As you know, the Republican Party organization is almost obsolete in Hudson County thanks to Chairman Jose Arango. Mr. Arango, an employee of Jersey City Mayor and Hudson County Democrat Organization boss Jerramiah Healy, must work tirelessly to make sure no Republicans are on the ballot in any election and the HCRO has no real organization throughout the county. The Democrats owe this man a great deal of gratitude and a big "Thanks, Jose!"
If the Republican Party under Jose wasn't contributing money to Democrat races I would think a good place to make some noise would be in the City of Bayonne. Bayonne has a special Mayoral election this November. Joe Doria or "Sweaty Balls" Joey D, as he is so adamantly referred to in circles around the city, did his best to run Bayonne into the ground by raising taxes and turning the newly acquired goldmine, the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor into a disaster while still managing to run the city into millions of dollars in deficits. But, Democrat machine spoke 2 years ago and allowed Doria to be reelected and he promised to serve out his term as Mayor.
As the problems in Bayonne continued to get significantly worse, Doria jumped ship. Governor Corzine offered him the post of Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (what does this patronage job do and why wasn't this office cut in the 09 budget?).
One of Doria's major achievements as Mayor was appointing Detective Mark Smith to acting Police Director. Meanwhile Smith would take go back and forth taking a leave of absence from his Director post to climb up the ladder from Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, in what must of been record time of 9 years. Whatever politician games must of been played over the last decade show old Hudson County is alive and well. Doria even took his quest to have Mark Smith in charge of the whole Bayonne Police Department to the state legislature. Doria, in his role as State Senator, introduced bill S2359 that would have permitted Smith to leapfrog the Deputy Chiefs in the BPD and become Chief. What did Mark Smith do to deserve this kind of treatment and what is expected of him in return?
Fast forward to the present. Doria's down in Trenton and his pal Mark Smith is running for Mayor of Bayonne (I am not quite sure what post he is taking a leave of absence while he runs). Mark Smith is campaigning on "Change for Bayonne". Now if change means Doria's county party organization money and surrounding yourself with Doria aides then I'll be voting for Barack Obama in November.
The Hudson County Democrat Organization must really be betting again on the stupidity of the people. Campaigns in Hudson County are campaigns of deception. The HCDO is betting on 2008 being no different and I am sure they are going to be counting on the solid leadership of Jose Arango to work tirelessly for them. It is only up to former judge and Mayoral candidate Pat Conaghan to expose the trickery Bayonne residents have been subject to for the past 10 years.
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