By: Dick Brinster
EAST WINDSOR Mayor Janice Mironov and three other members of the all-Democrat Township Council are seeking to extend their 12-year hold on the governing body.
Township Clerk Cindy Dye said Wednesday that the mayor, Walter Daniels, Marc Lippman and Marsha Weinstein have filed nominating petitions for the June 5 primary election. The filing deadline is 4 p.m. Monday.
Ms. Weinstein, president of the Democratic Club, could not be reached for comment. But Vice President Peter Yeager he said he doubted that any other Democrats would file.
"It was known that they (the incumbents) were going to run again and I don’t think anyone is going to challenge them because they’ve done a good job," he said.
Ms. Dye said no petitions have been received from Republicans, who were expected to meet Thursday night to discuss election prospects.
Interested candidates were being asked to call 443-1078.
"We’re trying to come up with four quality candidates, and we’ll see who comes forward," GOP municipal chairman Al Grupper said Tuesday.
No Republican has sat on the seven-member council since 1997, when three other Democrats were elected. Each of the current Democratic candidates would be seeking a fourth four-year term in the general election on Nov. 6.
Mayor Mironov, who also served on the council from 1990 through 1993, said Democrats will stress that they have provided a sound fiscal structure and leadership since taking control when she and her running mates were seated in 1996. Ms. Mironov has been the council’s appointed mayor since Jan. 1 of that year.
"We have a record of responsiveness and accomplishment on behalf of the residents of East Windsor in areas such as maintaining a stable municipal purposes tax rate despite all the cost pressures and funding limitations," the mayor said. "We have been successful in preserving open space and farmland, bringing new business to the township and cleaning up Route 130."
Acquiring grants from the state and Mercer County without cost to taxpayers has been a trademark of the Mironov administration, which has added 1,200 acres of land and been awarded more than $3 million in state funding over the last dozen years.
The mayor said the accomplishments have been a "team effort."
"I’ve been fortunate to serve with outstanding and caring individuals who have worked excellently to enable the township to move forward in many important areas," she said.
