Letting the Chips Fall... (Where I Throw Them..)

I like the idea of the report card found on Dan Damon’s blog. It’s clear that there is, and let me be generous, roughly 500 people in the city that follow his scarcely-empty truths. With the New Democrats at one time numbering around 2,000 members, that of which Mr. Damon is a member of, I would think there would be more representation from his loyal party. This reads to me that they have lost some footing. Lost some footing, or have been on the political dance floor with two right feet (political pun intended). (Note, the 500 number is an all-inclusive number gathered from his surveys)

Since they have a hard time sharing with the public what they have done for and with the community, then maybe I need to bring to the public’s attention FACTUAL information as seen on one of the local blogger’s page. The past administration went into office as Democrats, and then converted to a Republican administration. This same administration hired Mr. Dan Damon for $65,000/yr. Mr. Damon, a concerned Plainfield citizen who is now of political maturity to acknowledge waywardness, would like to know what did you did to service our City for this yearly salary? My understanding was that his salary came from the economic development department. What then was developed economically during his tenure?

Moving right along, let us discuss a rather comedic Plainfield Councilman, Adrian O. Mapp. Councilman Mapp served two terms as a councilperson, and one term as a freeholder. I would like to hear or even READ what he accomplished in those TEN PLUS years serving Plainfield, other than the low-income facility downtown. Also, I would like to know just how he finagled his way into the CFO position in the Borough of Roselle in which he earns over $100,000/yr (his starting salary). Roselle, which has a population a little over 20,000, where the CFO in Hillsborough, with a population of roughly 40,000, starts off at $80,000. So I can see how with the extra almost $30,000 Councilman Mapp is receiving, while doing less work, how he would try to be a hero in recommending the council not accept health benefits, and want to take away cars from cabinet members. Again, the public and I, are waiting to hear, before the campaign gets started, just what Councilman Mapp has done for OUR community in his TEN YEARS of serving the community. During the campaign race this spring, I know Mr. Mapp and his New Democrats will spend even more time putting out false information, rather than talk about truthfulness that matters, like their record.

The New Democrats have spent enough time being cynical, negative, critical, petty, off-base, disconnect... Yes, the list can go on. It’s time now they talk about their record and what they have done for the City of Plainfield. I hear the funding for roads may go through Union County. If that happens, how will Councilman Adrian Mapp be able to get money for Plainfield, when the County of Union voted him out by over 25,000 votes?! Who’s going to listen to him on the county level? Plainfield, please wake up and read the legible writings on the wall. There is NOTHING Adrian Mapp can and will do for the City of Plainfield but make matters worse.

A Parting FYI: The campaign that Adrian Mapp and the New Dems are running against, Carol Brokaw and Eric Watson, has the fingerprints of New Democrats all over them…