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Residents criticize mayor’s partisan mailing; mayor defends outreach to county officials
Summary
Several Ridgewood residents used the council’s public-comment period on June 9 to complain that a letter sent to all households and signed by the mayor urged votes for Democratic candidates. The mayor defended the mailing as recognition of county partners who help the village.
Two Ridgewood residents told the council during public comment on June 9 that a letter sent to village households and signed by the mayor urged recipients to vote for Democratic county candidates and that using the mayor’s title for that message was inappropriate in a nonpartisan municipal government.
Eleanor “Ellie” Gruber said she opened the letter because the…
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