1. It seems the West Windsor mayor has been so consumed and inebriated with the road diet that the mayor and council both forgot to accept my challenge to a debate between the mayor’s fiscally lean (sic) budget with private citizen Bryan Maher. Mr. Maher crafted a flat budget for West Windsor taxpayers for the past two years, and despite predictions, the sky has not fallen.
2. What with all the Emperor’s horses, and all the Emperor’s men and women staffers forever needing more taxpayer dollars, Hsueh has nothing about which to worry because the mayor’s hand-picked township lawyer says you approve the budget first, then remove selected items to arrive at a budget. Huh? This is just plain wrong and backwards. You build a budget. The mayor’s modus operandi perpetuates waste.
3. I don’t know what sort of budgeting mindset this is but it is not embraced by other area townships, which continue flat, no-increase budgets. How do they do it? Perhaps other townships focus on bringing commercial ratables to their respective townships while West Windsor is focused on road diets and bicycle paths?
4. It is obvious Dr. Hsueh has done the best he could and now he needs to appear to debate and defend his budget at the opening of a Council meeting during ceremonial matters. He could even invite the elusive West Windsor Historical Society to provide an accounting of proceeds from the Grover House demolition and thriving Schenck Education & Catering enterprise.
5. Surely the mayor would be willing to defend his budget, right? What date is good for you, Mayor Hsueh? Perhaps immediately prior to the State of the Township address in front of your die-hard supporters?
P.S. Voluntary proceeds from this event will benefit the No Politician Left Behind Fund and all West Windsor taxpayers.
Pete Weale
