Great Letter! Mahwah voters should read!!!!

This is why Sinclair refused to debate or take questions from the public.

Great Letter to Mahwah voters!

Please explain to me why this letter is allowed to be posted but the numerous ones sent not in favor of Laforet were never allowed to be published? I think the patch has proven which side they have loyalty to. I for one am disgusted how the Patch has handelled themselves.

J I think by 8:15 tonight when the results come in you will have more things to be upset about.

Lovie and I cast our vote this morning and put it in a bottle and floated it out to sea. I hope the tides get it to Mahwah in time.Gilligan was the only one to vote for Sinclair, all the rest of us voted for Laforet. Gilligan thought that if Sinclair won and he became the next "Mario Perillo of Mahwah" he would send a ship for us and maybe send us to Italy.

Tom you and Jess are the best! when will you start a unchartedisland.patch.com we have seven people here who have nothing to do all day...we would blog! Ginger would be great at it!

I think that perhaps some of you have been ship wrecked on an island!!

are we talking about a mayor that has taked donations from the gas owners on rt17 in Mahwah and then turned around and voted "yes" on his planning board application!
this can all be verified thru election contribution reports and thru town planning board minutes....check it out for yourself.

No I think we are talking about the Mayor who stopped campaigning this week and worked his tail of to get power on in Mahwah. The one he kept the budget under control and has showed tireless leadership. I'm pretty sure that's the one we are talking about

Ms. Dorie-First of all, please invest in spell check. Second, to see what your beloved Mr. Sinclair is all about, all you have to do is read my blog above. Case closed.

Who fact checked this posting? Check these facts out. You can look them up for yourself in town meeting minutes and on the NJ Elec website. Mr. Laforet's campaign has raised more than $52,000 this year with an additional $4,000 rolled over from last year, not including an additional loan of more than $5,000. One of our major concerns is "who" is he now beholden to with all of this fund raising? Here are four very disturbing facts: (1) $16,000 (30.4%) of his donations can be tied back to fuel companies seeking development in our town; (2) $15,500 (29.6%) of his donations are from people who do not live or work in Mahwah; (3) The Hoboken Chair of the Democratic Party is funneling money to Laforet’s campaign: $1,000 and (4 ) Laforet took contributions from a company that had applications before our Planning Board. He took the money and voted YES on the applications for a 24/7 Big Oil truck stop facing homeowners’ back yards.

So why all of this 24/7 Big Oil money? So why all of this outside money? And why Democratic Party money? To view the financial details for both of our campaigns, go to this New Jersey State site: http://www.elec.state.nj.us (NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission). You can see the names of all campaign contributors over $300, as well as the amount they contributed. The Sinclair campaign promises you that Ed Sinclair is not beholden to any special interest group, other than the citizens of Mahwah. It doesn't look like the Laforet campaign can say the same.

Mr Lockwood at 8:15 you will see what the town thinks of Sinclair/Hermansen/Roth
We are having elections on the island next year maybe the 3 of them can move here in time. Better chance of them winning here with only 7 voters.

My Dear Friend Bob, Frankly, i am surprised that a man of your intelligence and education could support a candidate such as Mr. Ed. I have more respect for you than that (especially sine we grew up in the same place in Upstate NY). With that being said, you can come over to my house anytime you want (you have been at my house before and you know where I live) and we can through all of the documents supporting the letter. The facts speak for themselves. As far as Mayor Laforet's measly amount of fundraising influencing how he leads and governs our community....come on, that is ridiculous. I don't see Mayor Laforet using town contractors to do work on his house. I would add, that if I was running for office, I would raise money from my contacts which include contractors, builders, attorney's, CPA's, and banks, all of whom do business in Mahwah. Does that make me beholden to them? Of course not. Mayor Laforet raised money from people he has contacts with and since he is in the gas/oil business, of course he raised money from people in that business.

In hindsight, by the way, THANK GOD we have that 24/7 truck stop in our community because without it, our residents would still not have power. The Mayor used his contacts to allow O&R and other electric company trucks to refuel in Mahwah, instead of over an hour away in Ellenville, NY. I would also add that the 24/7 truck stop never ran out of fuel thus providing thousands of Mahwah residents a place to refuel their cars during the crisis. I know the truth hurts Bob. It will hurt even more at 8 PM when we no longer have to listen to this nonsense.

Wow, what an angry diatribe of slander, insinuation and distortion. David, you should get a better handle on the facts before you sign your name to it.

David, Really. After all of these years, we are now going to make our political allegiance personal? Why bring up my intelligence, my education or where we grew up? That is crazy talk. Why this last minute desperate move to slander our candidate? Why bother with this if you are so certain that Billy is going to win. Your actions defy logic. Also, item #2; please provide specifics instead of slander (liable). Also #5; really. How about some details, dates, times, location, witnesses, sworn testimony. Come on. Let's stop the non-sense and let the voters vote. Do you really think anyone is going to change their mind or make-up their mind at the last minute based on a wordy diatribe. Come on. Your friend, -Bob

DB as long as we are at it your boy the mayor would not let the us postal service fuel their vehicles at "HIS" sunoco station I sure hope this didn't deter the elderly from receiving their medication in a timely manner,by the way DB most of the cars on line were from out of state,get your facts straight before you sprew your deceit,why wasn't your boys station open to everybody and not just a select few,ask about the DB

@ML Sorry you can't come to the island with us..... you really do mona lot.

What a bunch of BS.
You post this letter a day before the election so the candidate cannot defend himself
Pure BS

Hey Mr Bag...guess you should also invest in spell checker. your 3:40 posting "sine we grew up in the same place in upstate New York". Can't wait for this election to be over...sick of all your mud slinging.

I think the mayor or his cronies who administer the Team Laforet page also need a spell checker the correct spelling is break, not 'brake' and bear, not 'bare. I guess nobody is perfect Mr Bag

DB I certainly hope that you have positive proof for all the acusations you have made on behalf of your Mayor, I for one do not want to be included in your "Concerned Citizens and taxpayers of Mahwah" from Riovistaville.

Mr. Schmidt,
You're just a book of knowledge and seem to have the answer for every comment made on the patch. Maybe you should have run for Mayor or are you just his mouth piece. I just happened to be driving down Miller Road and was stopped at the light when low and behold there was Mayor Laforet directing and guiding cars into his gas station when maybe he should've been more worried about town reidents getting their power back on instead of directing traffic into his station which happens to have the highest gas prices around town. Seems to me he was taking advantage in a crisis situation.

It's over the mayor won very comfortably. By at least 2000 votes

Blue Ribbon Panel meeting tomorrow...Who's in?

The voting is over and time will tell!