WEST WINDSOR: Council races taking shape

By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer
WEST WINDSOR  — Two more candidates have entered the race for township council and an incumbent council member called for a budget with no town tax increase.Council President Charlie Morgan announced Friday the he will run with Anupam Gupta and Nitin Shah in the May 12 municipal elections on a “Best4WestWindsor” slate.
Mr. Morgan is running against Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh.
Mr. Gupta is president of Avenues International, an information technology company specializing in business intelligence solutions. He holds a degree in engineering from IIT Delhi, India. He is married to Vaishali Gupta, who works as a business analyst for MetLife, and he has two daughters, Nikita, 13, and Radhika, 10. Anupam is also a founding member and vice president of the New Jersey Indian Association, a West Windsor-based nonprofit.
Mr. Shah is a financial adviser with Merrill Lynch. He has a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Rider University. He is married to Dr. Shilpa Shah, and has two daughters Vaishali, 5, and Sonali, 3. He has lived in West Windsor for the past 8 years, and he has lived in the area for the past 26 years.
In December, Councilwoman Heidi Kleinman has announced that she will not seek reelection, while Councilwoman Linda Geevers said she will be run for her seat.In another development, Ms. Geevers Thursday released a statement calling upon the township administration to introduce the 2009 municipal budget with a zero percent tax increase.
”Every day thousands of people are losing their jobs, along with having to deal with a decline in their personal investments,” said Ms. Geevers. “I want to do whatever I can to ease the financial pain that our residents are experiencing. This is an unprecedented national and state crisis.”
She also invited Governor Jon Corzine and Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie to come to the township to become more familiar with the redevelopment area and much-needed infrastructure improvements for Route 1.
“A bold new approach is necessary to fuel a dramatic change towards property tax reform and employment stimulation,” she said.