Talk:Jun Choi

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 * This is my first article created from scratch. I tried to keep everything as tight and standard as possible. If I did anything wrong, let me know (I'm sure you would have anyway.) Avengerx 02:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Ugh, this article needs a complete re-write. Recent edits to it sound like it was taken from campaign literature. Wl219 03:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Notability concerns
Does a new mayor of a town of 100,000 people really qualify as a person of sufficient notability to warrant a bio article? 67.82.102.221 02:34, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd say that the circumstances of the election campaign and victory, evidenced by extensive media coverage, are sufficient evidence of notability. The article already includes several sources and more could be added with little effort. Alansohn 03:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Choi clearly meets the criteria for "major local political figures" under WP:BIO, per Alansohn. Wl219 04:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

This page has been linked to Saqib Ali who helped on his campaign. And seems to indicate a growing movement across minorities in the US to become more empowered politically.--Wowaconia 17:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality
The "Bringing Good Government Reforms to Edison" section is POV. It was written mostly by an unnamed user with the IP address 63.210.10.167. This person has only edited the Jun Choi article and all of his edits have been quite favorable to Choi. There are statements in that section that are entirely matters of opinion, with no citation. The title of the section is a good example of POV, "Good Government Reforms." Therefore, I think that that section is completely POV and should be removed. Jolb 02:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

The police reforms section is also somewhat POV. Mayor Choi has sent a clear message to entrenched interest in Edison that he will not kowtow to bullying tactics and demands that prevent Edison Township from moving forward as a community. This is a very non-encyclopedic wording and should at least have a citation for a speech or a press release. Jolb 02:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Like I wrote here before, ever since the IP user made those POV edits, I've called for a major rewrite to undo the damage... I may have time to tackle some of it this weekend. Wl219


 * Well, I think it's pretty disgusting. This is almost to the point of a vanity page, so I'm going to delete both sections. I'll repost them here, then we can rewrite them and repost them later, if it seems appropriate. Jolb 13:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I just undid most of the description of the 2009 election by 67.250.33.112, another person who is a Choi supporter and who does not seem to understand the meaning of NPOV. The editing, from both sides, on this article has been downright shocking.  Perhaps since Choi is no longer a public figure the whole thing should be removed from Wikipedia!

Affenbart (talk) 23:55, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The THREE delegates to the 2008 Democratic Convention from the 10th NJ district were Choi, Buono, and Chivukula (ref. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/NJ-D.phtml). IF ANYONE EVEN CARES.  Choi partisans seem interested in making the point that Choi was one of them.

Affenbart (talk) 03:14, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Bringing Good Government Reforms to Edison
A mature community with nearly all of its available land developed and an aging infrastructure, Edison Township is in a period of transition. Citizens faced rising property taxes, increased traffic congestion, irresponsible development and an under-performing municipal government when Mayor Choi took office. His first significant challenge was bringing fiscal discipline to municipal operations. Downsizing government by more than 40 full-time employees (800 total) and $3.5 million in annual operating expenses in the first nine months, the new administration was able to avoid layoffs and major cuts in services. Runaway spending for more than a decade, primarily through giveaway labor contracts to the Police and other municipal unions have left the community in hard fiscal times while property taxes have soared 200% in the last 12 years. Mayor Choi introduced his first budget ($108 million) on July 10, 2006 which advocated a multi-year fiscal recovery plan and fiscal discipline. The proposal called for significant downsizing over several years and enhanced revenues through an active Economic Development program and investments in key programs that would generate new income. The plan also calls for new investments in technology to bring accountability and performance measures to government. The plan also called for restructuring approximately $17 million our of $65 million in Township debt that would help stabilize tax rates in FY 2007-2009 until the Township was in better fiscal condition. As of November 7, the Council led by the Finance Committee has yet to introduce an amendment to the budget or response.

Irresponsible development also added to increased burdens on the infrastructure of the community including overcrowded schools and a strained sewer system. Mayor Choi brought top planners and other professionals to revamp the overall planning, land-use and redevelopment process. Receiving a $300,000 grant from the State, Mayor Choi kicked off the Edison Smart Growth Planning Initiative which focuses on revitalizing the Route 1 and 27 corridors of the Township with a new blueprint for redevelopment and beautifying a significant section of the community.

