To the Editor;

I congratulate Mayor Lempert on her re-election. She won decisively, and she did so with a campaign that was both decent and focused on issues.

I am grateful to Dudley Sipprelle for giving me a voice, to the Princeton Republican Party for ensuring that my voice was heard, to the more than 3,000 voters who gave me their support, and to the many Democrats who supported me at the risk of political oblivion. It was a privilege to represent all of you.

Princeton has some difficult choices to make. I continue to believe that our best hope of preserving our distinctive small town character is to stabilize our population, mitigate the worst of the state mandates, and get more control of our budgets and zoning.

I would like to think that the not insignificant number of crossover votes I received will cause Mayor Lempert and her council to consider more seriously the policies that I have suggested — with the hoped for result that our town can be restored as the sustainably affordable, inclusive, and diverse community in which I grew up.

Peter Marks

Moore Street