PERTH AMBOY [December 8, 2020] — The Stronger Together team announces Wilda Diaz’s recent endorsements for re-election as mayor of the City of Perth Amboy from Councilman Joel Pabon and former 2012 mayoral candidate and Perth Amboy Municipal Prosecutor Billy Delgado.
With one week remaining for the mayoral and council re-election campaign, local and statewide leaders have publicly expressed their support for Wilda Diaz, Junior Iglesia and Bernadette Falcon-Lopez.
“I want to thank these highly respected officials within our community. All of them have served our community in various capacities and it is my commitment to continue working with them collaboratively over the next four year to better serve our city.”
Councilman Joel Pabon released his endorsement over a Facebook video announcement Saturday evening. “I will be supporting the team of Mayor Wilda Diaz, Pastor Bernadette Falcon-Lopez and Junior Iglesia. My decision at this time has to be the right one that I feel is right for the City of Perth Amboy.”
Municipal Prosecutor Billy Delgado also shared his endorsement message this past weekend. “We have seen significant developments in education, quality of life and employment. Delgado added, “When Wilda Diaz ran 12 years ago, she focused on making a difference in all the areas that matter most to our City.”
The Stronger Together team, Wilda Diaz, Junior Iglesia and Bernadette Falcon Lopez will work together to execute the vision for our community and commit to:
- Continuing leading our response and recovery during these unprecedented times
- Keeping health and safety as our number priority
- Being responsible of your tax dollars
- Strengthening community partnerships
- Creating more jobs with competitive wages
- Leading with honesty and transparency
- Expanding redevelopment and growing our tax base
Diaz added, “every single voter in the city matters to our team, and we will continue to reach out to make our case for their support.”
About Wilda Diaz
Diaz has served the City of Perth Amboy for over 12 years and remains at the forefront of issues such as, expanding programs for our children, youth and families, maintaining an open and honest government, business expansion, economic development, job creation and preserving the City’s history. Diaz has proven her commitment and ability to rebuild from storms that have ravaged the Perth Amboy community, such as Superstorm Sandy in 2012 to the Coronavirus pandemic. Throughout these past several months the Diaz administration has kept the community’s safety and recovery a priority by forging strategic community partnerships, utilizing local resources and executing an emergency response plan that has resulted in one of the strongest local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the State of New Jersey.
Diaz, most notably, has taken an unwavering stance to stabilize the City’s financial condition. She continues to combat inherited debt and she’s achieved and maintained an A+ bond rating. Her administration’s Capital Improvement Program and several other cost cutting strategies, reduced the overall debt by over $65 million and saved a community from near bankruptcy within the first five years of being in office.
She has championed plans for the development and preservation of arts, history and culture by creating a city-wide arts plan, inclusive of mural projects and economic development features that advance the City’s strategic plan. Additionally, by establishing a Historic Preservation Commission and Green Initiatives, the city has seen vast improvements and attention towards both treasured structure and antiquated infrastructure.
Diaz’s aggressive outreach and promotion of business advocacy has welcomed major corporations to Perth Amboy, such as Buckeye Partners, Home Depot, Gourmet Nut, The RealReal and Target, the first distribution center of its kind in the State of New Jersey. Her administration has attracted over half a billion dollars in corporate investments in the past six years, while creating hundreds of local jobs and beautifying and remediating several hundred acres of industrial property that had been vacant for decades.
