Gaping potholes. Higher taxes. Senseless political squabbles. Those are all local issues that keep mayors awake at night. Throw on the pile the constant threat of state aid cuts, requirements for more affordable housing and dealing with a commuter rail station that just can’t seem to work right. Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, is squarely in the middle of it all in her positions as a small-town mayor and the leader of the organization representing our 565 municipalities. She stopped by the Jaffe Podcast to talk about the laundry list of issues that’s currently top of mind. On top of the heap at the moment? Her own reelection campaign.