Plaintalker & Jerry Green's Page

Today's Plainfield Plaintalker rightly so takes our Assemblyman to task. When he is not publishing self laudatory press releases, he uses his blog to attack those who may disagree with him. Jerry Green is a advocate of distortion, innuendos, threats, and taking credit for himself for the successes of others. To read his column , Obama would not have carried Plainfield (and New Jersey) if it ha not been for JG's support. He seems to have forgotten that he publicly supported Senator Clinton until after the results of NJ's primary and the National Convention. Whereas, Council President Burney was beating the drums for Obama from the day his Candidacy was announced.

I am amazed that the comment by "anonymous 7:37" to today's Plainfield Plaintalker's blog would be verbatim to the one I would have written if I had thought to do so.

I have taken the liberty to copy his comments and reproduce in toto:
"With the Jerry Green – Robinson-Briggs administration having had the same effect as the Bush Administration to the US the best thing would be for him to not say anything. Losing Muhlenberg, higher taxes, less representation, the worst streets ever in the history of Plainfield, School system trying to dig its way out from the Green run choices, this is what he is proud of? If Plainfield reelects the same people that put us in this mess then we deserve what we get. Plainfield has to be nonpartisan and vote for the candidate."

I have written many times before that the good citizen votes for the candidate not the party label. Partisanism unfortunately rears its ugly head when it comes to receiving State or Federal grants. It certainly does not protect the resident voters from allocation of resources to more affluent areas. The best example and most recent is the closing of Muhlenberg.

Transparency is also not the forte of the local political party chairman. Perhaps new leadership and the results on the local ticket in Junes primary will b e an eye opener. Perhaps is the wrong term, this coming election irregardless of the results will be an important indicator of Plainfield's future.

Brenice, please do not dis the "RDO aisle-jumpers". National and local politics are two different animals. The "lifelong Republicans" who did so are the same ones who also cast anti-Bush votes at the last election. They are not line voters, but finally have admitted that to have any impact in New Jersey elections you have to be able to express it at the Primary Elections.