Assemblyman Jerry Green: Out for Campaign Blood?

In a less than tepid defense of his had picked candidate and of his own accomplishments, Assembly Gerald (aka Jerry) Green open the 2011 Primary Season. Here are excerpts from Chairman Green’s blog post of April 12th in quotes with my comments:

‘…so I find it very odd that from the beginning; they have a problem with me supporting Tony Rucker as the candidate for this year’s Primary race…‘

Jerry, So Tony Rucker is your hand-picked candidate?

‘…Now that I am using the same process, in every comment in which she (Council Woman Williams) references the City Committee, she wants to make me sound like a dictator. I guess in her mind, the rules change when they are convenient to her…’

Then you don’t mind the public seeing the video of your behavior at the meeting before last?

‘…So I feel that it is very unfair to be critical of Tony Rucker, because I feel he is the best candidate for the second ward….’

Critical judgment is crucial in deciding if Tony Rucker is qualified to serve as a council person or should we take your word for it?

‘…He made it very clear to me that he will not be a rubber stamper, and that he is running to make life better for ALL of the residents of Plainfield, including the second ward. He made no promises to me, and I made no promises to him…’

So did the 3 council members you claim to have in your pocket.

‘…I knew I was making the right decision by supporting a new face, a person with new ideas, and a person who wants the best for the City of Plainfield….’ 

What ideas?

‘…Already, some of the negative comments that have been said lead me into the next issue in which I would like to bring clarification. Number one, when I mention the Prosecutor, I have taken to him numerous letters and blog comments that I felt had crossed the line, and some have been investigated, but none of them crossed the line…’

What about your ad hominen attacks on citizens of Plainfield?

‘…Already, I see council members spending more time talking about investigation. Whether it is the $20,000 the Mayor spent, or other issues I feel are minor when compared to this year’s budget…’

You do agree that Plainfield has a right to know if someone broke the law?

‘So I would like the City of Plainfield to wake up today and hold their elected officials accountable to the millions of dollars the City will lose in this year’s budget. ‘

Does that include Jerry Green who bills himself as the 3^rd most powerful man in Trenton?

‘Just recently, we lost millions of dollars in education funding, and are on the brink of losing millions in transportation funding…’

Dude, my man, you Jerry Green cast the deciding vote to end Abbot funding and assured the people of Plainfield that it would have no impact. Aren’t you being just a little hypocritical?

Chairman Green the people of Plainfield are not stupid. Times have changed when will you?

What will Assemblyman Green and Manchuria have in common on April 7th?

A Candidate. 
Mark April 7th on your calendar as the Honorable Assemblyman Gerald (aka Jerry) Green will announce to Plainfield and the world, the 2nd Ward Democrat candidate for city council. As the Assemblyman was overheard to say; 'I've got three in my pocket and need a fourth.'

I wonder who will get that fated phone call, Cory Storch, Tony Rucker, Owen Fletcher or some totally Unknown Political Neophyte, who is a big PMUA supporter? Inquiring minds, who want to know, will have to wait until April 7th. 

What I do know is this, none of the city committee members that I have spoken to have been asked who they thought would be a good candidate and as far as they know, they will not have an opportunity to vote for more than one candidate for the 2nd ward. I can also say, since he personally told me when dropped by my house unannounced back in November, that he was putting together a new organization that will trounce the New Dems. I said more power to you, let the battle begin.

Assemblyman Jerry Green: Bride of Frankenstein?

A rainy Friday afternoon, 4:00 O'clock and the stock market just closed ( yes, trading stocks is my passion). TJ, the dog, is passed out, as usual, on the chair, snoring and I'm nodding off with nothing to do. 


Hmm, did anyone get off their tush and post a comment on my blog. As luck would have it, I got one comment, from Old Doc and reading it was as if I ate a Madeleine:

“olddoc said...

Nat, although you are "spot on" about the vendors and "Shot Spotting" I have to thank you for the link to "Baseball". This routine is one of the top 10 of all comic routines and it was great to see it again.”

How the mind works, how it links disparate thoughts and ideas is beyond me -maybe someday a chat with Dr. Oliver Sachs could lead to an answer. But there it was. Complete in my mind: Assemblyman Jerry Green, there at the birth of 'the Bride of Frankenstein.' I couldn't get the scene out of my head; the parallels were amazing. Jerry Green, Frankenstein, Bride...on my. What to do? Of course, let my readers, particularly my Plainfield readers -who know all the characters, in on the fun. So, readers get off your tushes and light your torches. Here is the scene from the movie. Let me know what parallels you see -hint it's not about his wife. For those non-Plainfielders, watch it anyway, the scene is a classic. Plainfielders, don't miss that Jerry-like entrance on the staircase

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Assemblyman Jerry Green meet Stanley Kowalski

As you can see for the picture (hmmm, what do Jerry Green and Stanley Kowalski have in common?) I was going to talk about the domesticity of Assemblyman Jerry Green and his debating tactics (logical fallacies -click here) he typically uses against his enemies and former friends. But why waste words when the picture incorporates a thousand of them.


The problem I'm having is with the Jerry Greens of the world is they are Edsels, bad objects assembled by party committees, put out for public consumption and delivered stillborn at our doorsteps to be tossed away on the garbage pile of 'it could have been done a whole lot better.' And, yet, ours is still here: still ticking, walking among us, anodes on the neck, Edsel gestated through the womb of Mary Shelly. Our village needs to rise up and drive the creature out. The question is. why haven't we?

Well, Pogo! Look in the mirror. The enemy is us.

They may have air dropped the Assemblyman in, given him 30 pieces of silver and put him to work. But we allowed him to push our town down the Via Dolorosa and now he and his cohorts are hammering in the nails. They hope that It just a matter time before they raise the cross in victory.

What is to be done (I hate that phrase)? What is to be done? Beats the hell out of me.

Just how do you get people out to vote? Make it mandatory with fines? Allow people to vote online? Let them vote at work? Anybody got any ideas? I'm always surprised when I hear people complain about the city. And then you ask them if they voted and if they voted in the primary and the answer is NO. Well then. shut up.

This Friday, 09/17/2010, Assemblyman Jerry Green has called a meeting of the Democratic City Committee. The purpose of which I suspect is to ensure that there is a large Democrat voter turnout in Plainfield because Pallone is in trouble and may lose his House seat. Can anyone tell me what Pallone has done for Plainfield? Where was he when the hospital closed? Had he, Jerry and the mayor chained themselves to the Muhlenberg hospital gates, there would be no question that they could get a massive turnout in Plainfield for November. However. at this point Assemblyman Green can't turn out crap. Even if he ate a case of prunes.


Anyhow, anyone who attends that meeting needs to ask the Assemblyman what's in it for the City of Plainfield. If the answers make sense then maybe, just maybe we, should turn out in November. Otherwise to paraphrase Ruth Brown's song 'I m not going to give it away. I'll just sit on it.'   (click here for video)