Yesterday I found this in my mailbox...
and it surprised me for these reasons:
Nino's the antidote to the crazies he votes with- Mason, Russo, Occhipinti, Castellano.
We need to hold onto Nino so he can reason with the rest of those loons. Lose Nino, and we lose the bridge connecting the world of logic to the mumbo-jumbo-spewing outpatients at the Hudson County Psychiatric Hospital. The Day After without Nino on the dais is something to be afraid of... there'll be NO protection against...THEM.
Remember Them? Great 1954 horror flick starring James Whitmore.
From the 2011 update:
I'm voting for Nino to keep me safe from Them.
Marvelous! Nino's stoking fear in his constituents with positive messaging about himself.
How clever.
I'm picturing Nino now, holding the iron-barred door of a cage closed, inside are his City Council allies jumping up and down, beating their chests, banging on the bars and trying to escape. But there's Nino, single-handedly keeping them back from a rampage through town.
GA's a huge fan of political sloganeering, and Nino's taken a dicey scenario- a member of the Mason-Russo voting bloc in a Zimmer-ward- and turned it around to work FOR him. Nino the zookeeper. Keep those keys, Nino!
Do the folks on his team object to being cast as 'unreasonable'? Probably not. But we can expect more of this 'everyman/woman for him/herself' as May approaches and self-preservation instincts kick in.
As for Giacchi, he's running unopposed. Today.
And I've said it before, I like him. Except...
No more bitching about the blogs, OK? If the problem is you don't like what's being said, then you are arguing against free speech, and you don't want to do that. No one on your team ever had a problem with the discourse on Hoboken411.com- like comparing Mayor Zimmer to chimpanzees or making fun of dwarfs. So, let's NOT go there, OK?
Three cheers for the 'Voice of Reason', Nino Giacchi!
and it surprised me for these reasons:
- it's been 2011 for 25 days
- it was from Nino Giacchi. Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I don't recall ever having received a mailer or card from Councilman Giacchi. I've even gotten them in past years from the 3rd Ward City Councilman, Mike Russo. Giacchi hasn't been a big campaigner. He's pretty well-liked here in Zimmer-country, the 6th Ward, and hasn't had to market himself aggressively. Until now?
- His slogan: Hoboken's Voice of Reason.
Nino's the antidote to the crazies he votes with- Mason, Russo, Occhipinti, Castellano.
We need to hold onto Nino so he can reason with the rest of those loons. Lose Nino, and we lose the bridge connecting the world of logic to the mumbo-jumbo-spewing outpatients at the Hudson County Psychiatric Hospital. The Day After without Nino on the dais is something to be afraid of... there'll be NO protection against...THEM.
Remember Them? Great 1954 horror flick starring James Whitmore.
From the 2011 update:
Marvelous! Nino's stoking fear in his constituents with positive messaging about himself.
How clever.
I'm picturing Nino now, holding the iron-barred door of a cage closed, inside are his City Council allies jumping up and down, beating their chests, banging on the bars and trying to escape. But there's Nino, single-handedly keeping them back from a rampage through town.
GA's a huge fan of political sloganeering, and Nino's taken a dicey scenario- a member of the Mason-Russo voting bloc in a Zimmer-ward- and turned it around to work FOR him. Nino the zookeeper. Keep those keys, Nino!
Do the folks on his team object to being cast as 'unreasonable'? Probably not. But we can expect more of this 'everyman/woman for him/herself' as May approaches and self-preservation instincts kick in.
As for Giacchi, he's running unopposed. Today.
And I've said it before, I like him. Except...
Three cheers for the 'Voice of Reason', Nino Giacchi!
GA - did Nino's mailer have "paid for" language?
ReplyDeleteGood Q, red.
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"Paid for by the Election Fund of A. Nino Giacchi, 516 Hudson Street, Hoboken NJ."
Giacchi the "voice of reason" might want to reconsider echoing the messaging from Mason's pet "member of the public" Bajardi. Bajardi aka "the voice of Mason" who claims that the Mayor is sending memos and directives to her blogger-bot army to attack the council majority. Whatever dignity Giacchi has somehow managed to maintain as part the Council of No and previous now disgraced administrations was completely eroded in that moment and precludes him for any claim to the title "voice of reason." The only title he can now claim is the "voice of Mason" which he will have to share with Bajardi.
ReplyDeleteGiacci is the smartest of the "No's". Comfortably so. But he's still a No. The more genteel presentation is actually more frustrating.
ReplyDeleteHaving managed to express himself without ranting, insulting non-BNRs, invoking class warfare, be-littling the intelligence of others - he proceeds without exception to vote the wrong way.
Compared to the other 4 (C of No)he is correct.Compared to the new minority he is wrong. The reason why he sent it out this year is because he is up for reelection. At least he doesn't bloviate.He is truly a gentleman, but I'd never vote for him.
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