TO THE EDITOR: I am writing to encourage your readers who live and vote in Bedminster to help re-elect Doug Stevinson and Gina Fernandez to the Bedminster Township Committee.
As a longtime resident and former mayor of Bedminster, I am grateful for Doug and Gina’s commitment to keeping Bedminster affordable, securing our community’s future and delivering results.
Never ones to sit on the sidelines, Doug and Gina’s service to Bedminster began years before they were elected to public office.
Doug previously served on the Bedminster Land Use Board, Recreation Committee and Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House. He was also a coach and past president of the Bedminster-Far Hills Little League.
Gina’s numerous volunteer activities include past leadership roles as Bedminster PTO vice president, PTO Spring Fling co-chair, Bernards High School Project Graduation chair and Girl Scout troop leader.
Through these prior positions, Doug and Gina honed their collective work ethic and built leadership skills that they successfully utilize in their present roles on the Bedminster Township Committee.
Doug is an attorney who ably applies his legal knowledge to all areas of Bedminster Township business. Doug’s expertise has been essential in enforcing zoning regulations to address unsightly structures, managing the capital program for roadway and trail maintenance and realizing efficiencies through shared services agreements.
A teacher by day, Gina is also the Bedminster Township Committee lead for human resources. Always task-oriented and driven to achieve great outcomes for our residents, Gina is focused on filling openings with qualified employees who look out for Bedminster residents with the same work ethic, dedication and compassion that she gives to her role on the Township Committee.
Doug and Gina and the rest of the Township Committee have a great track record as champions for Bedminster. The committee has reduced spending, improved municipal services and expanded recreational facilities and programs, while continually delivering budgets that keep Bedminster taxes among the lowest in Somerset County.
Whether voting by mail, during the early voting period or in person on Nov. 8, if you love Bedminster as much as I do, vote for Doug Stevinson and Gina Fernandez for Bedminster Township Committee.
JOE METELSKI
Fairview Drive
Bedminster Township
Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor originally appeared in The Bernardsville News.