Mayor Jim Maley's Blog
Click, Click, Click at Casona
Many thanks to Casona for the great and tasty spread put out for those crazy online voters in the Readers Digest contest. And thanks to those of you who were clicking away at home or wherever. Collingswood logged over 30,000 votes and vaulted up a number of spots. All for the purpose of raising some money for town.
In Case You Missed It
Since other topics have dominated local news over the last week, there are a few noteworthy news items that may have passed by unnoticed.
The Michael Landon Plaque
Enjoy your holiday
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukah. Happy Kwanza. Happy Festivus. Hope you all enjoy your holiday with your family.
Trying to Fix the Rating Agency Process
As we continue to work to resolve Collingswood's credit rating, we have also begun a process to address the larger issues. At the League of Municipalities convention this week, it became clear to me that our downgrade has towns across the State very concerned about the process used with us.
Response to Moody’s re-release on Borough rating
Moody’s Investors Service has issued a release maintaining the Borough of Collingswood’s rating at Ba1, despite the Borough accomplishing all financial obstacles Moody’s outlined in their September 12 report.
Saturday, here in the Park
I think it was the Fall clean-up day. People raking, people trimming, a man moving debris. What a blast this 5th day of November. (That's for all my fellow Chicago fans.)
Many thanks to the 100+ volunteers who helped with 20 dead trees that were cut down (thanks DPW and Nova Tree Service), tons of leaves raked and removed and the general cleaning of debris.
Hats off to Commissioners Leonard and Hall for spearheading the effort. Special thanks to the local businesses that donated food and drink and everyone that came out to help.See you in the Spring for another day.
Why is the grass in Knight Park so high?
The soccer fields should be good because they were the last done, but some of the spectator areas are too high.
As soon as the ground lets us, the Park will be mowed. Again, sorry for the conditions.
AP reports on Moody's rating
How Moody's got it wrong - video update
Thanks for everyone that came out to the Town Forum last night, it was a helpful dialogue and we appreciate the chance to explain our position on Moody's inaccuracies. For those that couldn't make it, I took a moment to outline where Moody's went wrong, and there have even been updates on work to change our rating in the last 72 hours. If you have questions on this feel free to post them to our Facebook page or email me at jmaley@collingswood.com.
