True to the on-going, yet tad bit embarrassing, dysfunctional
internal Dem Party struggle for power and control in Downtown Edison, up pops
newly anointed Council President Bob ‘See No Conflict’ Diehl with the latest
and greatest, yet humorously self-serving, power grab.
This time it’s to change
the mayoral position from full-time to a part-time. Seems the Council is
concerned that it’s way too much of a restriction on the mayoral candidate
pool! So, he wants to now change the law and he says that it will be done by
unanimous vote at the next council meeting come January 24, 2013. Hey, I’ll bet
it will!
Really? It’s too much of a restriction on the candidate
pool? This from a guy who knows full well how the candidate process works in
the Local Dem Party and how the pecking order works! Simple
truth is no one on the Council can run for mayor under the existing law and
that puts a kink in the pecking order of this one-party town.
Do you really
think that if they change this position back to part-time, you can just walk
into the local Dem Party headquarters and you’ll be picked to run for mayor?
Good luck with that ‘open pool of candidates’ if you think this opens up the
process for you.
It’s just silly - they’re all in
a hissy-fit because no one on the Council can run for mayor and all that
campaign money the EDO has won’t help them very much if you eliminate their
position from the pecking order section of the recycle bin.
Now, come on, this is
funny. They're going to change the law so any or all of us can run for mayor!
Isn't that nice of them? Are you laughing yet?
“It probably does seem
self-serving.." so says Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl. Uh.. you think? In
lieu of term limits, this law is the best way to keep anyone on the Council
from running and perpetuating the one-party stronghold in Downtown Edison. Hmm..looks like it’s already working – Bob ‘See No Conflict’ Diehl says he’s not
running and Rob ‘March on Trenton’ Karabinchak says he's 'Marching on Trenton' and making a run for the
state assembly.
Anyhoo, it's all blah..blah politics, going back to Jun 'RforMe' Choi, and it's all stacked against the
residents. This is a one-party town that controls who gets to run and wins. You
don’t get to pick anyone – all you get to do is vote (or not-it doesn’t matter)
for their choice.
Wouldn't it be better if the residents decided how they want
the town to run and not the EDO?
By reverting back to part-time and 'opening the pool' all
you would be doing is making sure the Dems keep their stranglehold control with
their hand-chosen few. Don't let them.
So, I would suggest to
you that without the Dem Party money and those waiting for anointment in the Local Dem Party, you'd actually give others the chance to run and win. What’s
wrong with that if you really want to open up the process? Does everyone capable
of being mayor have to be a Dem Party soldier and work his or her way up the
pecking order before he or she can run and have a shot at winning?
Don’t be fooled – this
is all about the Dems picking the next mayor – not you!
And seriously, anointing
Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak to the assembly? Is this the best the Dem
Party could come up with in all of the 18th district? Here's a guy that
shouldn't even be on the council much less elevated up the pecking order.
But there's good and bad
news in that anointment.
Good news -
we get rid of him & his anomaly with the truth, he'll be less of a burden
on the taxpayers being 1 of 80 and we won't have to put up with his charming
personality.
Bad news - you gotta feel for all the other towns in the 18th
district - for they know not what they get!
Finally, and not for nothing,
just think how much better off this town would be if those people holding the
power spent more time working with each other rather than feverishly conniving
ways to stick it to each other! It’s embarrassing!
