Well, given the state of Edison Council Meetings these days, it's hard Not to see how poorly information about Mayor Joshi's Administration is being disseminated to the People of Edison.
It was bad enough when Joe 'the Florist' Coyle was Council President and did everything he could to block the Public from gaining any critical and important information about Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi's stewardship. From changing how the public gets to speak to removing Department Heads at the meetings to name a couple.
Kind of makes it difficult for the Public to get information needed not to mention Council members asking for information which they seem to of never gotten during these meetings. Perfect example of this under Joe 'the Florist' Coyle was that Ridiculous $158m Muni -budget for 2022, which came with an increase in the tax rate to $1.402 and a more than doubling of the Admin dollars to $2.4m. Of course, that included raises for 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and the Council to boot.
There was a $158m boondoggle Muni-budget that could only be approved by the Council with eyes wide shut.
Geez, these are the people who are supposed to be in charge of the purse strings but act more like rubber stamps to an Administration agenda that clearly is in dire need of much needed inquiry.
Be that as it may, it just keeps getting worse with John 'Puppet's Puppet' Poyner in charge. He just doesn't do what's required and spends more time apologizing that he does effectively dealing with control of the purse strings. Seems all he does is push Joshi's agenda and likes to say that he's trying. But you know what they say - trying nice but doing is better.
Sorry, but he's often not prepared to handle questions and as far as I can see - he's never voted No on any of 'Mr. Shrink-flation's' substantive spending agenda items. He needs to recognize that he doesn't work for 'Mr. Shrink-flation' or the Dem-party and until he does that the People of Edison will continue to be poorly served.
By the way, where's the 2023 Muni-budget and what's going on with Sewer tax bills?
Unfortunately, a Puppet's Puppet - naive at best:
We need to get back to an open and free exchange with the Public and Council Members at these Council Meetings and Stop this blocking inquiry into what this Administration is doing or isn't doing.
To do that we need to start with the Council insisting that the Administration bring back the Department Heads to the meetings and Stop this limiting of necessary public inquiry.
On top of that, what's with this latest attempt to have all OPRA Requests go through the lawyer? Seriously, do we really need to add another Gatekeeper to what the heck is going on with 'Mr. Shrink-flation's' stewardship over there on 100 Municipal Blvd.? Last I looked, we had Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl making $100k for day care provider services - or probably more now after the Mayor and Council raises.
Anyhoo, until you recognize that we don't have any Checks & Balances with this Edison Council and do something about it at the Ballot box, you can continue to expect the poor leadership that shows up right before your very eyes twice a month.
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