I have read the recent letters written by Paul Pitluk with great interest. He has put forward very important questions to council president Linda Geevers. She is very confused as to the difference between the definitions of nonpartisan and bipartisan.
Let me explain to her what bipartisanship looks like. In April 2016, the council crafted our town budget. All council members debated all budget items. After much debate, a consensus was reached on all line items of the budget in April. There had been a bipartisan concensus and agreement on the budget.
Things turned very partisan when Geevers went back on her word and proposed last-second amendments to the budget. It is easy to deduce that her party backers convinced her to nullify the prior agreement.
The votes for the amendments were cast along party lines. Geevers claims that she followed the tenets of democracy. She is correct. She did nothing illegal or undemocratic. What she did was display how partisan she really is.
Donald Brown
West Windsor
