Highlands Borough, NJ. Freeholder Anna Little released the following statement this evening after announcing her plan to resign from the Highlands Borough Council.
An open letter to the residents of Highlands:
It is with deep regret that I announce my departure from the Council of the Borough of Highlands. I will tender my resignation effective September 30, 2006. I will spend these next days reviewing with other Council members the shelf ready plans that I have worked with our Borough professionals to prepare. I will provide copy of these plans to the Council and the Borough Clerk. It is my hope that others will continue to seek funding to see that these plans come to fruition.
I am eternally grateful for the opportunity you have given me to serve you. I have sincerely enjoyed listening to your concerns and your suggestions, while working with the governing body, Borough employees and professionals to maintain the character of highlands while improving quality of life here. I will cherish the memories of this time.
I am very proud of our accomplishments as a governing body since 2003 when I first became your Councilwoman. I am especially pleased that the firehouse is finally under construction. How exciting it is that the Community Center is being rehabilitated, and that the playground at Snug Harbor park will be improved. We can also enjoy the improvements at Miller Beach. I am proud and grateful to have been part of these important projects.
I am asking others on the Highlands Council to continue my efforts to establish recreational programs for the various age groups of citizens here in Highlands. Mr. Hill has completed a significant amount of work on this programming. I am satisfied that it is ready for discussion and implementation by the Council.
I am also asking the Council to establish a committee for the purpose of creating a library system in Highlands. Facilities at Henry Hudson Regional School are now available to us for community use if we enter into an agreement with the school board and cooperate with shared funding. I hope the committee would also consider a downtown location as an extension for elementary school children who might not have means to get up to the Henry Hudson location. I am certain this library system can now be accomplished in a reasonable time if it is given serious attention.
I will continue to work with the Route 36 Bridge Project as a community partner on the steering committee, as that project may be near to completion. I will always be available whenever I am needed as a citizen and former councilwoman to lend historical information and past experience to any Highlands project for the future.
As you know, I was appointed to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders on February 25, 2006. I have been working for you in Freehold in addition to my local responsibilities since that date. My job as Freeholder has been equally challenging as it is rewarding. After almost seven months on the Board I am convinced that I can best serve the people of Highlands and the people of Monmouth County together through my work as your Freeholder.
Our biggest threat to quality of life in Highlands is our tax bill. I am working with professionals in Freehold to streamline the county budget and create efficiencies to help hold the line on spending. With the help of the Freeholder Board, especially Deputy Director Robert Clifton, I am also working to encourage shared services between municipalities. I am hoping that the state and county might consider sharing services with each other and with municipalities as well.
This work in Freehold to produce a sharing plan for services is the best way to lower your tax bill in the short term. From Freehold I am also working on an Economic Development Plan that will hopefully create more jobs in Monmouth County. This too can only help you here, in Highlands.
My heart and my home are here in Highlands. This is where I am raising and educating my children. This is where I return to at the end of a busy day to relax and find comfort. I will carry Highlands with me everywhere I go and I will consider Highlands in everything that I do. You can take the girl out of Highlands but you can't take Highlands out of this girl.
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"7 months on the board of freehoder" What has she accomplished?? This is not meant as mean spirited -just an actual question.
Seyward are you on vacation?
Seyward are you on vacation?
No. I'm just busy. I'll get you information on Anna's specific accomplishments soon
Anna has been learning a lot and standing up for what she thinks is right on a vote by vote basis. i think that's a lot. what was she supposed to do? repave route 9 herself?
she is a nice person who has done what she thinks is right at every session. that's more than a lot of people do.
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"...repave route 9 herself?"
I would hope not. Route 9 is a State Highway.
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