Deputy Mayor's New Year's Resolution: Work on Lowering Taxes

Ed O'Malley, the newly appointed deputy mayor of Cranford says he wants commercial property taxes to be a focus of lessening the tax burden on residents.

At Cranford's reorganization meeting Ed O'Malley began his third term on the township committee. Now, as deputy mayor, he said he wants to work across partisan lines to help lower taxes. "What surprised me most about getting politically engaged," said O'Malley after the Jan. 1 meeting, "is the caliber of people in this building," he said referring to the gathering of township officials in the committee chambers.  Of his New Year's resolution, O'Malley said one thing: taxes. "We need to do more on controlling taxes, which is easy to say," he said. "I want to be a catalyst and agent for making it happen," he said. O'Malley, a Democrat, said the town has to act in every way it can to fully realize what commercial property can do to offset …

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Letter to the Editor

Letter To The Editor: Commissioner Is Not The 'Villain'

The following is a response to a recent letter to the editor.

  Editor's note: The following is a response to a letter submitted by Michael Celock, which was sent following Township Commissioner Ed O'Malley's letters regarding the township's response to Hurricane Sandy. To The Editor: Apparently, an individual could always come up with reasons why a mayor could take a family vacation to Florida while his town is in a state of emergency, but many citizens of Cranford still believe that the chief executive of a municipality should remain and do whatever must be done and not leave it to a second-in-command or anyone else. If some one is to be called a villain here, it certainly is not Mr. O'Malley. Myron Borden Cranford

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