Can Citizens Afford to Question Dave Goldenberg?
In recent Letters to the Editor of the Ridgefield Press residents John Tartaglia and David Goldenberg engaged in a Battle of the 80's Network Stars.
In one corner we have Mr. Tartaglia’s April 17th letter in which he compares Mr. Goldenberg to the affable Eldin Bernecky. Mr. Bernecky arrived to paint the character Murphy Brown's home and never left. Much like Mr. Goldenberg arrived to address the issue of affordable housing in Ridgefield and never left. Chairing and then re-chairing a committee that seems to exist outside of all local government apparatus.
In the other corner, Mr. Goldenberg responded by comparing Mr. Tartaglia to the most famously racist and misogynist character in the history of television, Archie Bunker. This isn't the first time Mr. Goldenberg has gone on the attack following questions about his leadership or the work of the AHC, it has actually become his modus operandi. Instead of listing the accomplishments of the RAHC (his 26-year-old ad hoc committee) he attacked the writer.
To be clear, one writer compared the Chair of the AHC to a guest who never leaves. The Chair responded by likening that writer to a racist. Inconceivable! Not only because it is an attack with no basis, but because that type of accusation stifles conversation, a charge that has been levied against Mr. Goldenberg time and again. The chairman has decided anyone who questions or comments on the activities of the AHC is an adversary and member of a "small, angry minority". Imagine what he might have accomplished in those 26 years by engaging that minority. No government entity exists in a vacuum. It is Mr. Goldenberg's insistence he does so that has made his leadership so ineffective through both his tenures as Chair.
Signed by,
Ridgefield Residents for Smart Development (RRSD)
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