Plainsboro Township Committeewoman Ginger Gold Schnitzer has resigned from the seat she has held since 2000.
Schnitzer announced her resignation — which went into effect Tuesday, October 30 — during the October 24 committee meeting. She said a promotion at her job combined with her new baby led to her decision.##M:[more]##
“I spend a lot of time at my job now, and I have this beautiful baby girl,” she said. “I need to cut down on my commitments.”
Schnitzer, who works for the New Jersey Education Association, was promoted last January to director of government relations. In addition, she gave birth to her first child, Michaela Fay Schnitzer, on August 5.
Following her appointment to the Township Committee to fill a seat vacated by Linda Greenstein in 2000, Schnitzer was re-elected in 2003 and in 2006. Prior to that, the 39-year-old has been heavily involved in volunteering in the Plainsboro community, where she has lived since the age of 11.
The committee vacancy is now referred to the Democratic Municipal Committee, which has 15 days from the effective date of her resignation, by law, to recommend three candidates to the Township Committee for consideration, according to a press release from the township. The Township Committee will have 30 days — also from the effective date of her resignation — to evaluate the candidates and select a successor.
Whoever is chosen will serve through 2008, and the unexpired term will be on the ballot in November, 2008, the release stated.
Mayor Peter Cantu said Schnitzer, who also went through the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district, has “brought the committee a great knowledge about the community. She’ll be missed on the Township Committee,” he said.
Cantu pointed out that Schnitzer has vowed to remain heavily involved in volunteer efforts in Plainsboro, and he said officials would hold her to that promise.
Said Schnitzer: “I really loved being on the Township Committee, but there’s a lot of ways to serve Plainsboro,” she said. “I did that before I was on the Township Committee, and I’ll continue to do that after my service is over on October 30.”
While she said she will miss it, she is looking forward to having “a few more evenings to read ‘Goodnight Moon’,” to Michaela. And she’s already set for that — four copies of the book have already been given to her as gifts.
