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PATCO Light Rail-See our Page on What you want to know...but also understand, Ron and I are open for thoughtful, inclusive disscussions regarding this issue and how it affects our taxes, our children, the increase in traffic to our town, and the community as a whole. We are looking forward to making sure our town is informed and involved on every level of the various studies, research, and impact on Wenonah and it's surrounding towns.
Please-- we ask for your support this November.
Ron and Barb believe our police department and our school are vital
local services and are, in fact, the treasures of the community.
While the concept of consolidation of police and schools is often
tossed about as a money-saving panacea, we urge residents to look more
deeply into the real economics of such proposals.
Police consolidation has been investigated before, when Wenonah
considered consolidation with
that the move would increase costs to Wenonah. A small town with a
relatively young force on a comparatively low pay scale is at a
mathematical disadvantage when joining with larger forces.
We note that one area police department is re-examining a recent
decision to consolidate, and press coverage indicates that other
municipalities that dissolved their local police departments are
encountering unexpected expenses for reimbursement of departments that
now cover those areas.
And it’s more than an economic issue: Our police force does an
outstanding job of community policing. Moreover, there’s no way to
measure how many accidents did not occur because there is a police car
at an intersection near the school, or how many burglars were
discouraged because of our department’s community presence.
School consolidation is another area that won’t automatically result
in cost reductions. Joining our school with another district would,
according to our analysis, inevitably result in higher salaries; the
history of school consolidation is that when staffs are consolidated
the salaries rise to the higher levels, and other districts are,
according to the figures we have seen, at higher levels than ours.
Some consolidation makes sense; the Borough has in recent years joined
with other municipalities in code inspection and enforcement, for
example. But as detailed elsewhere on this site, there is a body of
research showing that that consolidation is not an automatic solution
to cost issues.
While Ron and I will examine proposals for consolidation of services,
we strongly believe that having our services controlled locally, with
every cent scrutinized in a Borough budget, is the best mechanism for
maintaining quality and efficiency.
Voice for the Community…
Vote for what’s right…..
V ictory for you……
Ron Farina and Barb Capelli For Council!!
Our Thoughts..
What’s Important inWenonah
Keeping Wenonah First!
By saying:
NO to consolidation of vital municipal
services.We need to maintain control of these services and keep costs and taxes down.
NO to a passenger rail service that would
divide our town in half. Increased noise, train traffic, decreased safety for our families and children is not in our best interest.
NO to paid council positions. The most
energetic and dedicated council members are ones that volunteer.
We say:
YES to preserving the beauty and aesthetics that brought many of us to the
Borough in the first place. WE favor locating the proposed passenger rail
system along Route 55. WE will explore effort to run the line through
Wenonah, cutting our downtown in half and subjecting the center of town to
noise and....
YES to protecting the autonomy of our outstanding police and school
services. WE believe in consolidation when it makes fiscal and pragmatic
sense, but proposals to merge police and the elementary school will
tarnish two of the gems of our community and may cost us more in the long
run...
YES to fiscal responsibility -- including a cost-benefit analysis on all
municipal expenses and keeping an all-volunteer Borough Council. WE oppose
paying council members.
Volunteerism is what makes Wenonah tick and what
makes us the vital community we are.
Our community will most certainly face increasing pressure
from county and state government to merge our elementary
school and municipal departments with other districts and
towns. If we are to keep Wenonah intact as one of the finest
places to live in South Jersey, then we must work together to keep our autonomy. We pledge my service to you and all of our
neighbors and friends to
Keep Wenonah First.
We’ll look forward to your support on November 3rd.
Please Vote!
Ron's Experience Lead negotiator for labor contracts between Ackerley
Communications and NABET 211 in Syracuse, NY. Director of Program Operations for the ABC TV affiliate in Syracuse, NY. Responsible for annual budgets and major equipment purchases nearing one million dollars. President of the Central New York Focus Group and Coordinator of “The Life and Times of Central NY” photography project. Secured financial sponsorship from Eastman Kodak. Civil Air Patrol volunteer pilot for the Syracuse unit. Flew pilot and co-pilot positions on search & rescue missions.
Barb's experience... and the only female to be on the ballot... Grew up in Pitman, Three children all attending(ed) Also, Etta, the family pet dog, a Wiemaraner. Professional Experience Upon graduating college, started career in banking. Began at Commerce Bank’s Management Development Program and quickly was hired into their Treasury Management/Cash Management Department. Continued career at Hudson United Bank (T.D. Bank) and onto PNC Bank. Throughout banking career I was responsible for staff training, support of bank relationship managers, and management of bank conversions. I have managed a portfolio of over 30 million in deposits, created new bank growth in my market for product sales and deposit balances. Top revenue producer in Cash Management for the Education Glassboro State College(currently Treasury Management CTP certification Professional Organizations Officer of PTMA 2002 elect, Project Coordinator Officer of PTMA 2003-04 elect, Membership Chairperson Officer 2002-2204, Trainer/coordinator CTP Exam Barb's Local Civic Activity, Wenonah Lake Association President 2001-2003, - Served as President of Lake Association, overseeing finances, fund raising, projects to benefit the Wenonah Lake, and collaboration with other volunteer groups to promote favorable environmental activity regarding Wenonah Lake. Wenonah Historical Society- Current President, Vice President 2006-2008. Responsible for overseeing historic preservation of Wenonah, its artifacts, and history. Responsible for programs, fund raising, sales of items, and finances. Womans Club of Wenonah Member –Past Communications Chairperson Team Parent 2002-2003 Clearview football league Assistant Summer League Basketball Coach Political Activity, Treasurer of Wenonah Republican Committee 2002-current Chairperson of Wenonah Republican Committee-2009-current Throughout my involvement in the Wenonah , I have been part of fund raising, issue awareness, team building, member recruitment, finance oversight, programs development, and all aspects of building a great team in all my volunteer efforts in Wenonah. Council person for Borough of Wenonah Emergency Management Deputy 2003
I have three children and have spent the last ten years in Wenonah raising my children and volunteering for the town of
While on Council I was the Public Safety Chairperson, I was a member of Council’s budget and finance Committeee. I assisted as Wenonah’s Emergency Management Deputy. I look forward to continuing to work for Wenonah's residents.
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