Five Council Candidates To Run For Three Seats
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Five residents will be running for seats on the Mahwah Town Council this November. According to township clerk Kathy Coletta, current council members John Roth and Lisa DiGiulio, and newcomers Jonathan Marcus, Todd VanDuren and Steve Sbarra have all filed petitions to run for a seat on the township’s legislative body.
Roth announced his campaign for reelection in June. The retired international marketing executive has been on the township council since 2004, and has served in the past as both its President and VP. In a campaign announcement article earlier this year, Roth said “public service is a way I can give back to the community that has given so much to me and my family.”
DiGiulio confirmed her bid for reelection last month. DiGiulio, who works for a payroll company, has been on the council for 24 years, and in that time has served as both President and Vice President. “I just enjoy serving the people in this town,” she told Patch in an article announcing her campaign.
Jonathan Marcus announced his intent to run earlier this month. The lawyer said his experiences and volunteer work at Ramapo College and in the township have prepped him for the job. “I look forward to raising my family here for many years to come,” he told Patch of why he wants a seat on the council.
Todd VanDuren announced his intent to run earlier this month. One of the owners of the Ramsey Auto Group, VanDuren said his long history of volunteering in the township and involvement in Mahwah schools and activities prepped him for the job. “I talk to so many Mahwah parents and families at the schools or sports games about concerns we all share in town,” he told Patch. “I am hoping I can make a difference for people.”
Steve Sbarra announced his intent to run this week. The owner of a Sports Clips in Wyckoff, Sbarra made an unsuccessful bid for a township council seat last year. He said his professional experience would help the council maintain "checks and balances" in township government affairs.
Election day is November 6.
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6:08 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
John Roth,Lisa Digiulio and Steve Sbarra will help make Mahwah a better town for people to stay in our town and for people to move into our town. You have all our votes
Chardel Vyjial
9:09 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
ref All are votes??? What group do you represent? Rumor is all Patch comments will require full legal names on every entry starting next month, can't wait.
TS
4:31 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
I know who I am not voting for since Ramsey Auto Group has been sued several times by the NJ Department of Consumer affairs:
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/press/ramsey.htm http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/press/nissan.htm
http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/011811_State_sues_Bergen_auto_dealer_charging_deceptive_marketing.html http://njconsumeraffairs.gov/press/ramsey2.htm
Chardel Vyjial
6:03 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
TS, Let me ask you, are you going to vote for Mr Roth who when he was the Council President got the taxpayer of Mawah sued over the Crossroads by his flip flop way he handled it and then gave the Crossroads a SILVER PLATER ordinance? Yeah I guess your right Mr. Todd works for a company that had a lawsuit ( which almost every company today that deals with the public gets fines and sued) but Mr Roth got the town of Mahwh sued. Tell me TS are you a DPW worker or John Roth? Keep up the good work not telling the truth on Patch it worked well in the Dapuzzo election for your group I'm sure you will have the same results again.
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6:33 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Vyjial,at least mr.Roth had the guts to admit that a mistake was made and voted to recind the ordinance,you sir have this this burning disire that everybody that answers you jiberish is working for the dpw,I say sir so what,oh and I'm sure your getting the truth from your source,your being lead astray,oh one more thing Mr. Todd's company got sued at least three time for the same violation.
TS
2:41 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
There is a HUGE difference between working for a company that is sued for consumer fraud multiple times and owning a company that is sued multiple times for consumer fraud. I don't think the town needs someone with that type of reputation running it.
And how do I know that Chardel Vyjial is your real name? In fact you could be almost anyone yourself. Just because you post a name does not mean that it is your name.
TS
12:48 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Seems like people are marking my posts as inappropriate again so I will repost with more details this time.
Todd is NOT an employee but rather the own of a company that has been repeatedly sued by the NJ Dept of Consumer Affairs. They have settled and paid fines and compensation to the people they defrauded.
Below is a quote from the Record newspaper article dated January 18, 2011: http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/011811_State_sues_Bergen_auto_dealer_charging_deceptive_marketing.html
"... The suit, which was served on Tuesday, comes five years after the Ramsey Auto Group and several affiliated dealerships agreed to pay a penalty of up to $750,000, plus $156,000 in restitution, to settle charges it defrauded customers. That penalty was reduced to $250,000, however, after the company went a year without further allegations of violations.
In addition, the Ramsey Auto Group paid $380,000 in 1998 — a record at the time — to settle fraud charges involving one of its dealerships, Ramsey Nissan, and $47,000 in 2004 to settle similar charges lodged by then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer..."
Frianne
7:50 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
you have my vote Digiulio
Eileen Rite
7:57 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
After 24 yrs and voting herself benefits that the Mahwah taxpayer can NOT afford, benefits she could have gotten from her primary employer is proof positive she needs to go. It makes me laugh when I read; “I just enjoy serving the people in this town,” What Digiulo likes to serve... is herself. And yeah, she should run, run, run but not for office!
Chardel Vyjial
9:48 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Well said Eileen