Mayor Sharon's pal runs for governor against Corzine

The Rev. Shannon Wright	Mayor Robinson-Briggs

An old pal of Plainfield Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs has announced her intention to run for Governor against Jon Corzine.

Saying she can 'no longer endorse a candidate that (sic) has demonstrated inability to make the hard decisions necessary to put our state back on solid ground', PolitickerNJ continues to quote from the Rev. Shannon Wright's statement launching her candidacy --

“...Our state is in a crisis. This is not the time to be indecisive. We need a strong, clear thinking leader with a heart of the people, an ear for wisdom, and a spirit of the greater good. Politics can no longer be “me first,” too many families are hurting.”

Plainfielders with good memories will remember the Rev. Wright bursting upon the scene after Mayor Robinson-Briggs' inauguration in 2006.

In July of that year, the late Council President Ray Blanco lectured Robinson-Briggs for casually walking on appointments to a youth commission (created in March of 2006) that included the Rev. Wright, her children Chandra and Michael Jr., and Devon Walcott, son of Democratic party fixture Johnny Walcott, withdrawing the nominations from the agenda by fiat on the spot.

Wright and the others were subsequently confirmed, following Blanco's untimely death.

The youth commission raised eyebrows because no schedule of public meetings was ever announced and the rump commission (it was supposed to have 15 members, but only the four were ever appointed) went on to spend $3,000 in public monies without an accounting.

Although an annual accounting of its activities to both the Mayor and the Council is part of the ordinance, there is no indication any reports were ever made.

Then, as suddenly as she had appeared, the Rev. Wright vanished, though there were differing versions of where she had gone.

Not to worry.

We now learn that she was the campaign manager of Franklin Township's Republican mayor Brian Levine in his abortive attempt to get on the GOP gubernatorial bandwagon (his petition was bounced this past week for lack of qualified signatures).

Does this mean that Mayor Sharon might possibly be asked to run as an independent in the Rev. Wright's Lieutenant Governor spot?

Why not?

This is, after all, Weird New Jersey.

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• PolitickerNJ: "Levine's campaign manager resigns, launches bid for governor"
  
• PolitickerNJ: Wally Edge: "African American woman running as an Independent could pull votes from Corzine"
• Ledger: "Rev. Shannon Wright to run as independent for governor"
  

-- Dan Damon

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