For those Voting the Local Dem-party Line on June 10th

 Well, just a thought for those who will be Voting the Local Dem-party line in the June 10th Edison Primary.

For those Voting in the June 10th Dem-Primary here in Edison and have no issues with the Dem-party long-time stranglehold on this town and continue to Vote the Dem-Party line - Please Do Not Vote for Joshi for Your sake and for His. He could never survive in the big-boy political world outside his protective bubble. Even fellow JPS graduate Fulop (who swore him in and plays in the big-boy political world) won’t endorse him.

As much of a Malleable Marionette he may be for the ‘Powers that be,’ he has clearly turned Edison and it’s Local Governance into a National Embarrassment while living in a protective bubble that shuts-down the Residents by disenfranchising the Residents with the antics of his ‘Pocket Council,’ and impeding or blocking OPRA Requests questioning his wasteful spending by implementing a Gatekeeper.

Because he is so unqualified, inexperienced and immature for the position he holds, he may be a good ‘tool’ for the ‘Powers that be’ to mis-spend your money, but he is more interested in a political career by doing what the ‘Powers the be’ want than what You want.

This guy is far and away the Most unqualified person (and worst decision for Mayor the ‘Powers that be’ have ever inflicted on this town) to ever hold the office in this politically-corrupt town. This guy was never ready for prime time.

Anyhoo, Please Don't Vote for Him - Vote for Yourself and Our Good Town.

Apparently, 'Bubble-boy' has a Condition that will Prevent him from Presenting his $175.5m Muni-budget tonight

 Well, take it that Rigging his Budget Presentation last year to avoid it being Vetted (by those Council members who were doing their job for us) wasn't enough to avoid him looking like an incompetent buffoon - so this year he just won't show up at all to explain and answer questions about his policies, plans, spending and future of the town in this budget. 

Guess he thinks those things are best explained by the BA and Finance Guy. That's a Big DUH and just Silly! How could they possibly describe the rationale why decisions by the Mayor to go one way versus another. Only the Mayor could answer those type of queries by the Council.

Just shows the lengths this guy will go to when you have a 'Pocket Council' that does His bidding and Not the Vetting of the Budget, which is Your bidding. 

To my friend, Councilman Joe 'the Florist' Coyle, aka Mayor of Clara Barton, Joe 180 and Poster-Child for Wards - it's Not the Council's budget - it's the Mayor's Budget that You, as part of the Checks & Balances (and I use that term sarcastically) that is Responsible for Vetting what he has introduced, before deciding to Adopt it as is or change the Mayor's budget.

So, when you hear his 'Pocket Council' describe how great his budget is, remember most of them probably don't even know how to read the budget much less understand what's in it - and if they want to give 'Bubble-boy' credit for something; here's his 2 Greatest Accomplishments, (1) he Turned Edison into a National Embarrassment and, (2) Edison is Now the Permanent Home of the 2017 Racist Flyer.

Anyhoo, the 'Bubble-boys' an Embarrassment and a Stain on the town. Too immature, incompetent and lacks any trustworthiness and has a disconcerting child-ish anomoly with the truth for the position he holds - and it shows with things like this childish-move.

Welcome to the Dem-party Machine Club Rob 'Boo-hoo' Kentos

 Well, so much for Rob 'Boo-hoo' Kentos phony complaining about 'Bubble-boy' and his administration at Council Meetings. Just another in a long-line of sell-outs just to get what he wants and Not what's needed in this politically-corrupt town.

Anyhoo, on June 10th - you should treat Kentos the same way you should treat this inept 'Bubble-boy' and that's to Just Say No. You'll surely regret it if you don't.

Bubble-boy Refusing to Show-up and Present his own $175.5 million Budget for 2025 - he's afraid he'll be seen for what he is - Unqualified.

Childishly Refusing to show-up and answer Council questions about his Ridiculous $175.5 million 2025 Muni-Budget proves ‘Bubble-boys’ puppet-masters know one thing; it’s better to not let him try and answer questions about the budget and let people just think he’s an incompetent buffoon than to let him try and answer questions and prove it.

You see, it's his budget, his policies, his plans and his spending - Not the Council's budget. It's their job to vet it to make sure it best serves the People of Edison. 

The Mayor is the only one who can answer Council questions about his policies, plans and spending when taking one direction versus another in his budget. That's how you vet a budget to make sure it makes sense - and since this Mayor has an anomoly with the truth, it makes more sense that he show up and explain his budget.

But hey, who better to answer questions about the Mayor’s policies, plans, spending and the town’s future than those assigned to show-up - the BA and Finance guy.

DUH!

This is just an excuse by 'Bubble-boy' to avoid having to answer any questions about his inept stewardship that comes with no substance and a lot of lies. This guy's Kryptonite is the Truth and his puppet-masters will never allow him to be in front of an audience who will challenge his competence and inept stewardship.

And if you haven't been out of town for the last 3+ years, his two Greatest accomplishments of his inept stewardship are (1) turning Edison into a National Embarrassment and, (2) Leaving Edison as the Permanent Home of the 2017 Racist Flyer.

Anyhoo, if he doesn't show up to Present his Ridiculous $175.5 million Budget, then you need to kick him to the curb on June 10th - you can't have a Mayor that works so hard to disenfranchise his own citizens from querying and scrutinizing his dismal record just for his own fairytale thoughts at a political career.

