Uccio Joins Slate For East Windsor Council

Steven Uccio, former Congressional candidate and state legislative candidate, has joined the Republican ticket for East Windsor Township council. The 32 year old East Windsor native, husband, and father of one has stepped back into politics after a 2017 election bid in New Jersey’s 14th legislative district. He will be joining three others for the four seats up for grabs with year: Anna Lustenberg, Paul “PJ” Hummel, and Vincent Stottlemyer.

Anna Lustenberg is a retired Verizon External Affairs Director. She has also held numerous positions including township planning board, Mercer County College Foundation Board Nominating and Governance Committee, and was the last Republican to hold a seat on East Windsor council. Paul “PJ” Hummel is the East Windsor GOP chair, a real estate agent, and former Mercer County Freeholder candidate. Rounding out the ticket is Vincent Stottlemyer. The only candidate without any previous political campaigns, Stottlemyer is a successful businessman that operates a food wholesaling business.

When asked what issues were important to him, Uccio said “Transparency and accessibility are a big thing for me. The township doesn’t have a Facebook page. We don’t video record meetings. The meeting minutes, which should be on the website for everyone to read are months behind. We don’t have any for 2019. If you even go to a township meeting, you are forced to wait until the very end to voice any concerns.”

Transparency is good, but property taxes are still New Jersey’s #1 issue. Speaking about that, he said “There is no a quick fix. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but the first thing I think we need to look at is township debt. This year East Windsor is proposing to spend 2.3 million dollars to service its debt. The township is also proposing to have a 22 million dollar budget. That means just over 10% of the budget is just to manage our debt. I think we can do better.”

The four candidates will likely run unopposed in the June 4th primary and then face off against incumbent Democrats in the general election on November 5th.