To the Editor:

Many of you worked very hard to promote consolidation and were rewarded with its passage in 2011. I suspect that the opponents of consolidation now want the transition to be as smooth and as seamless as possible. We will be one Princeton. We want this to work, and we want to choose the best candidate to help make it work for all of us.

I have had the pleasure of working with each of the three candidates for mayor and feel that Princeton is much the better for having had their representation as leaders in this community. However, I support Kevin Wilkes to lead us in 2013 because he has clearly demonstrated over the years that his ability to listen, to work with others with varying views to reach resolution, to communicate with all members of our diverse community, to work (with ease) with members of our residential, educational and business communities, is the kind of leadership that we will need going forward. The decisions made within the next few years could determine the quality of life we will have in Princeton for years to come. I want the person leading that group to possess the caliber of qualities and leadership that have been demonstrated by Kevin.

I hope that he can count on your support on June 5.

MILDRED T. TROTMAN

Witherspoon Street