Mayor Harvey Lester, of Hopewell Township
For five years, the State of New Jersey owed Hopewell Township reimbursement of $639,000.
Within five minutes of announcing my goals as mayor of the township in January 2015, I set a priority to take action against the state to pursue reimbursement. Where previous mayors were content with the status quo of waiting, I led the charge.
By February, our lawsuit against the state was filed. In August, a judge ruled in our favor. The judge found that we were entitled to compensation in the form of affordable housing credit.
We claimed that the credit amounted to 70 affordable housing units that the township should not have to build. If built by a developer, the credit could amount to 420 units of less development. The judge will, ultimately, decide our affordable housing requirement.
The fact is, if not for my leadership, Hopewell Township would still be waiting for the state to stop ignoring us, and we would have a larger affordable housing obligation.
I also made government more transparent and accessible by reinstating mayor’s walk-in hours at the municipal building. That was another idea that I announced as one of my goals. I am able to keep municipal office hours because serving on the Hopewell Township Committee is my full-time job.
I am Mayor Harvey Lester, and I am running for a second term on the Hopewell Township Committee to continue to serve township residents as I have for the past three years.
Please let me continue to fight for Hopewell Township. Vote for experience and proven leadership.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, re-elect Harvey Lester to the Hopewell Township Committee.
Harvey Lester
Republican candidate
for Hopewell Township Committee
Titusville
