As stated in an earlier post on this website, the Oakland Township Board’s November 7th meeting had an agenda item to appoint a temporary replacement for Judy Keyes, who resigned from the Board on October 21st. More can be read about her resignation by going to:
The Board had 30 days to replace Judy Keyes after her resignation. If they did not fill the position by a Board appointment, the seat would have to be filled through a special election. The appointment is only official through November of 2014.
An election will have to take place in November of 2014 in order to elect a replacement to fill the seat for the remainder of the term, which is November of 2016. There will be primary election taking place in August of 2014 to determine the candidates that will run in the November 2014 election.
At the November 7th meeting, Trustee Thalmann made the recommendation to appoint Robin Buxar. They did not announce the names of all the other people that had submitted their names for consideration for the position. Robin’s nomination was unanimously approved.
Robin Buxar has been very active in participating in various Township meetings. She has been a very vocal supporter of the current Township administration.
Based on a request from one of our readers, Patricia (see below), I have added copies of all the applications from citizens that were interested in the open Board seat. Here is that link:
Trustee Applications 2013_11_07 .
You can read more on Buxar’s involvement in Trustee Thalmann’s attempt to “ambush” the Blossom Ridge development by reading an earlier post on this website. Here is the link:
https://oaklandtownship.info/2013/08/28/trustee-elect-thalmann-sets-up-ambush-for-blossom-ridge/
After Trustee Thalmann nominated Robin Buxar, and citizen comments, Thalmann said “I am glad to call her friend!”
An example of “who you know – not what you know????”
Richard Michalski
Oakland Township Watchers 