OK, it's YOUR turn to sound off!
(Front of mailer. Click to enlarge or print.)
(Back of mailer. Click to enlarge or print.)
The Dem City Committee mailer arrived in PT's mailbox yesterday. (See images above. Click on an image to enlarge for printing if you have not been lucky enough to receive the actual mailer yet.)
The 'MAN' in question is NOT Bob Menendez -- who DOES need some standing by at the moment. No, it's Assemblyman Jerry Green.
And who is doing the 'STANDING-BY'? Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs.
Neither Green nor Robinson-Briggs is running in this election.
Not a mention of the Dem Senate candidate, Bob Menendez.
And the County Freeholder candidates get top billing over the local candidates.
Stunning.
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13 comments:
What about Congressman Frank Pallone. Who is running this year also. I have yet to see one sign for Frank. I even called and was told by someone at the Assemblyman's office they had no signs and the person on the other end did not even know who Frank Pallone was.
Same old ....same old. When will Plainfield break away from party bosses and be the independent thinkers and innovators we are known to be? Or as the old hymn goes---are we like sheep being led astray?
Jerry talks about being a real Democrat, but what kind of Democrat runs away from the top of the ticket? New Real Democrat
Jerry talks about being a real Democrat, but what kind of Democrat runs away from the top of the ticket. A New Real Democrat
Okay - we get it. Sharon won, Al lost. I have never seen such a bunch of sore winners! Why did they think it was necessary to say that the city was now "under real Democratic leadership?" They just can't resist the opportunity to get in a dig at the last administration. But at what cost? These continued digs are destroying the local Democratic party at a time when we should be coming together. What happened to "unity in the community?"
I was so annoyed by the sentence about Plainfield now being under "real Democratic leadership" that I tore up the flyer. Is anything thought through at City Hall? How could they forget Menendez and Pallone? What exactly does a freeholder do? And that cosy photo of "Sharon!" and Green didn't help any.
I want to know what is going on with the local Democratic Party. Why our Chairman also our Assembleyman is doing to insure the election of Democratic canidates? This is the first piece of lit. we have rec'd since the fall campagin season stated, and it looks more like an election piece for Mayor and Assemblyman.
If there is a larger Police presence, where was it on Tuesday evening (Halloween) when I and several neighbors in the Hillside/Prospect and Kensington Avenue area(s) had unruly and very disrespectful kids throwing pumpkins at and into our houses. Police repsonse (45 minutes) and no action! Not too mention the incident on Leland Avenue. Shame on the Greene/Briggs team. Has she moved to Plainfield yet. Pathetic.....
It is just mind boggling, but not at all surprising....self-serving agendas, each day more and more manipulation, uncovered and then squashed or "clouded" issues, and at whose expense....how is any of this benefiting our community? Is there any wonder why our city continues to be viewed negatively? I am hoping something positive will really come to bring the community together than to keep it divided.
My only question is this. Where are the Democratic Committee people? Yesterday 11/5 I was visisted by the Republican Committee people for my area who left me literature on their candiate and spent 5 minutes explaining to me and my partner why their candidate would be the best choice for Plainfield.They continued down the block knocking on every door. Grassroots politics in action. I will say this. That was the one thing Ray always understood. Never let them forget your face, always be present.
I agree with everything everyone has posted. But it's not just on the local level. Have any of you received campaign calls or mailings from the county level endorsing either Menendez or Pallone. Ask yourself why not? are they not good Democrats and what might they have done to anger the County Chair.
All I can say is that I will not vote for their appointee Harold Gibson, maybe that will send a message that we will not roll over!
Like one of the blogger said : I will not vote for Harold Gibson. How transparent Green's Agenda to leave the Hispanic voice out of it. Ray Blanco we so sorely miss you but I too - will not roll over and just take it.
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