ELECTION RESULTS

PURE PROGRESS SWEPT INTO OFFICE BY A LANDSLIDE

 

 

South Orange Village President

Douglas C. Newman 2,516
William R. Calabrese 1,427
Total 3,943

South Orange Board of Trustees - 4 year terms

Mark Rosner 2,409
Deborah Davis Ford 2,368
Howard Levison 2,404
Janine Bauer 1,599
Allan J. Rosen 1,372
Arthur Taylor 1,436
Write-In 8
Total 11,596

South Orange Board of Trustees - 2 year terms

Michael Goldberg 2,341
Frank Rodino 1,508
Write-In 2
Total 3,851

 

 

NEWS-RECORD ENDORSES PURE PROGRESS CANDIDATES!

 

Elect Newman

Election time is upon South Orange, and change is in the air. In addition to three four-year terms and one two-year term on the Board of Trustees, the presidency also will be up for grabs. While the incumbent has accomplished much in his lengthy tenure, we feel the challenger, Douglas Newman, brings much to the table and South Orange would do well to elect him president.

Newman, a resident of South Orange for 17 years, has a history of civic involvement with the community. He has served as the founding member of the 2006 consolidation and shared-services study referendum and as chairman of Main Street South Orange's Economic Development Committee. As chairman of the Downtown Management Corporation Committee, he helped orchestrate the formation of the Downtown Management and Redevelopment Corp.

This involvement allows Newman to have the insight needed for disciplined financial management, something of which our heavily taxed homeowners are in dire need. We need someone to stop our fiscal hemorrhaging while maintaining the quality of life residents of the village of South Orange have come to expect. Newman is the right candidate to make the revitalization of downtown actually happen.

 

Elect Goldberg

…Michael Goldberg is the perfect candidate for the position. An active community watchdog, Goldberg successfully fought to reduce the density of quarry development as a founding member of the Coalition to Preserve South Orange. As a founding member of the Villagers for a Better South Orange, he helped defeat a referendum last year that would have more than doubled the open space tax. Goldberg also has strong business acumen heightened by a master's degree in business administration and five years worth of consulting on enterprise software implementations for Fortune 1,000 companies. Such expertise can only benefit South Orange.

Elect… Levison and Rosner

 

Our Board of Trustees is the body that directs the village of South Orange through difficult straits toward a better future. For that purpose, we need a group of individuals who possess both experience and a willingness to try new approaches when current ways don't yield the desired results.… [H]oward Levison and Mark Rosner have what it takes to succeed and should be elected to four year terms on Tuesday.
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Levison may not have any experience as a trustee, but his wealth of knowledge and involvement in village activities more than makes up for that. A longtime resident of South Orange, he founded Main Street South Orange, was acting chairman of the Rent Leveling Board, co-chairman of the Energy Policy Committee and is now part of the Joint Study Commission exploring shared services with Maplewood to reduce municipal expenses. Levison will also bring an enthusiasm to the Board of Trustees that has been missing for some time and will make an excellent addition to the board.

Rosner, a 21-year resident of South Orange, was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 1998 and re-elected in 1999 and 2003. Rosner brings a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding the running of our village. Currently chairman of the Legal, Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee, Rosner is also a member of the Recreation and Cultural Affairs Committee and the Planning and Zoning Committee, as well as several other groups and organizations.

However, he is willing to explore new concepts and ideas in savings and distribution of finance that differ from older, staid manners. Rosner will round out a board ready to adapt and face new challenges without forgetting the lessons of the past.

He should be re-elected to the Board of Trustees.

 

 

PURE PROGRESS LAUNCHES COHESIVE PLATFORM
TO REVITALIZE SOUTH ORANGE

 

South Orange, NJ (March 12, 2007) - With a show of strength and organization unprecedented in South Orange municipal elections, the Pure Progress opposition ticket filed petitions today for its unified slate of candidates. The Pure Progress slate, including Village President candidate Douglas Newman, incumbent Trustee Mark Rosner and Trustee challengers Trustees Deborah Davis Ford, Howard Levison, and Michael Goldberg, collectively submitted petitions three days ahead of the filing deadline and delivered 896 signatures-well above the minimum requirement of 110 signatures per candidate.

 

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PURE PROGRESS INSPIRES A RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE FOR SOUTH ORANGE

 

South Orange, NJ ( March 5, 2007) - Over one-hundred South Orange residents packed into Cryans Beef & Ale House Thursday night to attend the Pure Progress kick-off celebration. Pure Progress, an opposition slate comprised of Village President candidate Douglas Newman, incumbent Trustee candidate Mark Rosner and Trustee challengers Deborah Davis Ford, Howard Levison and Michael Goldberg, stirred the crowd with passionate promises of an improved Village and fierce criticism of the status quo.

 

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PURE PROGRESS PROMISES TO END THE "COMING SOON" ERA IN SOUTH ORANGE

 

South Orange, NJ (February 26, 2007)—Pledging an end to the Village's "coming soon" era, Pure Progress today announced an opposition slate of candidates committed to making South Orange a premier community through new municipal leadership.

Pure Progress is led by long-time South Orange resident and business executive Douglas Newman, who is running for Village President. Other Pure Progress candidates include incumbent Trustee Mark Rosner and challengers Deborah Davis Ford, Howard Levison, and Michael Goldberg.

 

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The Pure Progress team will be attending various coffees around town held by neighbors, possibly people you know. They are informal gatherings and a good place to ask questions and get to know the candidates and your neighbors. Please try to attend one. After registering for a particular location and date, you will receive an e-mail with more specific information and an address.