Jo Hochman, South Brunswick
Week after week, we read letters directed to the editor, repeatedly making negative remarks about the present mayor and council. However, over the past eight years, we haven’t seen these “wanna-be” politicians at council meetings. You would think if these residents were so interested in the governance of South Brunswick, they would have been at meetings week after week, questioning and wanting answers. They could say, “we watched the meetings being televised.” Yes, that is true, but how do you get to question the mayor and council from your bed.
I remember seeing Lew Schwartz week after week at council meetings, pad and pencil, asking questions and getting answers; he’s a person who wanted answers and made the effort to be at the meetings, and he wasn’t even trying to run for office. He just wanted the best for South Brunswick.
We can’t go back more than eight years and say, this is what I did South Brunswick, New Jersey, and our country has changed. We need Mayor Gambatese and Councilman Chris Kilmurray more now than ever. They have been working hard listening to residents and their needs balanced with trying to keep taxes low and still provide needed services.
Be an informed voter, look at South Brunswick we have a mayor who meets with the businesses trying too keep them in South Brunswick that adds up to tax revenues and tax relief for residents. Councilman Kilmurray has the best interests of South Brunswick as he juggles council and board meetings with his family and church responsibilities and his law practice because he knows the struggles all of us face in this economy and how important it is to be fiscally conscientious.
Jo Hochman
South Brunswick
Ms. Hochman is recording secretary for the South Brunswick Democratic Organization.

