Anne Waldron Neumann's Statement (June 2010 primary)
TWENTY PUBLIC POLICY PUZZLES FOR PRINCETONIANS ANNE WALDRON NEUMANN Answers at http://anneneumann.weebly.com - What is Euclidean zoning? (Hint: It doesn't mean dividing building lots into squares and triangles.) How does form-based zoning differ, and which should we use in Princeton?
- What kind of stores on Main Street lower crime?
- According to a Danish study, you will leave hospital several days sooner and suffer fewer complications if you can see what from your window?
- The Princeton Ridge is a terminal moraine. True or false?
- How might you and your neighbors organize a friendly competition to lose 5,000 pounds each of ugly carbon emissions?
- You're going to plant some trees. Do you know how to calculate their cost-saving benefits? Then on what side of your house should you plant the maple? The pine? How far above the horizon is our noonday sun in summer? What about in winter?
- What is a SID? What is a PILOT? What does COAH stand for? What about BRT? Might any of these have something to do with Princeton University? (For extra points, if you know what BRT is, then what's the difference between BRT, PRT, and PAT? How soon could we get one, and what would it cost?
- Should our joint Borough-Township tax assessor file yearly compliance plans?
- For every dollar of sales, how much do big-box stores contribute to the local economy? What about independent stores?
- What's a watershed? Oh, you know the answer? Then what's a riparian buffer zone, and how does it help prevent eutrophication from nonpoint source leachate?
- Where could we put a business incubator, whatever THAT is?
- How do a major site plan and a minor site plan with variances differ?
- What is a Page 8 Formula, and how will it affect Princeton property taxes in 2010? 2011? 2012?
- Can we learn anything from Palm Beach about shopping downtown? (Hint: This isn't about replacing The Coach Store with Hermes.)
- What did an 1854 New Jersey Supreme Court decision say about Town/Gown relations?
- What slows traffic in a residential neighborhood—other than speed bumps, bump-outs, and potholes?
- What's a formula business? Does Bristol, Rhode Island, have any? Do we?
- How does New Jersey define an “Area in Need of Redevelopment,” and what can a town do if it has one? (Personal note: I would NEVER decide that residential neighborhoods need redevelopment.)
- What is LEED compliance—or LEED-like compliance? Which is better, why is it important, and how can a town ensure it?
- How does Seattle make pedestrian crosswalks safer—with something you can buy at the dollar store?
- Bonus question: How can we remove chewing gum stains from Nassau Street sidewalks?
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