tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post6276909841919632755..comments2024-02-14T16:54:15.327-05:00Comments on PLAINFIELD TODAY: Mayor Sharon gets an 'F' for storm responseDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867186465663386310noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-52644676806079142292012-11-14T22:28:25.290-05:002012-11-14T22:28:25.290-05:00Does she get a "regular" F or a "du...Does she get a "regular" F or a "dummb" F ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-28807273476864761552012-11-14T18:29:14.196-05:002012-11-14T18:29:14.196-05:00Can't feel sorry for Plainfield. You voted fo...Can't feel sorry for Plainfield. You voted for her. Reap what you sow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-39768744495651127522012-11-14T13:06:37.167-05:002012-11-14T13:06:37.167-05:00NO information and NO power for 9 days after the s...NO information and NO power for 9 days after the storm. If the mayor and her assistant did actually do the "bullhorn" and radio announcement thing, many residents didn't hear/see it. Perhaps we were in line for 3 hours trying to get gas. Or maybe we were trying to keep the house warm by cutting firewood. Or maybe we were out trying to hunt down ice so that we didn't lose all of our food. Or maybe I cranked my solar radio on just one second too late to hear any announcement that may have been made. Lastly, the Plainfield Board of Education robo calls us 50 gazillion times to tell us that schools are closed or on delayed opening on any given day (on my cell too). Why wasn't that option utilized. In addition and if my memory serves me correctly, the Board of Education also had a bright BANNER across the front of their website with voting information. Where was that big bright banner of information on the City of Plainfield's website? Non-existent. The only information I could find on the city's website (once I could finally access it 9 days after the storm) was a small link scrolling up the left side of the screen. And believe me, you had to catch it as it rode on up the page or you missed it. What Well people, you know what to do. Go to the next city council meeting and let them have it. Then when she's up for re-election, do NOT vote for her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-15937395477767665932012-11-14T10:01:44.742-05:002012-11-14T10:01:44.742-05:00It must have been coincidence. The first PSE&...It must have been coincidence. The first PSE&G trucks to arrive on Woodland Avenue began working on the block by Jerry's house, then took off after they had finished. Two days later, they came back to repair other blocks on Woodland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-90265910579362923372012-11-14T09:03:34.887-05:002012-11-14T09:03:34.887-05:00You obviously were not at the city committee meeti...You obviously were not at the city committee meeting where the mayor talked about going through the streets with a bull horn and talking to the residents (as well as someone with a bullhorn who was speaking in Spanish). Don't know where that was. And you missed Jerry Green fawning over what a great job his son did. <br /><br />Many in the audience did not agree. I guess it takes too much talent to just let people know that if there is a major catastrophe, just go to XXXX school/church/building, and you can get information there. Too hard, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-414270872202695292012-11-13T22:39:12.129-05:002012-11-13T22:39:12.129-05:00just wanted to share that while the letter from th...just wanted to share that while the letter from the mayor and the board of education may have been dated November 3rd, many of us did not receive them until November 6th which was a full 8 days after the storm landed. that's 8 days in the dark, with no school and no communication from our "clueless leader". i don't blame anyone for this cluster**** we were in but the mayor for her arrogance and stupidity and hope this will be a wake up call for everyone who suffered through and without so much as a thought from the person who claims to be in charge. i certainly hope there will be a state investigation into her behavior because it is obvious that something went wrong here big time in plainfield and it didn't have to if people would have just done their damn job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-77321707579066450852012-11-13T20:48:35.240-05:002012-11-13T20:48:35.240-05:00You give the Mayor an “F”??? Dan, you’re too kind....You give the Mayor an “F”??? Dan, you’re too kind. I say we give her an “O” for OUT, along with Hellwig and Green! Let me see, the storm hit on Monday, October 29 and we lost ALL power, getting a cable bundle means no power, no phone, no internet, cell phone service was out as well. So what does our wonderful Mayor do????? She posts a letter on the city website announcing a curfew from 7pm until 6am on October 30!!! WHO CAN READ IT??????? Duh, no power, no internet!!! How would the police enforce it? Did they even know about it?? Then the Wizard of OZ, Queen Sharon, posts another information letter on November 3, again I ask, who can read it?????? We were TOTALLY in the dark! (pun intended) I have been in Planfield for 61 years and believe me I have seen many hurricanes and hard winters and believe me, we have never been treated this way. How was the information given out that PSE&G would be giving out ice, water and food? When my power was FINALLY restored, catching up with my online newspapers, I saw the pictures. As for Mr. Mapp and Mr. Storch (my councilman), posting on their blogs, we couldn’t read them either!!!! Obviously Mr. Storch picks and chooses which constituents to inform, because he sure as heck didn’t come in our neighborhood. I am so disgusted with the entire situation and feel totally disrespected as a resident!