The cheers are pouring in.
CHEER 1: PAID FOR BY 'SHARON ROBINSON-BRIGGS FOR MAYOR' CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
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The Mayor will host a mingle-drink-dance-nosh event tomorrow evening "in celebration of her 'Mayor's 1st Anniversary Gala'" at an unnamed club at 111 East Front Street. Tickets are $35, but you're on your own at the bar. Dust off your tux if you're going -- formal is suggested, putting Plainfield on a par with Thursday evening Embassy parties in the nation's capital. Miss Manners, please take note!
Since fundraisers for campaign committees such as the Mayor's are scrutinized by the State's Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), invitations routinely highlight that public monies, employees, photocopiers, etc. were NOT used in the production of the mailing piece.
So, we are comforted to note the Mayor's committee complied with the following notice --
Too bad the Council will have to be late for the festivities, if they make it at all. Seems the planning did not take into account that they meet on Thursday this week because of Monday being a national holiday. Details, schmetails.
CHEER 2: NOT PAID FOR BY ANYONE, TO PT's KNOWLEDGE
Today's Courier runs a letter to the editor by former First Ward Republican-turned-Democrat Alex Toliver, in praise of Republican-turned-Democrat Mayor Robinson-Briggs and her 'tactful and tenacious' approach to life and governance.
PT reprints the letter in its entirety, but you will also want to check it out at the Courier's online site here --
Robinson-Briggs right for PlainfieldTwo cheers! Two thumbs!
I think it's time that we in the city of Plainfield give our mayor, Sharon Robinson-Briggs, two thumbs up for what she has accomplished with her leadership since taking office, and for the help she asked for from our city Democratic leader and state assemblyman, Jerry Green.
Mayor Robinson-Briggs has had to overcome a lot with the many dark clouds and many obstacles placed in her path by the last administration. She has used a tactful and tenacious approach to help bring about what she saw as the No. 1 need, a unified city -- not the Queen City, but a city working together to be all it can be; a place that can and will take care of its own, old and young, poor and rich.
With Mayor Robinson-Briggs as our leader, we can now start to see new development in housing, city infrastructure, a cleaner, better-looking city with the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority and Plainfield public works working together. It is a safer city with the addition of much-needed police officers who have made our citizens once again feel safe day or night.
The fire department is one of the best in the county, and the Plainfield schools leadership has been left intact, as well it should be. Also a strong school board is working with our schools superintendent, and Plainfield City Hall and all of its offices are open to the public like never before.
It seems as if now Plainfield, with our Mayor Robinson-Briggs at the helm, has become a city to come to, not to leave. We now have a mayor for all of the people, a mayor who is giving her city her full-time attention on a part-time salary.
Never before have we had a mayor with an office always open to the people of Plainfield. After one year and all of the negativity from many of her naysayers, as a regular Democrat, new to politics, Mayor Robinson-Briggs is proving that she is right for our city. I give her many kudos.
ALEX TOLIVER
Plainfield
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Ok -- FYI for any of your readers regarding the Letter to The Editor this morning in the Courier Snooze. There will be a sarcastic response from me regarding the humorous letter.
Who on earth is "in-house labor" referring to?? Madam Mayor's staff? Her royal wiper Barbara James?? What do Councilman Burney and the other members of the council finance committee have to say about this egregious misuse of funds? Nothing, I suspect--par for the course. After a year of failed promises and lowered expectations, why does this mayor think that any resident would contribute to her election campaign? This smug, self-serving inflation of her "accomplishments" is a continued embarrassment to our city. Will she be giving out candy to all comers? Where are the feds???
Give me a break when can you even approach "0ur Mayor" without her bodyguard shielding her from the citizens of this city. Not even at City Hall without going thru her confidential aide. Open to the citizens of this city I think not. Who has heard anything for this administration in the past months. Trust this letter and mingle and drinks is all this administration is about. Smoke and Mirrors, we will have to wait until the smoke and dust settle to see who is left standing, who is thrown under the bus.
Im an individual that came into this community 3 years ago. I didn't understand till recently why there was a change in the leadership of this City that seemed to be under strong capable leadership. After speaking to people who have been in this community for over 30 years who explained the Mc Williams/Green wars. Sharon Briggs has not impressed me at all her(J Green's) administration seem to be talkin loud and saying nothing. I agree with the previous writer that these people running this city haven't displayed anything substanitive. But as long as we have more renters and migrants in this city we will continue to have people that are apathetic as to the plight of this city.
i have lived in plainfield for many years and have come to the conclusion that the less time i spend in downtown the better. that means guests are directed to the metuchen train station for pickup and that when given an opportunity i travel to neighboring towns for groceries and other items.
the streets of plainfield are filled with many hard working and commited residents. unfortunately, they are also populated by bad mannered scofflaws and uninterested police.
if i had a dollar for every time i saw a plainfield cop chatting with another police officer or trying to find the best parking spot for his/her Escalade, I will vomit in my mouth.
while the police are doing many things other than enforcing 'quality of life' crimes, there are blatant drug deals going on in a few well known corners and crack whores looking for johns in other choice spots.
all this to say that mayor robinson has a lot of work to do and better things to do than celebrating her first year in office.
downtown plainfield is still an eyesore and unsafe and she better get cracking.
Shocked
sad to say but this is all true.... i wish it weren't, i really do.
Quote "Fulltime Mayor, Partime salary" Hmmmmm ...... You heard it here first.
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