My up front bona fides are simply that I am a registered Democrat, and have been since moving to New Jersey in September, 2002. And I believe it is up to Democrats to clean house in keeping with the age-old wisdom of removing the log from my own eye before worrying about the sliver in someone else's.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Matthew 7:3 (KJV)This is planned as (1.) a continuing series of posts until we have real change or I am unable to continue, and (2.) another voice in the growing chorus of New Jersey's citizens who recognize the need to change the course of our state's government.
Two recent pieces in The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, have spurred my efforts here:
An editorial on Sunday, April 16, "It's time to rethink Abbott":
"The state must take responsibility for spending Abbott money in a way that accomplishes the goal of educating children."And prior to that an OpEd column by Paul Mulshine on Tuesday, April 11, "The governor shouldn't let the court govern":
"The story of how New Jersey first got its income tax in 1976 is a classic in this genre, said Schoenbrod. The chief justice, Richard Hughes, had failed to get an in come tax passed back when he was governor in the 1960s. Once on the court, however, Hughes ordered the schools closed so that Gov. Brendan Byrne could go to the Legislature and win passage of an income tax to solve the "crisis" his fellow Democrat had created."I believe it is time to bypass the politicians and start a citizen to citizen discussion about the governance of our great State of New Jersey.
From dictionary.com:
gov·er·nance n.
- The act, process, or power of governing; government: “Regaining a sense of the state is thus an absolute priority, not only for an effective policy against... terrorism, but also for governance itself” (Moorhead Kennedy).
- The state of being governed.
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