CANDIDATE BOYCOTTS PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION (PCDO) ENDORSEMENT PROCESS  

Princeton NJ 311/19  Adam Bierman, a Princeton Council candidate, has decided not to participate in the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) endorsement process of March 17th because of the dues requirement to vote. Mr. Bierman recognizes the very positive role the PCDO plays in Democratic affairs in Princeton. However, the endorsement process is a pay to play situation as described in press reports (see link Times of Trenton 3/25/2012), with a membership that does not reflect the diversity of the Democratic Party in Princeton according to Mr. Bierman’s.

The candidate selection process is further complicated when the Princeton Municipal Democratic Committee, which is the legal Democratic organization in Princeton , references the PCDO paid vote in its selection process in spite of the 2012 statement from the Mercer County Democratic Chair  Liz Muoio that “the committees are not giving any control to the PCDO in terms of the endorsement process” (see link Times of Trenton 3/25/2012). Unfortunately, this is not the case. There still remain Standing Rules that give the PCDO a role in the Municipal Committee’s selection process. References to the paid PCDO vote have no place in the selection process of the Municipal Committee. There is a need to get money out the process.

As of the issuing of this press release, the PCDO website announces that March 3rd is the deadline to pay $5 to $15 membership dues to be eligible to vote, which results in a requirement of becoming a member of the club only two weeks before the endorsement vote on March 17.

https://www.princetondems.org/join

Mr. Bierman intends to make his case for office to the entire Princeton Democratic Party in the weeks leading up to the June primary.  He is basing his candidacy, as an independent Democrat, on competence, transparency , and the urgent need to make Princeton more affordable.  Competence for municipal projects, transparency for all public undertakings, and fiscal determination to make Princeton livable for all people are the goals of his campaign.

https://www.nj.com/mercer/2012/03/princeton_borough_democrats_to.html