Worse Then Garbage

A while ago I asked what would the readers like to see me write about. I got one response. They wanted me to write about the Rastaman poll. I declined at the time because I really have no idea who he is and I did not want waste my time talking about him. I have decided however, that it is time to shine some light on this cockroach.

Now all bloggers go a little overboard sometimes, myself included. I have on occasion done more then crtique opinions or policies. Some Bloggers are worse then others. Hey we are all human.

However, this guy Rastaman is beyond the pale. He libels and slanders people with abandon. His website has accused or implied that various people are drug dealers, pornography purveyors, pedophiles and crooks. His campaign against Freeholder Little was disgraceful. He apparently things this is OK when he disagrees with someone on a political issue or believes some reporter is a political hack.

This guy is a cancer upon the body politic of Monmouth County. He is a malignant pus filled tumor that needs to be excised.

As I said I do not know who he is. I do not believe his story about who he is. He may even be more then one person. He certainly is being fed information by some people.

He may even be working for or with the blessing of people in the party.

Whoever he/ they are should be figuratively tarred and feathered and run out of politics on a rail.

This will eventually happen. Tommy Deseno (attorney for one of Rastas victims) is a smart enough lawyer that he will eventually discover who Rastaman really is. Their are a number of ways to do it. When he finally does I hope the libel verdict bankrupts him.

I was talking to a lawyer friend of mine who works for a large NY firm in the litigation department. He was telling me how they do electronic discovery. They actually get the hard drive of the computers of whoever they are suing. Then they send it to experts who extract every bit of electronic data off them. They even can recover deleted documents.

So I figure that when Mr. Deseno discovers who Rastaman is he is also going to find out who has been working with Rasta or feeding him information. I am sure that will generate plenty of people for lawyers to sue and destroy many a budding political career. I am sure their are some people out there who should be very very worried.

For my money the day can not come soon enough.

WHAT AN UNMITIGATED LOAD OF GARBAGE.

I am talking about this post http://theinsideclamdigger.blogspot.com/2007/09/czech-acker-deal-is-sign-of-times-with.html on Jim Purcell's Blog Inside Clam Digger.

He claims that Middletown has decided to hire County Chief Finance Officer Mark Acker as Township Administrator. He also claims the Middletown administrator is going to Freehold. First he claims the Freeholders did not do a thorough job searching. I see no back up for that statement. He also claims Middletown did not do a search. To that I say so what! In private industry if you know of a star candidate is available for an opening you have, then you do not waste time and money doing a search. You hire the guy. Aren't we always saying we want government to run more like a business ( well at least us conservative republicans say that).

Mark Acker is the consummate professional. If Middletown can nab him good for them.

Make the search more transparent he says. Obviously he knows little about employment law and privacy concerns. On a practical note if you made the process transparent you would automatically rule out anyone who does not want their current employer to know they are shopping for a job. Confidentiality is paramount in a job search.

Elected officials have a job to do until the election. That includes filling administrative vacancies. The idea that these professionals are going to secretly sabotage the agenda of the newly elected Democrats is ridiculous. They are going to do what there bosses tell them to do. Just like Democrat Bob Collins did for the many many years he was the County Administrator under a Republican Administration.

Both these men are fully qualified for these jobs.

Sorry Mr. Purcell but you are so off base here you are out near Jupiter. This is just bashing Republicans for the sake of bashing.

Coming soon. The Bull Moose SLAMS Rastaman!

The Arrogant One

As I had previously mentioned upon returning from safari I was perusing the pile of newspapers in my study and saw the news that Robert T. Collins publisher of the Asbury Park press was retiring.

I then came across an article by Michael Riley. Michael Riley is a reporter for the press and sometimes Minister who writes a column that has a religious theme. For the most part I disagree with his line of reasoning and I usually find him to be insipid but he can on occasion be thought provoking. However, I digress. The column I want to talk about was Rev. Riley's ode to his departing publisher. There was one thing that really caught my eye. Riley reported that one day at a meeting with Collins, Collins said the following,

"I usually assume I am the smartest person in the room"

That quote struck me like a bolt of lightning. It explains a lot. What an ego, what hubris! Now we know how the APP got its holier then thou attitude. It came from the top down.

Lets hope that the new publisher is less arrogant

By the way my experience has been that people who have to say things like " I assume I am the smartest person in the room", usually are not.

New Blog

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ALIEN POD PEOPLE ?

Good Gravy! What is going on in Monmouth politics. First Adam Puharic and Art Gallagher making nicey nicey. Now a freeholder candidate is taking the same positions that made Anna Little persona non grata. Adam is being supportive of that candidates position and then attacking a democrat for having supported County Counsel and prolific fund raiser Malcolmn Carton 20 years ago therefore, by inference attacking Carton himself. Has somebody finally realized that the bloggers and reformers are not evil or even anti-Republican and in fact their agenda is the way to get Republicans elected; or is it something else??????
In all seriousness Jeff Cantor does not surprise me. People with military experience especially combat zone experience are usually pretty independent and fearless in the political arena. They stand up for what they believe in so no surprise there. These are good developments within the party and may very well allow the Board to remain Republican.

As to the praise that was offered for Mr. Cartons litigation success, well I wonder how much work he did and how much work some assistant county counsel or counsels may have done.
An intrepid investigative reporter would make an OPRA request and look in to that. Credit should be given where credit is due. I have seen times in the business world where sometimes a supervisor takes credit for the work of subordinates. I am not saying for sure that happened here but I sure would like to find out.

WHILE I WAS AWAY

Just arrived back from the dark continent last last night.

Had a Bully of a good time and I obtained some excellent specimens for the museum. One bad run in with a Cape Buffalo but did not see anything as dangerous as a NJ politician with his hand out!

In perusing the web and the pile of newspapers I see a number of interesting things happened while I was otherwise engaged.

Anna Little is running for Mayor of Highlands with the blessings of Chairman Puharic. But really could you have imagined the party implosion if he had said no. In any event we wish Ms. Little Good luck.

Another controversial county pol Terrance Wall seems to have suffered a blow to his political aspirations. I give him credit for getting smarter as he ages. Instead of going down fighting he quietly resigned his position as administrator in Keansburg. This quickly ends the matter with no controversy. I ask however; with the political history in Keansburg being what it is who in there right mind would apply for that job at this time?

More corrupt politicians busted around the state. If you are a prosecutor in NJ specializing in corruption cases you certainly have job security.

New editor at the APP. More on that later.

The big story for me is ethics reform in Monmouth County. The "Party Leaders" finally woke up and realized what Anna Little and other reformers were saying was good politics. A brick wall does not have to fall on them any type of wall will do.

Then I came across Kate Mellinas editorial in yesterdays paper. Message to Ms. Mellina.
NOBODY LIKES A SORE WINNER! That was in really poor taste and very bad politics.
Only about 5% ( is that overly generous?) of politicians do things because it is the right thing to do. Most do things because it is what they believe will get them re-elected. (yes I know I am cynical. Hang around politics as long as I have and see how you get) That being the case it does not make sense to beat them after they do the right thing. You want to encourage politicians to do the will of the voters, That is part of the job description. Let me hearken back to when less enlightened methods were used to train animals. If you smacked your dog whenever he barked he would eventually stop barking. If when he stopped barking you continued to smack him he would start barking again and eventually he would probably bite you.

Rob Clifton is very astute. He realized reform was the smart thing to do and he struck at a time that would give him maximum benefit and when he knew he had the cards to win the hand.
He deserves to be given a bone not smacked. So here is a bone from TR. Good Job Rob.