Truth in Advocacy, part 2

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."--Anais Nin

Continuing to shed the light of truth on Matawan Advocate's mistake-laden blog. The post of November 5 reads as follows:

What local politician had Matawan Police remove Buccellato,Buragina,Clifton signs from the Strip Mall on Main Street(where StarBucks is located?) All weekend signs for Aufseeser, Bunyon & Mendes were covering strips of grass on this strip mall. When a volunteer put signs up for Buccellato, Buragina & Clifton (several, I might add, not 20)the Matawan Police were called and told that the Democrats have the "exclusive" rights to put signs up and insisted the Police Department remove the Republican signs. The Matawan Police complied. Now perhaps the Police should have requested proof i.e., a letter of some kind, a phone call to the owner. But they didn't and why should they, after all it was a Democratic Councilman from the Borough. Waste of manpower, waste of taxpayer money, absolutely! The same Democratic politician who told our Police this story and wasted our tax dollars....was not telling the truth. OH NO, YOU SAY, NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, yes, readers sorry to say but that pleasant face does lie! Just when you thought it was going to be a fair, honest election, HA! This certain Councilman must want to win so badly that he lied to the Matawan Police. He should have known better.... Isn't that against the law?

THIS ELECTION I AM EXCLUSIVELY VOTING REPUBLICAN! WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE THE REPLUBLICANS WILL TAKE MATAWAN IN THE DIRECTION IT SHOULD BE GOING. That aside, underhanded, devious, conniving, deceitful politicians will never get my vote.

OK, where to begin? What is the purpose of this post? Other than to spread vitriol and propaganda for the Republican campaign, I mean? If the Advocate is saying that the Democratic councilman LIED, and the owner of the Main Street Village Strip Mall DID NOT want the Republican signs removed, how did they come by this information? Are THEY the owner of the property? Did they speak with him? More importantly, what proof can they offer that this intent was NOT for the Republican signs to be removed? THAT would make for an interesting blog, one we here at TiM would be keen to read.

If he is a business owner in town who was sick of the years that the Republican administration drove the town straight down, into the ground, without stopping, don't pass go, FOR DECADES, then it would follow he would want their signs removed. If the Advocate is truly a concerned citizen as they hold themselves out to be , shouldn't they have gotten out there and helped the police removed the offending Republican signs, so that they could get back to work protecting us quickly, thus reducing the amount of time that their manpower was being "wasted" as they claim?

The best part of the post can almost be missed, tucked as it is at the end there. They claim that the Republicans are the party that "Will take Matawan in the direction it should be going". Really. REALLY? And what direction is that? The direction it had been going in for two decades? Do they mean we should resume our one-way trip into municipal oblivion, or perhaps, PERHAPS, could they give another administration a little bit more than a year-and-a-half to implement some changes?

This is now the second post I've read of theirs that is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In short, it's a lot of hot air, with no facts. We will continue to follow up on this.

Now, if you had some facts about the strip mall owner's intent, THAT would be a juicy blog, and one I would sign up to read in a heartbeat! I will continue my trek through your blog, I hope the "truthiness" improves!