Jingle Bells..Jingle Bells - and the Stench Hanging over this town Lingers on!

                      Christmas in Downtown Edison – 2020

Twas’ a month before Christmas and those sly Local Dem-party elves,

 decided to spike Residents’ taxes when a Pandemic is raging on ourselves.

With many out of work and with no income-stream in site,

just made keeping a roof overhead and food on the table a much harder fight!

 

And then there was that Outrageous FY School tax increase that should of struck fear,

since it was 4.5 times higher than the increase in the prior year.

Let’s not forget the Inept Leadership of Jerry ‘Referen-DUMB’ Shi that should of brought tears, 

that $189.5m Referendum would of tripled the school tax increase for the next 30 years.

 

Then there was the ‘Council of the Hole’ looking into the 2017 Racist Flyer,

with 3 years now gone by and they’re still locked in their own muck and mire.

No doubt a disingenuous waste of time and taxpayer money,

and still searching for themselves is no longer funny.   

 

And putting their thumbs to the tip of his noses while laughing at You and Me, 

switching the School Board elections to November left a Stench in town that all can now see.

And Shi with his Now Local Dem-party infested and corrupted Edison Board of EDems way, 

doesn’t get that the People don’t trust him with millions of our tax dollars in play.

 

They’re not concerned about disrespecting the people of Edison on any given day, 

dubious transparency, misinformation, misdirection and cross-contamination is their ruling way. 

Lankey should of Never helped the ineffective Shi in the first place to stay in play,

so Shi continues with Local Dem-party help to continue on his predictably misguided way.

 

So, while we all scratch our heads and say What’s Going on in this town,

Lankey keeps doing it to you again and Shi is left blindly hanging on with his usual frown. 

And then there’s the Board of Mythomania giving the New Superintendent an early extension, 

so moving the School Board elections back to April by Senor Diehl needs more than a mention.

 

In this season of giving, Lankey & Shi are again playing to take, 

Lankey continuing without any Checks & Balances remains a big mistake.

And Shi with an undeserved but obviously disturbing attempt to regain a plurality, 

should never again be Board President if a New Board finally accepts reality.

 

If in this feeling I’m not alone, 

then take up your pen or pick up the phone. 

Let Lankey & Shi know that it's People Not Politics, 

and Your tired of all their disrespectful and self-serving tricks.

 

With the recent election of Shi, Patel & White across town, 

enjoy voting a Dem-Party ticket in but don’t complain when you continue on this merry go round.

 

And I heard him exclaim ‘With All This Year’s Taxes Picking You Clean’ in hand, 

Merry Christmas to Edison, and let all the People be scammed!?!

 

Today's NJ Star Ledger Editorial Board - 'Attorney General's office, which is investigating, has to get to the bottom of this.'

 Well, saw this NJ Star-Ledger Editorial here today about the 2017 Racist Flyer here in Edison.

'Right now, the people of Edison have no way to judge if their local Democrats are complete sleezeballs who would deliberately foment racial strife in their own town, just to gin up turnout.'

Sad but true, 3 years later. We still don't know what's true or not true. It's beyond embarrassing now. 

The only way to resolve this is to take it out of hands of the Edison 'Committee of the Hole.' Apparently, after 3 years, they still can't find themselves.

Anyhoo, the people of Edison need to know the truth and it's just not practical or credible to rely on the all-Dem Edison Council to find it for us.

Edison Board of 'Fiscal Malfeasance' 5-Year Contract with the EFMMA passed back in July 2020

Well, finally received the last piece of my OPRA Request for the EFMMA's 5-Year Contract passed by the Board back in July 2020.

Not a very Big Union with only 19 members or Big Dollars involved but still seems to be quite the generous offer during this Pandemic. 

Not surprising though with the Outrageously Bloated 2020-21 School Budget, the Outrageous ETEA Contract Settlement and the Ridiculous 1-year extension of Super Dr. Bernie 'Fiscal Malfeasance Recipient' Bragen's contract with only 10 months on the job.

Be that as it may, here's their 'In your face' work on the EFMMA 5-year Contract.

It's a 5-Year Contract with a 16.32% increase over the 5 years. The yearly increases are 3.2%, 3.15%, 3.1%, 3.0% and 2.9%.

As explained to me, there are no increases in longevity and black seal and only an increase in the stipends for year 1 only.

Here's a summary by Year:

Here's the 2019-20 Base Year Dollars:

Here's the actual salaries of the 19 members as of October23, 2020

Finally, here the EFMMA 5-Year Contract

Anyhoo, until you recognize that there's no one on the Board looking out for the taxpayers, this is what you'll get every time. 

What are you doing Councilman Bob Diehl - take all your pompous rhetoric and spare us all!

Well, there's a reason I never placed much stock in the 'Committee of the Whole' and why to me it's nothing more than a Big Black Hole. 

