Top 10 Reasons why You Gotta Like the Edison Dems on November 5th

10. Because you like how the 'Council of the Whole' is Still searching for themselves after two years and yet another election cycle.

9. Because you like how the Edison Dems consistently interfere and try to influence the Edison School Board Elections every year.

8. Because you like how they don't let Checks & Balances interfere with Mayor Tom 'Now 24.1% but Won't Debate' ChoiLankey's Muni-tax increases year-after-year-after-year after-year.

7. Because you like that 4th Qtr ambush to your Property tax bill because they understated the Muni-tax by 3.5-cents in the 3rd Qtr Estimated Property tax bills to hide a 5.1% Muni-tax increase in this election year.

6. Because you like how they tried to sandbag you with an $851m Suez deal and defiantly forced you to do their job and represent yourself.

5. Because you like how the Edison Dems support Jerry 'Needs to Step-down' Shi's team for the Edison Board of Education while Shi and Peng are part of the Committee of the Whole investigation still going on now.

4. Because you like the Suez $851m 30-year deal so much, it inspired the Edison Board of Mythomania to come up with their own 30 year $189.5m Money Grab.

And listen to Board Member Moroney demonstrate the dysfunctionality of the School Board when talking about the $189.5m Money Grab - after she voted Yes for it, of course.



3. Because you Get the type of Leadership you Deserve and you like it.

2. Because you like how the Edison Dem candidates for Council responded to why they're supporting Shi's team for the Edison Board of Ed.

1. Because you like voting for the Local Dems over and and over again here in the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison and expect something different to happen.

Do yourself a favor and go to the Board of Mythomania's New PR website designed for the 'Captive audience' - and then, have a good laugh!?!

Well, I've just been told that the Board of Mythomania have finally put out information here they've been sitting on since July on that Idiotic, ill-conceived, Opaque, Piecemeal and Overpriced $189.5m Money Grab, aka School Bond Referendum.

You know I get that they have to put the facts in a light most favorable to themselves but they Spin this thingie so much - they make themselves dizzy.

This thing leaves out a whole bunch of things about how expensive this thingie really is, what it costs with the financing costs and the ridiculous cost per sq ft for all the elements of all the schools - and let's not even talk about the 'other allowable costs' - to name a few things.

But hey, it's only $18.67 a month they say - yeah, but they don't finish the calculation, that's $224.04 a year (12.47-Cents) on top of your normal school budget tax increase - basically tripling whatever your school tax increase was this year for the next 30 years. And that's if you live in that imaginary home assessed at $179,600.

Since they provided no calculator for You to see what it will cost You who don't live in that imaginary home - take your home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply it by .1247. If you drop me a note I will forward you the calculator below so You can see how all their numbers will impact You.

Who in their right mind would agree to something like this for something so inept for such a long period of time?

You know what they say, you can put Lipstick on a Pig but a Pig is Still a Pig.

Take the time to got through this fairytale they want you to see but come back to this blog when your done and see all their numbers you need to know that they're not showing you.

Moral of this story - Vote this Ridiculous thing down on December 10th and force them to postpone the hiring of a New Super until next year and have the New Super be involved in coming up with a more reasonable and practical plan.

It's not reasonable to ask the People of Edison to go along with something that will triple what their school tax increase was this year for the next 30 years.

It's also not reasonable to let Jerry 'Needs to Step-Down' Shi and his band of architects to determine what's needed to fix the overcrowding and purposely doing so without a full time Super.

It's also not reasonable for them to come out now and ask for questions from you at the 12th hour for something you never had a say in from the beginning and can't change no matter what your questions may be. Your input now doesn't matter , it's on the ballot - it's just a dog & pony show for them. So don't waste your time. Just Vote it down and force them back to redo something reasonable and practical that makes more sense and doesn't require tripling you current year's school tax increase for the next 30 years.

It's also not reasonable to believe they won't $pend all the Money once they have their hands on it for this thing - so don't buy into that bunch of boloney that they'll return it. They're Hoarders, $penders and Repurposers.

Anyhoo, think of it this way - they're throwing stuff up against the wall to see if it sticks - remember, they budgeted for 3 attempts to see what sticks.

Why is the Edison Democ-Rat Party Secretly backing Jerry 'Needs to Step-down' Shi's BoE ticket - and What are the Edison Democratic Council Candidates Saying about it?

Well, a Tad Bit Wrong and a Very Big Tad Bit Unfair to all the other Candidates for the Edison Board of Ed on November 5th.

Anyhoo, guess these four don't want to risk losing Local Democ-Rat Party support and have no problem throwing all the other Edison Board of Ed Candidates under the bus - as long as they win.

BARF! BARF! BARF! BARF!

