Fighting Scare Tactics - With Video

by: Robert Stern For Englewood

Sun Oct 08, 2006 at 06:45:29 PM EDT

It's been a busy month since my last update!  We've hit the ground running.  I've been going door-to-door throughout the city, and the reception has been exceptional in all four wards. The people of Englewood are ready for a change. Business as usual just isn't going to cut it anymore.

The residents of Englewood are tired of Big Money having its way with our city. We're tired of developers gone wild. We're tired of politicians, like our Mayor Michael Wildes, welcoming overdevelopment with open arms. Most of all, we're tired of political scare tactics.

Last Saturday, an anonymous flyer was sent out to black neighborhoods throughout Englewood, labeling me and Assemblyman Gordon Johnson "sharks" and claiming we want to "eliminate affordable housing."  These lies were clearly intended to scare voters.  Even worse, the shady characters behind these flyers paid children to hand out these attack pieces and told the children not to say where they got the flyers from!

Well, at the following city council meeting, one mother stood up and spoke out.  Watch a Video of an Englewood mother telling Mayor Michael Wildes that she's tired of these SCARE TACTICS.

On a positive note, Bergen Grassroots endorsed me, along with Bob Menedez and Steve Rothman.  As a grassroots candidate, I am proud to have the support of this hardworking and progressive organization.  For more information about this endorsement, go to the Bergen Grassroots website.

I'd like to thank BlueJersey.net for fighting the good fight.  To find out more about my campaign, visit www.SternForMayor.com.  Thanks and keep up the good work!

Bob Stern