At last night’s fiasco non-meeting on parking permits, a flier (“Talking Points”,) was handed out from the Groaners to tell those who planned to go to the mic and offer 5 minutes of wisdom or questions how to behave.
These instructions imply that the courageous Grovers who would speak are a bunch of idiots. If you followed those directions, you would have perhaps 3 minutes left.
The Groaners seem to think that if a citizen gets up to exercise his right of free speech and doesn’t be polite, say thank you, praise Carol Rizzo, tell the Committee that their proposal is “an excellent starting point”, etc, that the gods and goddess at the dais might not listen to what you have to say. How ridiculous and presumptuous!
Why not also give a list of talking points to the Committee so that they can know how to behave towards us. After all, they are a representative governing body; are they not? And who are we?—some peasants coming to offer tributes and have an audience with royalty?
The OGHOA (aka Groaners) is out of touch with the citizens and more attuned to their relationship to the Township Committee. They should have schooled the citizens to stand up Jersey strong, be assertive, be impolite, and speak clearly and with passion about a problem that has been ignored for years and that effects our lives in a major way.
Here is a musical message suggesting the attitude that the Groaners would have us transmit when standing before the Holy Committee.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.