Make Isaac Akerman Mayor Again SIGN PETITION HERE
The tradition in Lakewood has always been that the position of mayor revolves each year, with the dominating party in the Committee choosing a member of their own party for the Township's top position. Two years ago, the Republican-majority Committee broke from tradition and nominated Democrat Ray Coles as mayor. Last year again, they broke from tradition another way, and choose Coles to be mayor for a second consecutive year - an unheard of phenomenon in Lakewood's recent history. The nomination last year was apposed by two of the three Republicans on the Committee, but Miller's defection, together with Democrats Lichtenstein and Coles' vote, secured the position for Coles. (Coles' own vote shifted the majority in his favor. Had he been disqualified to vote for himself, his nomination would have never held up.)Isaac Akerman is questionably the most popular member of the Committee. He is known for respecting the will of all Lakewood residents, while simultaneously not resorting to extreme anti-establishment-style governing. He is looked upon by many Lakewood residents as the mature adult in the room, who puts his personal aspirations second to the needs of the Lakewood community. His stints as mayor in 2013 and 2015 have been very successful, and he deserves another term.
Members of the Committee: We elected you because we believe that you would conform to the will of the people, and that you have it in you to make hard choices when hard choices are necessary. We, the people of Lakewood, now call upon you to please return the Mayoral seat to the majority party, and nominate Isaac Akerman to be Lakewood's Mayor for 2019.
The Mayor will be chosen at a Township meeting held in the municipal building on January 1 at 11 a.m. We will expect an explanation of your choice when the vote is tallied; please don't make a choice that you fill find difficult to justify.
https://www.change.org/p/lakewood-township-committee-make-isaac-akerman-mayor-again
It is time to have direct elections for Mayor. It is time to break the town into wards with one committee member in charge of each ward. When evryone is in charge of evryone that means nobody is in charge of anyone.
ReplyDeleteLakewood should have a similar system like Jackson and Toms River with more representation. Now its whatever the self appointed vaad decides
ReplyDeletei dont understand who would be the other choices for mayor
ReplyDeleteword is meir L. wants to be mayor..... Should be interesting if they give it to him... stay tuned
ReplyDeleteWho the mayor is will make zero difference. At all. But hey, its a fun distraction!
ReplyDelete202 signatures keep spreading the word.
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