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Mayor Lee hushes deer management foe
(by Anthony G. Attrino - May 18, 2009)
Cedar Grove Mayor Paul Lee on Monday denied an animal rights activist from Millburn the opportunity to speak about the deer issue during the public comments portion of a town council meeting.
“You’re denying me my right to speak out. Let’s be clear,” said Janet Piszar.
“Yes,” said the mayor.
Piszar is well known in Millburn and other towns in Essex County for condemning lethal deer-management plans. She has protested many of the hunts, mostly in Millburn and in the South Mountain Reservation.
Cedar Grove officials in recent months have discussed proposals to kill deer in county-owned parts of the township, including the Hilltop, which includes Verona and North Caldwell.
Piszar tried to claim the council had met secretly to pass a resolution endorsing the county’s lethal deer-management plan. But the mayor would not let her speak.
“I’m not listening to your comments. You don’t live here,” Lee said.
Piszar said she and other animal-rights activists had been denied the opportunity to make a presentation during an April 6 Cedar Grove council meeting and that the town council had been deceptive on several fronts.
“That’s fine. That’s your opinion,” Lee said.
(by Anthony G. Attrino - May 18, 2009)
Cedar Grove Mayor Paul Lee on Monday denied an animal rights activist from Millburn the opportunity to speak about the deer issue during the public comments portion of a town council meeting.
“You’re denying me my right to speak out. Let’s be clear,” said Janet Piszar.
“Yes,” said the mayor.
Piszar is well known in Millburn and other towns in Essex County for condemning lethal deer-management plans. She has protested many of the hunts, mostly in Millburn and in the South Mountain Reservation.
Cedar Grove officials in recent months have discussed proposals to kill deer in county-owned parts of the township, including the Hilltop, which includes Verona and North Caldwell.
Piszar tried to claim the council had met secretly to pass a resolution endorsing the county’s lethal deer-management plan. But the mayor would not let her speak.
“I’m not listening to your comments. You don’t live here,” Lee said.
Piszar said she and other animal-rights activists had been denied the opportunity to make a presentation during an April 6 Cedar Grove council meeting and that the town council had been deceptive on several fronts.
“That’s fine. That’s your opinion,” Lee said.