Pleasant Surprises

Two signs of bipartisan cooperation in the press today.
The Republicans and the Democrats on the Board of Freeholders act together to try to straighten out a problem with the Board of Elections. It will be interesting to see if the Attorney Generals office backs the Freeholders or Leah Falk on this one. One would hope that with an ex-Judge on the Board fewer questionable legal opinions will slip through. (BTW it appears that the only reason the Freeholders did not have the high ground on this battle from day one is because of one attempted patronage appointment. I ask was it worth it?)

In Middletown at least one Democrat agreed with the Republican majority that a person who sued the town should not be reappointed to the Human Rights Committee (or at least showed a willingness to consider that). A perfectly reasonable position by the way. You have to make a decision as to which role you want to play. I do have a better idea for Middletown. Do away with the commission completely and save a few dollars. Even these volunteer commisions cost money and all they are for is to make people feel good. That however is a discussion for another day.

Anyway before I get too off topic it is good to see that occasionally politicians can put the common good ahead of political advantage. Some days there actually appears to be hope.