Signs of the times: 2019 Primary Election campaign signs are springing up

Busy billboard for a busy corner. You probably can't take
it all in in one pass -- Council, City Committee,
Freeholder, Assembly and more.

With Plainfield's June Primary Election just two weeks away (June 4), I thought to take a look at the sign situation.

As everyone knows, signs don't vote, but still they are a rough indicator of interest in the upcoming election.

Here's what I turned up --

There is a fair sprinkling of signs for the re-election of Barry Goode for Wards 1/4 at-large. There were considerably fewer for his challenger, Terri Briggs Jones -- and I didn't see any for former Council President Bridget Rivers (I will take another look).

In Ward 2, Councilor Cory Storch has a considerable numbers of signs along busy streets (like Watchung and Leland Avenues), but also on the side streets.

While there are fewer signs for challenger Sean McKenna, they are spread out -- indicating he is doing his door-to-door work. I have to say he has shied away from the standard advice of bold sign colors for a very subdued palette. Off the beaten path, so to speak.

The county races -- dominated by the Freeholders -- only saw signs pop up this weekend, though the challenger's signs that I saw have been in place for more than a week.

I don't think Freeholder Rebecca Williams and her running mates -- Betty Jane Kowalski and Sergio Granados -- have anything to fear.

However, the Dems United for Progress slate (which includes Plainfield's own Wilma Campbell -- who switched parties for this race) appears to be coordinated with the People First slate of Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, who declined the regular party's line.

The buzz is that the Dems United are a proxy for Sen. Joe Cryan in the ongoing struggle with Sen. Nick Scutari for dominance in Union County Democratic politics.

Mayor Mapp, as chairman of the PDCC, sprang for the billboard above the Plainfield Donut Shop, paid for by his "Mapp for Mayor" account. The billboard makes a prominent pitch for his re-election as PDCC chair along with the cast of candidates. It is a bit busy to take in all on one pass by, so you will need to make a couple of passes -- or park and take a photo as I did.

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  -- Dan Damon [follow]

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