Friday, January 4, 2013
“Brandon never ceases to amaze me,” says the father of the board's youngest-ever member.
When most kids were still playing video games and building forts, Brandon Pugh was already thinking about his political future. Pugh, 20, was sworn in Thursday as one of the newest members of the Moorestown Board of Education, along with Sheryl Sawin and David Weinstein—officially making him the youngest board member Moorestown’s ever had, and certainly one of the youngest in the state. It came as no surprise to his father, Sgt. Randy Pugh, of the Moorestown Police Department, who always expected great things from his son. “Brandon never ceases to amaze me,” he said, explaining how his son had an interest in politics from an early age. “I knew when he was very young, 7 or 8 years old … He was always more adult-like.” Thursday’s …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
“I have not had a single minute where there has not been a large financial issue facing the board,” said Moorestown Board of Education member David Weinstein, who will be sworn in for his second term tonight.
After three years of hopping from one fiscal crisis to the next, Moorestown Board of Education member Dave Weinstein hopes he can spend part of his second term drilling down into matters that have less to do with dollars and cents and more to do with educating kids. A little more than 24 hours removed from being sworn in for a second term on the board—at tonight’s reorganization meeting at William Allen Middle School—Weinstein ticked off the fiscal issues he and his colleagues have faced over the last few years: the failed budget of 2010, deep cuts to state aid and near endless contract negotiations with the union, to name a few. “I have not had a single minute where there has not been a large financial issue facing the board,” he said. “…
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
All three candidates—David Weinstein, Sheryl Sawin and Brandon Pugh—have the same goals in mind.
Moorestown’s newest school board members may come from varying backgrounds—a former teacher who did virtually no campaigning, a 19-year-old EMT and an attorney who was the race’s only incumbent—but they all have the same goal in mind. Sheryl Sawin, a former college professor who came in second with 3,762 votes, said friends and acquaintances had been urging her to run for years. Still, she was “pleasantly surprised” with her victory, considering she did almost nothing in the way of traditional campaigning. “It’s not my M.O,” she said. “I was resolutely against that … I just felt it wasn’t productive to align myself politically.” Some had speculated politics would play a part in this year’s school election after it was moved from April to …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Also, Moorestown went Obama for the second time—though by a smaller margin than in 2008—and reelected Burlington County freeholders Bruce Garganio and Mary Ann O'Brien.
Voters elected an incumbent, a teacher and a recent high school graduate to the Moorestown Board of Education Tuesday. Incumbent David Weinstein was selected for a second three-year term, earning the most votes with 3,922. Former college professor Sheryl Sawin came in second with 3,762, and 19-year-old Brandon Pugh landed in third with 3,420. There were three open seats on the board. “I’m looking forward to, not to overuse an expression, getting down to business,” said Pugh, who monitored the results as they came in at town hall Tuesday night. Some were skeptical of Pugh because of his age and seeming lack of experience, but he described his youth as an advantage. “I really offer a new perspective,” he said. “Having someone who’s not too …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Weinstein, first elected to the board of education in 2009, is the only incumbent in the race.
Name : Mr. David A Weinstein Date of birth : 22 August 1971 Place of residence : Moorestown Attended college : Yes College : Ithaca College Degree : BA Year of graduation : 1993 University : Rutgers University - Camden Degree : JD (Juris Doctorate) Year of graduation : 2000 Job titles held : NA Employers : NA Party affiliation : Democrat Running for a: Local office Running for position: Moorestown Board of Education Chamber/district: Moorestown Incumbent: Yes First elected: 21 April 2009 Previous elective offices : NA Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: NA Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/DavidWeinsteinForMoorestownBoe I am the only candidate with proven experience. I have a background in public finance, and during my tenure on …
Jeff Roth
7:12 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
As someone who has both rented and owned in town, when you write a big check for property taxes you're not necessarily more qualified but you do have a more vested interest in the community. Same argument can be applied to having kids in the school system imo. more ›