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12/30/2021

Below is a letter regarding the setting of the date for the Special Election.

11/03/2020

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10/30/2020

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Bergen County New Jersey

10/24/2020

Dear Camille and Jim,

I would like to introduce myself as a candidate seeking election to the Maywood Town Council. With no knocking on doors, no handing out buttons, no shaking of hands, this letter may be the only time you’ll hear my story. I’ll begin by letting you know that I am thankful not only that my grandparents, Jim and Peg Alberse, chose Maywood to raise their eight children but that my parents chose to stay here to raise me and my sister. Maywood is more than my home. It’s a community that shaped me. My husband, Peter, and I are raising our four children here and want nothing more than for them to see the Maywood that we have loved our entire lives: a prosperous, caring, generous, safe community with an uptown that has plenty of pizza and dry cleaning. As a lifelong Maywoodian, I want what is best for Maywood--and I believe that we can achieve that greatness through balanced, experienced leadership. As a taxpayer, I support transparency as well as creativity to balance the budget; we are in the age of doing more with less but the keeping of our citizens and our streets safe is always the priority. As a public school administrator, I am well-versed in the language of state mandates and bureaucracy and in navigating the often ambiguous directives of government agencies. I served as treasurer and president of my professional association and currently serve as vice president. I have had the honor to serve as a trustee for the Maywood School Board for six years. During that time I served as the liaison to the Hackensack Board of Education and the Library Board. As you cast your ballot any day between now and November 3, a vote for Danyel Cicarelli, Frank Messar, and Frank Morrone is a vote to restore solid and steady leadership to Maywood.

Thank you for your continued support,

Danyel Cicarelli

10/20/2020

Dear Camille and Jim,

I’m Frank Morrone and I am running for election to Maywood’s Borough Council. I was born and raised in Maywood. My wife Annie and I have raised 6 children here, and all of our children attended the Maywood Schools, played sports and contributed to our community.

I have volunteered all my life in Maywood, as my parents did before me. I served 6 years as a member of the Borough Council. I taught CCD at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, served as an EMT with Maywood’s First Aid Squad, I have served as a Grand Knight, Treasurer and Chairman of the Scholarship Committee with the Maywood Knights of Columbus. After September 11th, I became a member of CERT (Citizens Emergency Response Team) to help protect my family and residents of our town.

Maywood is a wonderful town and I would not want to live anywhere else. In my 6 prior years on the Borough Council, I contributed to many improvements to our town, including improving our DPW, hiring new police officers, paving miles of streets, creating a sidewalk restoration program, improving our parks and recreation programs just to name a few of our accomplishments.

I am very proud of the role I played in helping to stabilize the municipal taxes to make sure Maywood remains a great, affordable place to live for all residents. During my tenure on the Council, we successfully adopted 6 historic municipal budgets, which resulted in tax reductions and stability for all residents.

During my two prior terms on the Maywood Council, I am most proud of the fact that I did not serve with any political agenda, I ran and served to give back to our community. I have always believed that Maywood works best when we all work together. I believe it is important that all residents are represented in our town government and that many different views are presented rather than that of only one person or one party. There is no room for politics in our small town. As a life-long resident, I promise to work to ensure our small town remains the wonderful place it is to live and raise a family for generations to come.

I am proud to join my running mates, Frank Messar and Danyel Ciccarelli, for this year’s election. I respectfully ask for your vote.

Sincerely,
Frank J Morrone, Candidate for Maywood Council

10/18/2020

ICYMI:

Dear Jim and Camille,

Anyone who knows my running mates Danyel, Frank and I, knows that we will bring experience, balance and transparency to the Maywood Council.

What most people may not know is the reason why I am running (again) for Council. Frankly, I was content to be on the sideline, but something changed shortly after the current administration took over control of the Council. Since January it has been one disappointment after another for my family and many other families as well. This is what compelled me to run.

Our biggest disappointment is the Maywood Pool, which my family was very much looking forward to enjoying this summer. However, it was obvious the Mayor and Council had no intention of opening the pool. There seemed to be no plan in place, and it was not until a social media poll was created to show them that 85% of the Maywood residents who responded wanted the pool to open. The governing body appeared to have panicked, and hastily came up with a plan, but made it very clear that they would not open the pool if any additional taxpayer money needed to be spent in doing so. With this in mind, their plan raised the registration fees so high that most hard-working Maywoodians could not afford to join. Sadly, Maywood was one of only a few towns in Bergen County to not open their municipal pool this summer.

Soon after the pool fiasco, the Mayor and Council terminated a proven, experienced and cost-conscious administrator in Roberta Stern. Then they replaced her, not with one of the several overqualified applicants that they received (Mayor’s own words), but with an unproven person with no prior experience in the position and for thousands of dollars of additional taxpayer money! It begs the question as to why the Mayor and Council took such a hard stance on not spending additional taxpayer money on opening the pool only to turn around and spend additional taxpayer money on a new administrator.

I was also extremely disappointed by the Administration’s response to the tropical storm this past August with main roads being closed for days and traffic dangerously diverted onto residential streets. Spring Valley road was closed for three days until my dog Bella almost got hit by a car which then required me to get involved. It took social media posts and several phone calls to get the tree taken care of and the road reopened. It should never have reached the point where I as a private resident had to step in and take care of something that our elected officials should have taken care of.

While I personally like and respect each member of the Council, there appears to be something missing. Too many situations like this are sneaking up on this administration, and so that is why I decided to run for Council.

Unfortunately, right now there is a lack of experience on the Council. Frank Morrone and I have 10 years of Council experience between us, and Danyel Cicarelli has 6 years of experience on Maywood’s Board of Education.

There is also a lack of balance on the Council. Maywood has always been a politically diverse town, and therefore the Council should represent many different points of view.

And lastly, I believe there is a lack of transparency on the Council. Sometimes the hard questions are not asked when everyone is a member of the same party.

With everything going on in the world right now and with things remaining uncertain, Maywood needs the experience, balance and transparency that Danyel, Frank and I will bring to the Maywood Council.

10/10/2020

Doing the Door Hanger thing!