You really believe they were going to investigate themselves in this Dem one-party town?

Made the mistake of going to last night's meeting just to see if they were going to provide anything of substance in their investigation to find themselves.

Silly me - all we got from Councilman Diehl was a lot of pompous rhetoric all the while sinking his own ship.

Consider the idiocrisy of Councilman Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl:

He gets a report from the Postal inspector and who does he give it to - the local papers before the Council meeting and before it's brought before the Council to review or giving those who have been named in it a chance to respond.

He allows sitting Councilman Patil, on the Committee of the Whole all this time, to come in before the meeting in front of him, Councilman Gomez and the Postal Inspector to verify what was in the Postal Inspector's Report (while claiming no involvement himself) without being sworn in and he praises him for coming forward?

Geez, are you kidding me?

He allows Councilman Patil to speak at the close of the meeting, once again, without being sworn-in to proclaim his innocence while previously implicating the others named in the report.

He ambushes both the other 'Council of the Whole' Council Members and those being implicated.

Now, I'm certainly not a fan of Jerry 'ReferenDUMB' Shi or the Local Democratic Party but what Diehl did here was horrific and just plain stupid, if fairness or the search for the truth counts for anything.

Seems most of those implicated have denied it and now we're supposed to believe Councilman Patil who all of a sudden - after all these years sitting on the 'Council of the Whole' saying nothing, starts to own up now with what he knows about it and verifies what's in the Postal Inspector's Report?

Yeah, there's no politics here, just idiocrisy if you place any trust in what this 'Council of the Hole' is trying to do here.

Councilman Diehl should of done his follow-up with the Postal Inspector's Report with all the witnesses providing conflicting statements before jumping the gun and splashing it all over the local papers.

And, oh yeah, the Postal Inspector who was supposed to show up to testify last night was told he couldn't by the Postal Service. You'd think Diehl would of recognized he should of done his homework before jumping the gun anyway last night.

They should just disband this joke of a Committee once and for all. This is what you get when you allow the Local Dem-Party to infiltrate the Board of Education.

If you ever thought this process was a search for the truth, then ask yourself why at their very first Council of the Whole' meeting - they allowed Mayor Lankey, a potential witness, to give an opening speech without being under oath. That should of told you right then and there that this whole process was bogus and going nowhere.

All you got here is a he-said, he-said and then another he-said without any follow-up by the Committee splashed all over the local papers and nothing to back it up at last night's meeting. They called it information but they made sure they didn't take any questions about any of it. Seems Councilman Diehl didn't have any problems commenting to the local paper. I call that taking a cheap-shot.

Now, I don't know who's telling the truth here or who's not but neither do you - so, let's not jump the gun here like Councilman Diehl.  

So, you know what should happen since Councilman Diehl has now derailed any attempt at getting to the truth and lost all credibility with last night's performance - he should resign for his unbelievably poor handling of this 'Committee of the Hole' meeting last night. 

As for Councilman Patil, he should resign just for sitting up there for the last 3 years and not saying anything until last night.

As for Shi and Patel on the Board side of town - Shi should go just on the principal that he's a detriment to the Edison taxpayers on the Board and he can take his 'Edison First' team with him.

Just a Shameful Disgrace of Local Dem-party Rule in Search of themselves:

Here's last night's meeting:

Here's what the local papers reported before the meeting:

Here's the Postal Inspector's Report - they rolled on the screen at last night's meeting:

Anyhoo, Welcome to Edison where the Local Democ-Rats eat each other when they run out of food.

Edison 'Committee of the Hole' in search of themselves to meet tomorrow night

Well, looks like there's another meeting of the 'Committee of the Hole' about the 2017 Racist Flyer. Good timing since the 2020 election was yesterday.

Be that as it may, let's hope they got to the bottom of this and someone is held accountable after 3 years and this isn't just another waste of time by the 7 Processing Clerks.

Anyhoo, but what do I know - I still can't figure out why Edison's all Dem-party rule let the Stench hang over this town for the last 3 years.

Congratulations Edison - You just turned over the BoE to the Local Dems One-party Rule!?!

Well, aren't you glad you moved the BoE elections to November?

Now, the Local Dems have total control over all Your tax dollars here in 'Downtown' Edison and the Big Prize - School Budgets soon to be approaching $300 million.

To add insult to injury, You voted back in Jerry 'ReferenDUMB' Shi, arguably the most inept School Board leader in the history of the Board of Ed, whose greatest accomplishment was to effectively alienate both other Board Members and the Public with his lack of communication skills. 

But thanks to You, he now has the votes to take back control of the School Board and continue his disastrous and ineffective leadership.

Here's the unofficial results from yesterday's BoE election:

Anyhoo, you get what you deserve in this Dem One-party town - enjoy.