PLAINFIELD HIRES NEW HEALTH OFFICER

Just when I thought a brief potpourri blog with mention that the agenda for the Council meeting was made for an almost routine non-contentious meeting consisting of 18 consent resolutions and 12 non-consent of which 4  are new; 3 dealing with the 4^th of July celebration.

Yes there is a discussion item that may or may not merit some objections especially from the public; Habitat for Humanity wants to close part of far out West 3^rd St for a week to build a house.

The  when I turned on my computer at 8pm  to check my e-mail there was a blockbuster a press release from administration; PLAINFIELD HIRES NEW HEALTH OFFICER !

Who? Why of course Denise L. Proctor the wife of Rahway’s embattled Mayor, whose waiver of residency request had been turned down by the Council at the Agenda fixing session.

I had reported in # 1 MONDAY'S \MEETINGS and FU #1 MONDAY'S MEETING in some depth about that incident and there has been many mostly negative but unsubstantiated comments about this person. As I have written, the only true question is the appointee qualified and has no black marks on his/hers record. There need be honesty on all sides not anonymous or innuendo charges.

Mayor Mapp last week announced that he was not going to allow adverse political considerations to prevent him from appointing a qualified person. He himself was fired from a CFO type position in Roselle as the result of a political faction battle.

 
The battle lines may be drawn.  The City needs urgently a full time Health Officer.