Union County Dem chair Charlotte DeFilippo.
Should Union County Dem chair Charlotte DeFilippo be worried as the primary election draws near?
Plainfield was well-represented at a gathering of progressive-minded Union County Democrats in Elizabeth last night, and the consensus there was that Charlotte should be worried.
Agreeing that the Union County machine has over the years consistently pushed talented younger good-government Democrats to the fringes (or beyond) in favor of lackluster hacks, the sixty or so in attendance reviewed plans for a 'Democrats for Change' slate for this year's June primary.
Representing the heavily-Democratic towns of Elizabeth, Plainfield, Roselle, Linden, Hillside and Union, the group discussed a slate that would be topped by challengers to County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi and Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich, extending down through Freeholders all the way to Council races in the various towns (Hillside is the only town without a local race this year).
Noting the good showing against the DeFilippo-Lesniak machine last year, reports from the grassroots indicate voters are even more disenchanted with Union County's go-along, get-along Democratic politics.
A couple of surprises came out during the meeting:
- Rahway mayor James Kennedy was reported not to be seeking a sixth term, meaning Rahway voters would be looking at electing their first new mayor since 1990, and
- 'Bo' Vastine, the Republican Assembly candidate who ran against Jerry Green in last year's race is said to be keen on moving back to Plainfield, which would put him once again in Jerry's face. Vastine and his running mate, Marty Marks, came within 1,800 votes of unseating long-term Dem Assembly fixtures Green and Linda Stender.
-- Dan Damon [follow]
Posts
2 comments:
Bo Vastine is a Texas Republican. He supported Bush and is completely anti-Obama. He does not share ANY progressive values.
Dan, how can look to him as your messiah?
Maybe he your great white hope?
I find it very amusing, quite comical rather, that Dan Damon continuously in a negative way, puts down the Union County Democratic Organization. I wonder how much Jerry Green is paying him NOT to go after the local Democratic Org of Plainfield (or even Chris Christie!). As a matter of fact, I haven’t even heard Dan mention Christie yet!
Today’s paper cites Christie down 10% in the polls, mainly because he will not factor millionaires into the budgeting crisis. Our school district in Plainfield is going to lose over $7 million. Dan wake up and smell the coffee because that means your taxes are going up too!
The people that control the BOE are the same ones Dan has supported over the years, but you won’t catch him saying anything negative about them. As an advisor to Annie McWilliams, he even told her not to mention anything about the BOE. This is in sharp contrast to what the residents of Plainfield are expressing, because this issue is their main concern. In fact, after the last town hall meeting, residents (voters) were complaining about Annie not wanting to discuss BOE issues. Maybe we need to begin to discuss a recall. I voted for her and she has been a MAJOR disappointment to me.
Her and Dan fail to realize that if the voter’s vote down the BOE’s budget, it would then become the City’s budget. If this happens, McWilliams will vote to raise OUR taxes in order to support her friends at the BOE. Is McWilliams prepared to raise our taxes and help her friends on the BOE?
According to Annie, she says she would prefer our taxes be raised rather than ‘hurt’ her friends over at the BOE. One of their friends at the Board committed a crime, wherein the court has asked for the person to be removed from their position, yet Dan nor Annie have not made an comment about this issue.
Ps
As much as Adrian Mapp and his family has helped Annie and her family over the years politically, I would never forgive her for turning her back on Adrian; because if she had supported Adrian during his run for Mayor, he would be Mayor of Plainfield today!
Another one that turned their back on Adrian is Martin Cox. Yet, in this year’s BOE election, some of Adrian Mapp’s friends are working for and supporting Martin Cox in this year’s election.
Get smart Adrian, these people are not your friends!
Post a Comment