Borough Mayor Trotman to not run for reelection in fall

Trotman, who has served as mayor since 2005 and has been an elected official in the Borough for 26 years, said there was no single reason behind her decision not to run again.

“I cannot put my finger on any one thing, but, when you add them all together, all of those little things, considering the fact that I’ve done it for 26 years, I think that it’s time,” she said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian. “I intend to stay involved, but I think it’s probably time.”

Trotman noted that she was looking forward to spending more time with her family.

“I don’t want to wait too much longer without being able to spend more time with them,” she said. “I have but one grandchild, who is going to be 13 in September, and it occurred to me, if I should run again and am fortunate enough to win, that’s another four years that I won’t get to see him. He’ll be going to college and I’ll have missed everything.”

At the same meeting on Saturday, Borough Councilman David Goldfarb, who has served on the council for two decades, announced that he would be seeking the democratic nomination for mayor.

“I think most people in town have a pretty good idea of my approach to Borough government,” he said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ “First and foremost, I want to spend money carefully. That’s certainly what I’ve been most concerned about during my tenure.”

Councilman Kevin Wilkes ’83, who became president of the council this year, was expected to run but announced at Saturday’s meeting that he would not seek the mayor’s seat.

“I’m not running for mayor,” he told the ‘Prince,’ explaining that he was working on several important issues in his capacity as council president that required his full attention, such as overseeing negotiations with the University about its proposed Arts and Transit Neighborhood. “A Council member gets a vote,” he said. “The mayor doesn’t get a vote.”

The Princeton Community Democratic Organization extended the deadline for democratic candidates to submit their names until March 20 and will vote on candidate endorsements at a meeting on April 3.