Letter to the Editor: Voting for Sgambati for Mahwah Town Council

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Please vote for Gregg Sgambati for Mahwah Town Council on Tuesday, November 5!

We live in acrimonious political times, due in no small part to stress resulting from the continuing grind of our difficult economic environment.  No family, town, state, even the Federal Government, has been immune from these pressures! And many of us have had to make difficult choices to ensure the economic health for our families. 

In such an environment, with reputations, livelihoods and future prosperity at stake, it is unfortunately no surprise that many people are getting the unmistakable sense that increasingly our leaders, from the Federal Government on down to the local level, are just fighting among themselves…rather than coming together in a civil manner, to try and solve our difficult problems. 

Which is why we need a new type of practical, civic-minded leaders; leaders who know how to get things done by listening to both sides of an issue, building consensus, making decisions, and getting results.

And the voters of Mahwah are lucky to have such a leader available to them: Gregg Sgambati, who is running for as Mahwah Town Council Member this November 5.

I have had the opportunity to get to know Gregg, due to his wife’s work with my wife’s past work in the Mahwah school system, and am convinced he will bring a strong sense of balance, of reasonableness, practicality, as well as compassion and wisdom, to his future efforts on behalf of Mahwah.

Gregg has already been serving our town with distinction; among his other efforts, he is a Member of Mahwah’s Environmental Commission, as well as Vice President of the New Jersey Search & Rescue in the Ramapo Valley County Reservation. 

In addition to his service to our town, Gregg is also a highly educated professional, having recently been awarded his Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University. 

He deeply believes that one of Mahwah’s unique strengths is the beautiful natural park system we all have access to.  And, this past weekend, Gregg led the Mahwah Environmental Commission that brought to us what I hope will be a wonderful annual event in Mahwah: Mahwah Parks Day. 

Mahwah Parks Day is a wonderful, positive reminder that we live in a beautiful community. This natural beauty is a major factor that drew many of us here in the first place. And so, what could be more important than the proper stewardship of our natural resources in the long run, for our children and our children’s children?

In sum, Mr. Sgambati would bring a breath of fresh air,  professional experience, strong values,  an action oriented, practical perspective from the business world, along with the wisdom that a balanced perspective can add – which will serve our community well. Please vote for Gregg Sgambati for Mahwah Council Member on November 5.  

Frank Manziano

Mahwah