Dear Editor:

One of the more interesting aspects of the current campaign for Wyckoff Township Committee is the difference between the marketing of the two pairs of candidates and the reality. Kevin Rooney, candidate for Wyckoff Township Committee, is listed as a member of the Wyckoff Shade Tree Commission. I am not sure what exactly the Shade Tree Commission does—certainly not overseeing a replacement of trees in our Township right of ways which have died or otherwise cut down.

A developer, Mr. Rooney is also the chair of the Wyckoff Zoning Board. This board oversaw the McMansionization of Wyckoff with oversized houses on lots often too small during the real estate boom. I have to say I don’t trust them to deal with the 258 apartments proposed for the Sicomac Avenue and the widening of Sicomac Avenue to four lanes at its intersection with Cedar Hill Avenue to accommodate the traffic its expected to generate. A change of use variance is required for this project (the tract is zoned for market-rate houses), will the Wyckoff Zoning Board grant it?

What Wyckoff needs is not more of the same but balance on both the Township Committee and its planning and zoning boards. That’s why I am voting for Brian Hubert and Diane Sobin on November 3. They will bring the balance our town so desperately needs.

Sincerely,

Peggy Conley