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Beginning more than 26 years ago, I became the co-worker and friend of Steve Pinchak, when we all worked together as employees of the N.J. Department of Corrections at East Jersey State Prison. During our service at East Jersey, Steve rose through the ranks from a custody officer to the top job as prison administrator and became my boss. It was my experience as the prison’s business manager (a position I held for 20 years) that Steve ran the prison with competence, intelligence, honesty and fairness. These leadership characteristics were experienced daily by the 2,400 high-security male inmates jailed at the various components of East Jersey and by the 700-plus prisons staff he supervised. Because of Steve’s management abilities and common sense he was able to maintain a safe and secure prison environment in a very tough jail.

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We will fight to stop the overdevelopment of our neighborhoods.

After meeting with members of our Police Department, community organizations, school district, Religious & business leaders we will propose a plan to provide a program for our youth to help motivate them towards the pursuit of positive goals in their lives. We will not take any pay or benefits for a council position and would direct that those funds go towards a youth program.

We will develop and propose to the Mayor and council a plan for active enforcement against illegal housing which negatively affects our quality of life, schools, tax revenues and places an undue burden on our Borough’s services. If Woodbridge Township can do it so can we.

We will fight to change the Council meeting time from 6:00pm to 7:30pm to give our citizens more of an opportunity to attend them and push for the meetings to be televised on channel 36. Our overall goal in this area would to be to encourage more participation in government by our citizens and to make our government more open.

We will constantly work towards providing the safest environment possible for all citizens.

We will look to bring in businesses to our Borough which will give preference to Carteret Residents in employment opportunities.

 

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      Learn more about Steve and what he brings to the table. Below you’ll find a brief history on his experience and more. When it comes to dedication, experience and a passion for doing what is right for Carteret, Steve Pinchak is a cut above the rest.

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As a resident of Carteret for 12 years, I have seen this once nice working class town be turned into an urban nightmare. So when I read Ms. Beepat’s letter (“Endorses Naples, Krum in Carteret election,” Aug. 23), singing the praises of the “better Carteret” created by the current administration , I thought what “Better Carteret “ is she speaking of? —Carteret, North Carolina?

I personally know both Rudy Urban and Steve Pinchak. They offer the residents of Carteret something we have not had in over nine years, a voice on our council. They also have something neither incumbent has. It’s called integrity.

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Shanique Coleman, 21, of Somerville, is a single mom who relies on help to drive her to a grocery store. A recent U.S. department of agriculture study found more than 340,000 New Jerseyans live in “food deserts,” areas that lack access to large grocery stores and healthy, fresh food. Somerville contains one of these deserts, and a young family must rely on a social worker to transport them to a supermarket twice a month.

HAMILTON — One of Heather Cooke’s favorite meals is a fresh garden salad. But finding the ingredients for the dish in her Hamilton neighborhood isn’t easy.

The nearest ShopRite is a 15-minute drive. When Cooke’s aging Ford is in the shop, as it was in June, she can take two NJ Transit buses to the supermarket and haul her bags home.

There are plenty of fast food joints and a small grocery store within walking distance. But the produce prices are “outrageously expensive,” said Cooke, 44.

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