Five demonstrable facts about Edison Local Governance

 Five demonstrable facts about Local Governance under the Last Four Years of the Joshi Administration:

• Residents have been impeded and or blocked from any Public Inquiry and Scrutiny of the Administration both at Council meetings, with the inexcusable antics of his 'Pocket Council' and by blocking Official Council Communications from being entered into the record as well as adding a Gatekeeper to impede or delay OPRA Requests.
• The People of Edison had to Sit by and Watch their Good Town being Turned into a National Embarrassment.
• An inept and embarrassing Mayoral performance which arguably lacks maturity, experience, honesty, integrity, principals, credibility, truthfulness, political acumen and transparency.
• Turned the town into a massive amount of Ridiculous & Wasteful Spending, warehouse expansion, and uncontrolled approvals of undersized lots and oversized houses, impossible truck traffic, adding to the school overcrowding and without properly addressing major infrastructure problems - and he did all this and Still Raised the Muni taxes by Some 7.4%, more than Doubled the Township Debt Yet only Raised the Ratables by a Ridiculously Low 2.6%. 

• Clearly, he has no idea what he is doing but, to his credit, he is very good at it.

Anyhoo, this guy needs to be Voted into Forced Retirement on June 10th - enough is enough of this Stench Hanging over the Town.

Mayor Sam 'the Big Lie' Joshi Won't be Presenting his Ridiculous $175.5 million Muni Budget for 2025 before the Council

Well, looks like 'Bubble-boy's' bailing out on his own 2025 Muni-Budget and Not Making a Presentation before the Council when it comes up for adoption. 

He apparently doesn't have the nerve to answer Council questions about what's in his own budget and why and will leave it up to others to answer questions.

I get this is an election year but you'd think if his budget is so good then he should be able to convince the Council and Public by sitting there and answering questions.

He only plans to put out a Silly video where he can say whatever he wants and you don't get to comment on all the nonsense he spews.

This is even a new low for this guy. If you remember last year's budget presentation, even though he had the 'Pocket-Council' votes for the budget to pass, he still Rigged the Budget Presentation to limit exposure of his incompetence. 

They moved the Budget Presentation to one hour before a Council Work Session (from a date which was solely for his presentation), didn't give Council Members the budget books to properly vet this budget until the day of the meeting and then only gave Council Members 5-minutes each to ask questions.

His video is already on the website and you can see it there.

Never have I seen someone so disrespectful to the People of Edison but, then again, never have I seen such an incompetent Mayor as he.

Anyhoo, if this doesn't tell you to vote this immature, incompetent buffoon out of office on June 10th, then you'll believe anything that comes out of his disingenuous mouth and you'll continue to make a mockery of this town.

Edison Board of Mythomania's $378.2M FY 26 School Budget Passes - that's a 'Big Duh!'

Well, looks like Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi, aka Mr. Shi-shed, Mr. Pac-Man got one of his 4 P's in a Pod to show up last night to get the 5 votes needed to Pass this Bloated, Out-of-Control $pending School Budget, which is just another in a long line of pissing away money and failing to properly address the Biggest Problem facing the School District. We Need a New School.

The Vote was Yes 5, No 3, Absent 1.

Yes - Shi, Peng, Errico, A.Patel, R. Patel

No - Lugo, Romano White

Absent - V. Patel

 

Unfortunately, most of these Board Members obviously don't even understand how these School budgets are put together, what's in and not in these School Budgets and as soon as the state aid money runs out (and it will), they will be faced with an unpleasant reality for their lack of understanding, foresight and failures that will be forced onto the backs of the Residents & Taxpayers.

Here's the May 6, 2025 School Board Meeting:

Anyhoo, there are two undeniable facts in this politically-corrupt town - the town has been taken over by the County and We Need a New School. Neither of which will change, and it will cost you dearly, until you do something about the inept Oversight on both sides of town.

School Board President Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi proves, once again, he should of never been allowed back on the Board - Much Less be Board President

 Well, saw something yesterday on 'Edison Township Forum' FaceBook Group page that was quite disconcerting.

Seems Mr. Shi took his disagreement with the 'No' Votes of Board Members Lugo & Romano on the recently failed FY 26 School Budget to a FaceBook Group page. Take it he was writing for himself as Jerry Shi and not as President of the School Board, although there was no disclosure statement to that effect.

But who he was writing as isn't my concern here. Seems to me that any disagreement between Board Members should have been dealt with at the April 29th Board Meeting or in closed session of that meeting.

Who takes their disagreement with fellow Board Members on a Board Vote to a FaceBook Group page?

Chastising two sitting Board Members on a public FaceBook page for Not Voting 'Yes' on the School Budget isn't the correct or fair way of dealing with this disagreement.

What kind of message does that send to other Board members who don't agree with Mr. Shi at Board Meetings?

Are you going to be called out on some public platform by Mr. Shi because you dare to have a different opinion on a Board matter and don't vote the way he thinks you should vote?

As elected officials, the Board Members Represent the People of Edison and are expected to vote for what they believe is best, Not for what Mr. Shi wants or thinks is best.

Seems to me that the Board Members should consider if this is the type of Leadership they want to be Representing the Edison Board of Education going forward. Clearly, I don't think it's the type of School Board Leadership that should be out front Representing the School District.

Not for nothing but the Board members should consider changing the Board Leadership by having Mr. Shi step-aside as Board President and allow some other Board Member to take control of the Board.

Clearly, with this kind of inept and dictatorial Leadership, it's only going to get worse if the School Board does nothing about Mr. Shi.

Be that as it may, Mr. Shi at least owes an apology to Board members Lugo & Romano.

Here's his unfortunate post:

Anyhoo, you get what you vote for, and in this case, it's deja vu all over again with Mr. Shi's inept and dictatorial Leadership.