"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling ..."
"The pipes" are apparently going to play a role in campaign rhetoric this year, even though few people actually know what the reference means. It is about something that happened in the last administration, at least one speaker has said, so of course whatever it is can be laid at the feet of candidate Storch and Dan Damon. Then there is the "friendship train to D.C.," as mentioned on April 11 by Roland Muhammad, along with the "piping." Candidate Green echoes both in his April 19 blog post:
"We have pipes that were ordered and hidden from the public by the past administration of which Cory was a part of. How much did they cost and how much of a loss did the City take?"
"Oh yes, let’s not forget about the train that the City of Plainfield paid for to Washington, D.C. When the train arrived in Washington, the majority of them arrived drunk. How much did this train ride cost the taxpayers of Plainfield?"
The pipes, the train ... is there a huddle somewhere to make sure these themes are brought up at every opportunity? They would be much more forceful as campaign charges if people knew what they were actually about - except maybe then their lack of relevance to the 2011 primary might be evident.
--Bernice
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Mmmmmmmmm....isn't the "Friendship Train" a decidely " NJ " thing ???
ReplyDeleteDoesn't this cut both ways in the sense that we are constantly reminded of past incidents of misdoings? If people opened their minds a bit, what relevance other than perception does the 2011 primary have to do with a long-ago Freeholder race, or the trials and tribulations surrounding the 2005 mayoral election, or the undertones of abandonment and backstabbing that characterized last year's primary? Some characters, and characterizations, never change. What a backward looking bunch we are.
ReplyDeleteHowever, because it struck a nerve with you, how about filling us in about the particulars of the pipes and train litany? Those of us not in the 'beltway' of Plainfield Democratic brawling or familiar with all the itemized travesties of governmental clownishness are wanting to know. And whose bright idea was it to put DYFS and unemployment on the premier corner of the city? Whoever was involoved with that had a pretty convoluted sense of Plainfield's future.
Alan: it's like the bail bondsmen fliers on the City Hall rotunda information table. Is that the best we can do?
ReplyDeleteOr the empty AED cases on the wall, which imply somebody stole the device.
Oh, my
Hey what abouts the trees ?? How many of thems is dieing since they were planted in the last years? That is acrime again Mother Nature !!!
ReplyDeleteMust have been Jerry and Rebecca's Love Train.
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