Geez, hasn't this town been disgraced enough - have we totally lost all sense of decency in Edison?!?

You know, if you live in this town and you see how bad the twisted politics have placed and left a lingering Stench Hanging over it and you see the vicious anonymous personal attacks on people simply because they decided to run for public office - then you have to ask yourself, where has the decency gone in Edison?

It happens all the time in this one-party town and since the Board of Ed elections were moved to November, it has now permeated those elections too.

After two years since the racist flyer, we're still in search of ourselves and how can that be? How can it be that even before we get any answers to that paradox wrapped in an enigma, the Edison Democrats decided to create some more havoc by endorsing Board President Shi's team for the Board of Ed on their website and then mysteriously taking it down when it was spotted?

Now, I'm specifically speaking of the anonymous attacks on Board of Ed candidate Anthony De Amorin - at both the ETEA Candidates Night and the recent Meet & Greet at Woodbrook.

Whether you support Mr. De Amorin's candidacy or not, he deserves to be treated with the same respect any other candidate enjoys and not be singled out for character assisination without being able to confront and engage those who wish to oppose his candidacy.

Seems if someone has a problem with his candidacy, then they should look him in the eye and say to his face why they don't support him and give him a chance to respond and not do it as an unknown coward behind his back.

That's what decent, honest and fair people would do and which are the majority here in Edison.

This is just disgusting and I would suggest to Mr. De Amorin to ignore those cowardly few who can only attack you in absentia and not to your face.

There are enough good people in this town who see through this nonsense and will not support these type of attacks on one of our fellow citizens and will defend your right to run for a seat on the Board of Ed - even if you're not the candidate of their choice.

Well, the Edison 2019 Final/2020 Preliminary Tax Bills are out - look at your 4th Qtr Increase

Just a reminder to pay attention to the 4th Qtr of your Property tax Bill.

It's there where you will see the Muni 3.5-cent understatement when they sent out the 3rd Qtr Estimated Property Tax Bills. It hits in the 4th Qtr.

Just subtract the 4th Qtr from the 3rd Qtr on your Property Tax Bill and the difference is what it cost You for their disingenuous attempt to hide a huge Muni-tax increase in an election year. Or you can simply take your home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply it by .035.

You can also go to the October 17th post and get You increase there - if you don't have your property tax bill or calculator handy.

Don't forget to thank Mayor Tom 'Now 24.1% but Won't Debate' ChoiLankey and his 7 processing clerks for trying to hide a 5.1-cent or 4.15% Muni tax increase before the November 5th election.

And to my friends over there on Mythomania Lane - take notice that they rounded up one-tenth of a cent to the School tax (to 3.108) and used it to reduce the Muni-tax (to 1.280).

Remember that on November 5th when you go to Vote for some more of the Democ-Rats:

Anyhoo, nice to be ambushed on both sides of town, isn't it?

What Happens When You ask Joe Coyle a Question?!?

Well, looks like Democratic Councilman and Candidate on November 5th is all for free speech and responding to queries from the Public.

I asked him why the following endorsement for the Shi Team for the BoE was on his Edison Democrats website:

And he did this:

Guess he forgot when he deleted my query - that my name still shows up. Oops!

And, oh by the way, he's now blocked all comments to his page. Nice!

Can't say I'm too surprised - here's a guy who shows up at a Vote 'Yes' Suez Rally and says he's neutral!?!

Anyhoo, keep voting for Joe Coyle - and keep your comments to yourself.

Edison Dems Running with Jerry 'Needs to Step-down' Shi's Team - Can You Believe this one?!?

Nah, there's no politics in the Edison BoE election. Good thing Shi's team is running on an anti-politics platform. Apparently, politics has no place on the school side of town but does have a place in their campaign.

See anything Wrong with this Picture from the Edison Democrats website (which has recently been taken down):

Geez, the Stench Still hasn't cleared from the 2017 Election and now this piece of work? You can Smell the Hypocrisy all the way from Oligarchy Blvd to Mythomania Lane. Kind of points out the fallacy of the Committee of the Whole's search for themselves, don't you think?

Not for nothing, but what are you doing Brescher? I get Patil doing this and Coyle is just out to lunch -  but et tu Rich? Are you so desperate to win that you're hooking up with Shi? Guess it's no wonder why now, as the only construction guy on the School Board, you Shut Your Eyes to Shi and his band of architects Ridiculously Overpriced $189.5m Money Grab, aka School Bond Referendum. Shame on You for Selling Out the People of Edison! That makes You the Worst Kind of Public Servant - Self-Servant.

Anyhoo, take my advice Good People of Edison and Stop being played by these self-serving characters who have made a mockery of this town long enough - Do Not Vote for Shi's team for the Edison BoE and certainly Do Not Vote for the Edison Democ-Rats.