With 45/47 districts reporting, FAA News projects R' Moshe Raitzik will secure a seat on the Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners, defeating incumbent Larry Loigman.
The current voter tally is:
Moshe B. Raitzik: 8,355
Eliyahu Berger: 7,600
Larry S. Loigman: 5,634
Write-in: 564
R' Moshe currently serves on the Board of Education. He previously served on the Planning Board until a couple of years ago when he was swapped by the Township Committee in favor of Yechiel Herzel.
Drawing from years of public service and community involvement, including a five-year tenure on the Planning Board and a long career as an educator, R' Moshe truly has a proven track record of fighting for "how can we do this even better."
Back in March 2022, the Planning Board was presented with an application for a large child care center at 220 Newport Avenue. The application was contentious with numerous neighbors presenting pedestrian, traffic safety and congestion concerns, especially as many parents would be driving down the narrow road for pick-up and drop-offs. R' Moshe echoed many of the same traffic flow concerns expressed by the neighbors. This led to numerous concessions by the applicant as well as by future applications on this road.
As previously reported here on FAA News, following a fiasco where the Township's Engineering Department granted a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy despite not having met the Planning Board's conditions for a Certificate of Occupancy, R' Moshe jumped in and stipulated that the next application can not get even a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy until the Board's conditions have been met.
As previously reported here on FAA News, following Judge Ford's ruling that dormitories are not a permitted use in Lakewood's residential neighborhoods, R' Moshe voted to deny Migdal Bais Yaakov's application for a dormitory.
As previously reported here on FAA News, R' Moshe voted against Bais Reuven Kaminetz's contentious reconsideration.
As previously reported here on FAA News, R' Moshe expressed concern with voting on an application that does not provide circulation for fire trucks.
As previously reported here on FAA News, R' Moshe was very vocal against developers seeking to quietly get approval for changes to already approved applications without notifying the neighbors of the change requests.
As previously reported here on FAA News, R' Moshe did not sit quietly on the contentious Kollel Kodshim application.
As previously reported here on FAA News, R' Moshe advocated heavily for the neighbors on the contentious Sunset Road Sefardic shul application.
On the contrary, Yechiel Herzel pushed to waive sidewalk requirements for schools and for the Planning Board to concede to a developer's demands to withdraw from appealing an overturn of their denial.
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