Talk to The Hand

I've been told to check out Mike Russo's rebuttal to Tuesday night's Zimmer Thing, posted on Mason411.

To that I say, "Talk to the hand."

Guess what?  

If Russo couldn't be bothered to SHOW UP to the  mayor's State of the City address like his City Council majority colleagues Beth Mason, Timmy Occhipinti and Nino Giacchi did, then he ought to shut the hell up and let someone who was there do the rebutting.

And that goes for his cousin, Theresa Castellano, who likewise lacked the sense of decorum to attend the mayor's SOTC.

The two of them are elected officials. