To the Editor:

I agree with Anthony Lunn’s wish that there be a real effort to include differing views rather than to continue efforts to pack the Princeton Council with a coalition of like-minded candidates. His letter, however, perpetuates the idea of two Princetons, whether the labels are borough, center, township, or suburb. The word suburb is not going to win any friends among many of us in the former Township who value the “center,” walk rather than drive there, and consider ourselves Princetonians. I would love to see this community, and especially the Princeton Council, move on from the idea of a town/borough mentality.

The voting numbers show something that was not mentioned in Mr. Lunn’s letter: almost 70 percent of the registered Democrats did not vote. Moreover, it appears that about half the voters in this election only used one of their votes. It is hard to draw conclusions about how people feel in any part of the community based on those numbers. Paraphrasing Gail Collins: anything can happen when you have an election and no one comes. In my small world, most of the people I know in the former Town supported Jo Butler, and the only people I know of who supported the other slate were in the former Borough.

One lesson that I hope is learned from this election is that many Princetonians do not like to be told for whom to vote. The more important lessons are ones we teach our children: (a) You cannot change the people you work with so learn to cooperate with them, and (b) stop blaming the other side for disagreements because it takes two sides to feud and two sides to cooperate.

Ann Summer

Cedar Lane