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The PDCC candidates in the 2020 Primary will have competition. |
Two well-known Plainfield figures have aligned with Bernie Sanders' New Jersey Progressive Democrats of Union County to challenge PDCC Chairman Adrian Mapp's eventual picks.
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Rutherford and Morgan are already displaying what may become their sign. |
Rutherford, who served on the Plainfield Democratic City Committee (PDCC) as a New Democrats Ward 2 committee representative has also served on the Board of Ed. He had to give up his PDCC seat because of a fire which made his apartment unlivable, forcing him to relocate out of his district. Rutherford will be remembered by many for his video capturing an angry Assemblyman Jerry Green outside Barlow School on an election day.
Morgan is currently in her second term on the Plainfield Board of Ed and is a longtime community activist and a member of the PDCC for a 3rd Ward district.
The NJ Progressive Dems of Union County held a kickoff rally Thursday night (January 30) at Plainfield's own Freppe's on South Avenue. The local candidates and the group's freeholder team were introduced. Their rally beats the PDCC's by more than a week.
My spies report a wall-to-wall crowd (a considerable number parked across the street in the Fine Fare parking lot).
Among those spotted at the event were newly elected Plainfield Ward 2 councilor Sean McKenna, former Plainfield mayor Harold Mitchell, Board of Ed member (and former president) Richard Wyatt, and the sister of the late Ward 3 councilor Malcolm R. Dunn, as well as a group of Plainfield firefighters.
The candidates for Freeholder are: Aissa Heath, Hector Meneses, Jr., and John O'Hea.
The Progressive Dems are on Facebook here.
PLAINFIELD DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
Plainfield Democratic chair Adrian O. Mapp has not been sleeping at the switch.
In anticipation of the PDCC's kickoff rally slated for Saturday, February 8, Mapp has appointe a committee to screen potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Primary.
Incumbents Elton Armady (citywide at-large) and Charles McRae (Ward 3) will be screened, along with other interested parties.
The committee is chaired by Councilor Joylette Mills-Ransome and includes former Ward 2 Councilor Cory Storch, and Stacey Welsh, the owner of Livay's Sweet Shop on Watchung Avenue.
I once served with Mills-Ransome on a screening committee and she developed a good system to score potential candidates that tried to minimize subjective decisions about who would be the best candidate(s). If this committee uses that tool, the results could be interesting indeed.
The committee's report is due to Chairman Mapp by WednesdayFebruary 5. Chairman Mapp will present his choices to the PDCC on Saturday, February 8.
The kickoff rally gets under way at 11:00 AM at Plainfield Democratic Headquarters at 31 Watchung Avenue (next to Antojito's Restaurant)
It a a longstanding custom of the PDCC to welcome guests as observers at its meetings.
Parking is available on the street on in the public lot adjacent to headquarters.
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