Letter: Lempert is Accessible, Engaged and Involves Residents

To the Editor:

Princeton is blessed by so many people who volunteer their time for public service and from those exceptional training grounds we are privileged to have excellent and experienced candidates running for mayor of the newly consolidated Princeton. The primary season is closing fast and the polls will soon be open for an historic vote, for consolidated council and for mayor.

I’m supporting Liz Lempert for mayor. On balance it’s difficult to sort out the differences. Both candidates have spectacular backgrounds and many tributes to their success in our towns and beyond. Liz has served as deputy Township mayor with strength and insight, as she has moved forward  on environmental initiatives, for land preservation and conservation projects, and on consolidation with more responsive and continuing fiscally sound financial planning, keeping our tax rate flat while preserving Princeton’s AAA bond rating.

But these complex times call for even more collaboration and creativity from all sectors and Liz listens – and listens intently. Liz is accessible and engaged and encourages others, as she has with me, to become more engaged in local community solutions.  As Liz listens she clarifies, gives feedback, is supportive but often remains neutral until she can hear and understand all sides, leading to her fair decision.

Liz has a powerful personality with social intelligence and vision to set her sights directly on issues that need attention. As Peter Drucker once said, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

Consolidated Princeton needs the sensitive and inclusive leadership that Liz Lempert delivers. Her “transformational” abilities, energized in the last Obama campaign, will serve all of us in Princeton in this approaching period of adjustment and learning in our new consolidated community. Please join me in voting for Liz Lempert for Mayor on June 5th.

Doreen Blanc Rockstrom
Maidenhead Road