Dear Editor:
Springtime in Jersey City, the flowers are in bloom, the trees are starting to show a faint color or green, grass is growing, baseball and soccer leagues are forming, birds chirping, longer days and the municipal politicians gracefully come out of their caves, with big smiles on their faces after hibernating for four long years.
Why, because they smell an easy prey. A prey who without any logic continues to vote for the Democratic machine politics for years, even though it abuses their quality of life. A prey that unfortunately accepts pay to play, no show jobs, higher taxes, high crime in every category, dirty streets, bad and dangerous schools, sub-par education, incompetent and corrupt Boards, liars, thieves, insensitivity, and a shopping list of political whores who are milking the budget without decency or good conscience.
The election cycle brings out their best characteristics. They finally say hello, and might even shake your hand. City services are immediately distributed, when requested, and completed effectively and efficiently. There is also a strong possibility that if you call your Councilperson in City Hall, you may even receive a polite answer to your legitimate request. Instead of being treated or marked as a troublemaker, a pain in the neck, a bug, an imbecile or just being blamed for causing the taxes to escalate, because you have the gall to use one of the services that you’re already paying for as a taxpayer, with your hard earned money. They spin their incompetence to make the innocent feel guilty. They rely on your decency to cover-up their own greed.
Every single taxpayer and resident should demand that every legitimate service requested be given the proper consideration, without abuses and excuses throughout the year. We must also demand that all government officials, employed by our municipality, should actually work for all their salaries, because chances are they have more than one government paid position. Having two or three high paying positions couldn’t possibly be the reason for Jersey City needing additional cash. It definitely must be all those reckless individuals who are shelling out and forfeiting their bank accounts, pocketbooks and wallets, soaking the City’s financial resources, just to have the privilege of living in this beautiful urban setting of crime and corruption.
Naturally Jersey City usually doesn’t have the best and the brightest individuals seeking any political office, because the incentive to run in a dishonest, crooked, fraudulent environment would discourage any well respected candidate with a minimum amount of intelligence or scruples out of fear of being infected. It is a sad state of affairs, where a community is limited in leadership because of this growing fungus of deceitful shady government practices which have been plaguing us for years.
This election look, listen and read the literature of each and every candidate, and don’t blindly vote for the Democratic machine organization’s personal choice, because chances are you’ll be voting for Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck.
Sincerely,
William P. Frasca