Someone commented that Jeffery Dunn could file on June 7 to run against the winner of the Democratic primary.
Given Dunn's testimony regarding the filing of his petitions, it would appear he is not a "legal voter" of any ward right now. He emphatically stated that 320 Park Avenue, the address he used on his driver's license and voter registration to vote in the First Ward, is not a residence. It is his business address. His change of address on April 4 to an actual dwelling is short of the one-year requirement to run for City Council.
I think Mr. Dunn is fresh out of strategies for this election year and next year, when only the Fourth Ward and mayoral seat will be up for election. Presumably he could try to run for mayor in 2017 if he used the SRB doctrine that any four years of residency in the city are good enough to meet the charter's requirement, but he might have to go to court to make it stick. The cycle for 2018 council seats includes the First Ward and the Second & Third Ward at-large seat.
The only way he could get a seat on the council any time soon is if someone resigned and he was appointed to fill the vacancy. But that would depend on the Democratic Party chairman submitting his name as one of three nominees, not likely unless Jerry Green regains the chairmanship in June 2017.
Now on the Board of Education side, people are already thinking the April 26 meeting might offer an opportunity to pull a switcheroo. If someone resigned, the board might fill the vacancy with none other than Wilma Campbell - or even the younger John Campbell, to join his father on the board, if putting Wilma back on was deemed too blatant a move.
The meeting is 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Plainfield High School auditorium. It happens to coincide with a meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission and also the Council/CBAC budget meeting on Information Technology & Media and Economic Development on the same night. But given the BOE track record of very important walk-on items, some folks are feeling suspicious of last-ditch maneuvers before the May 3 reorganization.
Why shouldn't we just assume that all office-seekers and political power brokers are operating in good faith? See 16 reasons here.
--Bernice
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Wilma Campbell cannot do that. First, it would entail getting Rutherford, Bellamy or Jeffers to resign. Second, the NJSBA expressly forbids such activity before a reorganization and would step in to have her removed. She would have to then bear the embarrassment of such a deceptive and unethical attempt. I sure hope she is not getting this kind of advice from Dan Williamson. We see how helpful he was to Jeffery Dunn.
ReplyDeleteShe could easily ask her husband to resign. He would be the most likely suspect.
DeleteI am prayerful the Campbells will accept the voters right to choose who they want on the school board. However if Wilma chooses to go against that mandate, it would only provide confirmation that the voters were correct in their choice. Wilma will prove why she has become distasteful enough not to be re-elected.
ReplyDeleteJust like she was the perpetrator of the City of Plainfield vs the Plainfield School District war. It seems that since she wasn’t able to circumvent the Rules of Engagement for having a public event at Cook School for her son’s political event, she has made sure the City is treated worse than a non-resident. That being the bottom rung for use of the school facilities. Of course she didn’t stop anything the City wanted to do but ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS have a responsibility to work together for the good and betterment of all the citizens of Plainfield.
Losing gracefully has been what I have taught my children. It is a time for reflection of what went wrong and make the necessary self improvement to be better. I also taught them that God don’t like ugly.
I wouldn't put anything past Wilma or her husband, but the public outcry would doom all the Campbells to Limbo for years.
ReplyDeleteYou all are ridiculous. Very surprised at Bernice for continuing to fall for Dan Damon's fabrications and speculations. The election is over - move on. Stop trying to villainize people.
ReplyDeleteIt's not ridiculous, sad as it is, it sounds like advice from Jerry Green to Wilma Campbell. Bad advice yes but true. word is she went. crying to Green after she loss.
DeletePolitricks is exactly right. The masses think that in June election in Plainfield that they will be voting for Clinton or sanders . When in reality they will be voting for their party delegates.
ReplyDeleteNot quite - NJ is a proportional state so delegates are awards based on votes received by candidate. It is formulaic - so if people don't vote for a candidate then the candidate may not get any delegates awarded to them.
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