Carole Carson of West Windsor
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s and Marvin Gardner’s comments in the Feb. 6 article “WW council seeks redevelopment input” show an amazing disrespect for West Windsor residents.
Mayor Hsueh says he is surprised that the township council wants to vote for the redevelopment plan in March. How could he be surprised when he knows that the plan cannot be voted upon without the zoning ordinances that must accompany it, the ordinances have not been finished by the professionals and the time of the hearing that must come before the vote?
Why did neither Mayor Hsueh nor Mr. Gardner announce at the Jan. 29 Planning Board meeting that the reason for shutting down the process prematurely was because of a near-term deadline for funding?
Why did Mayor Hsueh not attend the council meeting on Monday, Feb. 2 to tell the council that time was short with respect to funding and the plan needed to be approved quickly? Could it be that they concocted the need for urgency after the public uproar at that council meeting?
Why did Mayor Hsueh leave it to the council to take the leadership role in asking the state for the funding of infrastructure essential to the plan – like the Vaughn Drive Connector – infrastructure that has been planned and is ready to be funded?
How can Mr. Hsueh’s Planning Board chair, Mr. Gardner, claim that “every issue was thoroughly vetted” when four highly-respected organizations came to the council on Feb. 2 to complain that their issues were ignored by him? Mr. Gardner is out of touch with reality.
Given their repeated desire to give residents ample opportunity to comment on the redevelopment plan, Mr. Hsueh’s and Mr. Gardner’s precipitous shutdown of the last opportunity for public comment at the Planning Board, without any notice, is incredibly hypocritical.
Carole Carson
West Windsor