Since Mayor Choi won the Democratic primary in June 2005, significant milestones in good government were instituted. A pay-to-play and redevelopers’ pay-to-play reform measures, both endorsed by the Citizens’ Campaign and Common Cause New Jersey, were enacted significantly limiting the corrupt influence of political contributions for contracts. An open appointments ordinance went into effect which makes the government appointments process more open and transparent. Given the negative reputation of New Jersey government, Edison Township now leads the way in ethics reform and setting a standard for public trust in the State.

The challenges to implementing these reforms have not come easily. The entrenched special interests have fought the new administration at every turn. In a major attempt to sabotage the new administration and prevent police reform, former Mayor George Spadoro working with Assemblyman Peter Barnes and other political opponents of the new Mayor promoted a new Chief of Police George Mieczkowski – a tenured position in New Jersey – two weeks before the new administration began their term. This move was a major disrespect to Edison voters who gave the new administration their vote of confidence.

The major influence working against the new administration was longtime powerbroker John Lynch, a former State Senate President, and Arthur Cifelli, former Chief of Staff to George Spadoro, who pushed significant development deals with Jack Morris while backing George Spadoro. Closely tied to Arthur Cifelli are Councilmen Tony Massaro and Sal Pizzi who have repeatedly given the Mayor a difficult time this year. John Lynch pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and will be sentenced to prison in December 2006.

Forming an odd coalition, former Councilman Bill Stephens and Independent candidate for Mayor who lost to Mayor Choi in November 2005 formed a political alliance with George Spadoro. Bill Stephens was a longtime critic of George Spadoro’s policies and ran against him in 2001. Highlighting the challenges of truly reforming Edison government and politics, different factions of the old guard have been obstructionists to the policies of the new administration. Closely tied to Bill Stephens is Councilwoman Antonio Ricigliano.

Police Reform
In bringing greater accountability to the Edison Police Department, Mayor Choi has sent a clear message to entrenched interest in Edison that he will not kowtow to bullying tactics and demands that prevent Edison Township from moving forward as a community. In the first 9 months of the administration, several major steps have been taken - a new state accreditation process has begun to adopt best practices in law enforcement to the police department, a new professional standards unit was created to audit the operations of any unit, mobile video recorders (cameras) were installed in every patrol car and sensitivity training has been mandated for every officer.

On July 4, 2006, an Indian resident was arrested for disorderly conduct by an Edison police officer. Although Mayor Choi has stood by the officer involved, who was ultimately cleared, there have nevertheless been calls for his resignation from the President of the Police PBA union Michael Schwarz as a result of an investigation the Mayor requested looking into the events of the incident. The Indian resident turned out to be an illegal immigrant who is scheduled to be deported. With no legitimate basis for calling for Choi's resignation, local newspapers including the Sentinel have in turn called for Michael Schwarz’ resignation.

Somebody came back and redid all the edits I removed. I suspect that the people making these changes are employed by Jun Choi, as not even a faithful supporter would make such bold, slanted claims. I think we should protect this article from anonymous users, since it's disgusting to see politicians disregarding the rules of wikipedia and inserting vanity information filled with OR, POV, political jargon, hyperbole, and sensationalist bullcrap, all with ZERO citations. Jolb 01:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Put back in
The anon re-added those sections. I have re-deleted him/her, and pointed them to WP:NPOV. Corvus cornix 22:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

For anyone wondering
This page was semi-protected because a few anonymous users repeatedly vandalized the article in two ways:

1) An unregistered user inserted very slanted and politically motivated (POV) information with no citations (OR). When registered users removed the slanted, uncited information, two different unregistered IPs   would revert the article to the "hero-worshipping" version.

2) Another unregistered user repeatedly deleted a particular section, despite that it is referenced and verifyable.

Jolb 14:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Protection has expired
Protection expired at 12:00, 20 February 2007, but the protection tag is still there. Corvus cornix 00:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Should we remove it? Or is that an administrator's duty? Jolb 04:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Police section
I commented out an uncited, potentially problematic section about Choi's relationship with the law enforcement community. Can be put back in if/when citations are found, but even then it probably needs to be rewritten and possible folded into "Tenure" section. Arbor8 (talk) 15:24, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

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