It is time to stand up against Republicans and Bad Reporting
Every year, Republicans and the media they own in this county try to find a way to stop two-party government. Sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not.
In 2001, the Asbury Park Press covered up the Parkinson Sex Harassment Lawsuit, which was filed against Committeeman Parkinson by the former Town Clerk, Rosa Garcia. The Press refused to print the lawsuit at the time, because Former Mayor Parkinson, who was also a Candidate and Committeeman at the time, said no suit existed. This happened despite the fact that Rosa Garcia attorney had served the Township with a Notice of Tort and that Notice had been sent to every Newspaper in the North Monmouth Area. That year, Beverly Bova-Scarano lost election by 30 votes and Parkinson and his running mate, Ray O'Grady, won their seats.
So rather than have honest Democrats on the Committee, the Republican Party got someone who would later be convicted of Federal Corruption Charges (O'Grady) and someone who spent an "UNDISCLOSED" amount of public money defending himself from the Clerk and her sex harassment charges (Parkinson). Parkinson had town attornies bought and paid for by the town.
In 2002, the Asbury Park Press refused to cover the Banfield Building. The property used to belong to a big Republican contributor, who couldn't unload the thing to anyone but his Republican friends that he donated to for years. The building didn't have a business plan, and there was no clear way to see how it would make money and STILL NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Originally Former Mayor Rosemarie Peters said the building was "structurally sound" but the Township has spent $ 9 MILLION making it 'more structurally sound' I guess. The building was supposed to open in 2003 and now it's 2006 and it's STILL NOT OPEN. AND THAT IS NOT NEWS TO THE PRESS OR TO ITS MIDDLETOWN REPORTER, ALISON HERGET.
EVERY YEAR the Middletown Republicans walk around telling THE BIG LIE -- something they can get away with -- whether it's a promise there will be a Middletown Prescription Plan (that was Committeewoman Peters), or the Committee is going to go out and Fight Terrorism (that was Committeeman Scharfenberger), or that someone lived in Middletown and didn't (that was Committeeman Wilkens) or that they are going to build a sports complex and everyone loves it, but they actually don't (that is Mayor Hall), the Asbury Park Press doesn't cover anything that can damage the Middletown Republicans, and that means the Republicans have Alison Herget and the Asbury Park Press on a short leash. Alison Herget isn't the only reporter the Republicans have had by the short hairs, but she's the latest one. This year though and every year after this, I am sick of it. I am sick of defending myself from false allegations while the Asbury Park Press ignores or covers up real ones. I am sick of one-way reporting and I am not alone. SO from now on the Middletown Democrats will not just ignore bad press coverage, inaccurate stories about us, no research in stories against us, irresponsible quotes that have no basis in fact, or stories that hit us but do not even have quotes from us about allegations that are untrue.
This year isn't the time for Democrats to move farther apart, it is the time to woprk more closely with each other to return two-party government and honesty to Town Hall, no matter what newspaper, reporter or other party wants different. Government shouldn't be about lining your pockets, no matter what Peter Carton, Alison Herget or anyone else think or want to do.
In 2001, the Asbury Park Press covered up the Parkinson Sex Harassment Lawsuit, which was filed against Committeeman Parkinson by the former Town Clerk, Rosa Garcia. The Press refused to print the lawsuit at the time, because Former Mayor Parkinson, who was also a Candidate and Committeeman at the time, said no suit existed. This happened despite the fact that Rosa Garcia attorney had served the Township with a Notice of Tort and that Notice had been sent to every Newspaper in the North Monmouth Area. That year, Beverly Bova-Scarano lost election by 30 votes and Parkinson and his running mate, Ray O'Grady, won their seats.
So rather than have honest Democrats on the Committee, the Republican Party got someone who would later be convicted of Federal Corruption Charges (O'Grady) and someone who spent an "UNDISCLOSED" amount of public money defending himself from the Clerk and her sex harassment charges (Parkinson). Parkinson had town attornies bought and paid for by the town.
In 2002, the Asbury Park Press refused to cover the Banfield Building. The property used to belong to a big Republican contributor, who couldn't unload the thing to anyone but his Republican friends that he donated to for years. The building didn't have a business plan, and there was no clear way to see how it would make money and STILL NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Originally Former Mayor Rosemarie Peters said the building was "structurally sound" but the Township has spent $ 9 MILLION making it 'more structurally sound' I guess. The building was supposed to open in 2003 and now it's 2006 and it's STILL NOT OPEN. AND THAT IS NOT NEWS TO THE PRESS OR TO ITS MIDDLETOWN REPORTER, ALISON HERGET.
EVERY YEAR the Middletown Republicans walk around telling THE BIG LIE -- something they can get away with -- whether it's a promise there will be a Middletown Prescription Plan (that was Committeewoman Peters), or the Committee is going to go out and Fight Terrorism (that was Committeeman Scharfenberger), or that someone lived in Middletown and didn't (that was Committeeman Wilkens) or that they are going to build a sports complex and everyone loves it, but they actually don't (that is Mayor Hall), the Asbury Park Press doesn't cover anything that can damage the Middletown Republicans, and that means the Republicans have Alison Herget and the Asbury Park Press on a short leash. Alison Herget isn't the only reporter the Republicans have had by the short hairs, but she's the latest one. This year though and every year after this, I am sick of it. I am sick of defending myself from false allegations while the Asbury Park Press ignores or covers up real ones. I am sick of one-way reporting and I am not alone. SO from now on the Middletown Democrats will not just ignore bad press coverage, inaccurate stories about us, no research in stories against us, irresponsible quotes that have no basis in fact, or stories that hit us but do not even have quotes from us about allegations that are untrue.
This year isn't the time for Democrats to move farther apart, it is the time to woprk more closely with each other to return two-party government and honesty to Town Hall, no matter what newspaper, reporter or other party wants different. Government shouldn't be about lining your pockets, no matter what Peter Carton, Alison Herget or anyone else think or want to do.
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