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-41411448827443448262012-11-13T18:01:10.351-05:002012-11-13T18:01:10.351-05:00In Scotch Plains the mayor fired the director of t...In Scotch Plains the mayor fired the director of the OEM for doing a lousy job. Shouldn't Plainfield do the same? <br />Oh, I forgot: Plainfield's Emergency Management Coordinator is Sheldon Green, Jerry Green's son. Never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-59924177101116849422012-11-13T14:02:31.869-05:002012-11-13T14:02:31.869-05:00Mayor Sharon was fantastic during the Storm.
She u...Mayor Sharon was fantastic during the Storm.<br />She umm ?<br />then hmmm<br />but then she umm umm <br />I'll get to you DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-83215922071185415602012-11-13T13:19:37.083-05:002012-11-13T13:19:37.083-05:00In addition, when I went to the shelter most of th...In addition, when I went to the shelter most of the work was being done by volunteer networks and public school employees who donated supplies and times. The city wasn't prepared. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-74040973770693900522012-11-13T12:17:13.621-05:002012-11-13T12:17:13.621-05:00What the heck did you think she would do, I am sur...What the heck did you think she would do, I am sure she took care of herself and her political hanger ons and left the rest of us to fend for ourselfs. 101.5 had many mayors and other public officials on air communicating on what was going on and any other information they could relay. We heard nothing from her, council members or any other Plainfield or Union County public official. You people keep reelectic the same clowns and when things go wrong you complain then a few years later you reelect them again. We have nobody to blame but ourselfs as we have allowed these individuals to go unchecked and not be held accountable for the public trust. This complacency is further compounded by the fact their is only one politically corrupt party representing us yet you keep sending them back to power. I am not saying any other politically connected party or individual would have done better. Until we start taking back our government and hold them accountable they will continue to only think of themselves. From here on in no elected official shall serve more than one term until they start to do the will of the people and can be trusted with the power GRANTED to them. But if history holds true you all will do the same thing again and send the same clowns back to office. Either take part in protecting your rights or become a walking Zoombie controled by the power of the corrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-90406492651802147332012-11-13T12:13:51.201-05:002012-11-13T12:13:51.201-05:00It also would have been helpful if Plainfield had ...It also would have been helpful if Plainfield had posted announcements through the Union County Alert System. A neighbor told me about UC Alert after the storm. As a result, I have learned a lot about what has been happening in Scotch Plains, nothing has been posted from Plainfield. Were it not for Rebecca Williams on Facebook and Adrian Mapp's blog, I would have had no Plainfield information at all.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275058233095192645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-17418541447509943392012-11-13T11:31:45.954-05:002012-11-13T11:31:45.954-05:00I am ashamed to have this person the mayor of my c...I am ashamed to have this person the mayor of my city. She deserves all the derision we can give her. She should have coordinated with all of her cabinet and with the Federal and State agencies. She did not! We have an absentee mayor when we really need her. she has put the nail in the coffin that is her desire to be mayor for another term. She deserves what she gives us in Plainfiel, nothing! Shame on you, Sharon. You don't deserve to be our mayor.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02322180868990260305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-52248227073655748382012-11-13T11:27:31.160-05:002012-11-13T11:27:31.160-05:00This was just another example of the Mayor's i...This was just another example of the Mayor's incompetence. She cannot lead. Where was she when residents' had trees fall on their houses? Where was she when power was out for two weeks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com