TGI the college basketball season opened last night and the
Hoos won.
Today has been a disaster. First, I had typed this blog
twice only to lose it in cyberspace. Then an electrician was working here, and
we had a power surge that affected my land-line phones. But I was able to
recover this blog.
The elections went as I expected. No, I am not disappointed,
I did not expect all my choices to win. Nationally I am glad the Democrats won
control of the House; even though Pelosi will most likely become Speaker. I
hope the Democrats will now turn to governing instead of playing party
obstructionists. A split party Congress is better than a rubber stamp one.
The Republicans did increase their majority in the Senate.
The down side is that will mean more Trump devotees receiving confirmation as
Judges, Cabinet members, Department heads, and anything that requires Senate confirmation.
Statewide New Jersians faced with a choice of a rock or a
hard place, narrowly chose an ethically tainted Menendez over Republican Huggin
whose negative TV campaign was redolent with half-truths, distorted facts, and
pure hearsay,
My grandfather who lived in NYC when asked why he always voted
for the Tammany candidate replied; We know how much these guys will steal, we
have no idea if the others will steal more.”
That must be New Jersey voters
guiding principle. At least we did not elect a dead man as they did in Nevada
State wide, and at the County level as well as locally the
overwhelming Democrat majority was reflected in the results. No independent or
Republican could be expected to win in Plainfield.
My disappointment was in the supposedly nonpolitical BOE
elections. Despite Mapp’s comments about Plainfield loss by the re-election of
the Campbell supported slate instead of his own slate, the real loss is that non-politically
committed candidates have no chance.
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