Choi has been an expensive mayor
Everyone loves a bargain, but after three years, no one can argue that with Mayor Jun Choi, Edison residents got more than they bargained for. For example, at an October council meeting the Mayor's handpicked council members tried to convince themselves more than the audience that they were there to serve the public and not the mayor. Given a chance by resolution to curtail the ability of the mayor to assign township cars to appointees, the mayor's freshman council members failed miserably to serve Edison residents.

What has become obvious is that the mayor has been running the town with perks equivalent to that of a fortune 500 company. Appointees of the mayor, regardless of how far they live from Edison, can count on a township car for their personal use. It's not unusual for a mayor's appointment to travel to and from work roundtrip over 120 miles per day. The gas, the tolls, the maintenance, and insurance come at a complete cost to Edison residents. Even more, there are no logs available to chart the use of the vehicles.

The majority of those who are recipients of the mayor's generosity don't even respond to township emergencies. When an Edison resident asked at a council meeting of the cost of the E-ZPass, Township Administrator Anthony Cancro replied that it is a government EZPass at no cost to the taxpayers. In reality, E-ZPass is governed according to the laws of the state of New Jersey, not the Edison mayor. As a government-assigned pass, the use of it on a personal basis such as driving to and from work is strictly forbidden.

Another revelation at the same meeting was that township cars as an employee benefit do not appear on the W2 forms of the individuals as a benefit per IRS regulations. Mayor Choi and his staff are not above any law, state or federal. The mayor again and again displays that he is either astoundedly ignorant or completely misinformed by his over paid staff.
John Szilagyi Jr.
Edison