Township Resident Endorses Moore for Mayor

To the Editor:

As a Township resident who has to drive everywhere, I probably should support the Republican candidate for Borough Mayor. Her policy positions exemplify the virtues embraced by Township officials: Endorse proposals that prefer drivers over walkers, appease the University in the hope of extracting more alms, and extol any plan that uses the word "arts" even ones whose unnecessary side-effects trample a community icon and wipes out a uniquely efficient and irreplaceable mass transit link to the Junction and the rest of the world with no justification other than imperial preference.  

However, as a former member of the Regional Planning Board, a longtime resident of the Princeton community, and a life-long transportation scholar and entrepreneur, I urge Borough voters to support Yina Moore, the Democratic candidate. Yina is a substantive candidate with a deep knowledge of the community. She grew up here and has devoted countless volunteer hours to its well-being. She knows and understands the community. Her graduate MIT education and professional experience in the circulation, development and fiscal issues make her uniquely qualified to appropriately address the challenges we face. As for the University, her Princeton undergraduate education ingrained in her the fundamental instincts, perspectives and stature that will allow her to transform the University's current paternal relationship with the Borough (… here this thing is what is good for you!) to one that is supportive and respectful ( … here, take this and use it to pay for  what you need…).     

Yina's personality, humor, intellect and professional career exemplify what makes the Borough special. Yina does not come to us through a focus group. She is one of Princeton's own and obviously not a scripted politician. She is a most substantive candidate who knows this community well, who values its history, warts and all, and who will do her damndest to keep Princeton from turning into just another privileged enclave.

Alain Kornhauser

Montadale Circle