001, Evan Greenberg conveniently forgets to mention the board restriction of election signs, free access to community room, the alternate dispute process and recording of open meetings.
Having the list of eligible voters is a way to monitor the practice of declaring people "not in good standing" so they cannot vote. The community should know who is being deprived of the right to vote and why. This information is not confidential. Last week The Hightstown Gazette named property owners delinquent in their taxes. Having this list available will act as a deterrent against manipulation of the voting list.
Who is violating the privacy of the residents? Not the CBTR.
The matter of the checking account concerns Mr. Greenberg. It is an account taken out in the names of two people involved in the group, holding private contributions in trust for the CBTR. We do not commingle funds. The records of the account were made available to the defendants’ attorney, with no strings attached. They were not asked to sign an agreement that allows a penalty if they misuse the information. By contrast, the TRHA is hiding information on the homeowners checking account. They are not willing to make information available without a penalty clause.
The information requested in October 2000 is an exact list from a case in New Jersey where an appellate court ordered that those documents be made available to homeowners in the Windsor Regency Condo Association in East Windsor. Somehow TR thinks that it is beyond court orders, beyond municipal rules and beyond any reasonable standards of behavior, and is using our hard-earned money to challenge established court orders.
In his letter, Mr. Greenberg distorts the truth and engages in his usual attempt to stir up resentment and hatred against the CBTR, preventing the people from knowing the facts in the case. If the residents of Twin Rivers read the complaint, they will see that no mention is made of "one-man, one-vote", or of tenants voting. It asks for voting equity. Mr. Greenberg himself put out a flyer asking for the same thing several years ago.
It is difficult for working people to get to the Trust office to view the complaint. I propose that we make a copy available in the library where it will be available during the evening and on weekends. The actual counts that are in the complaint show that what the CBTR is asking for is a simple adherence to democratic principles.
Haim Bar-Akiva
East Windsor
The writer is a member of the Committee for a Better Twin Rivers.

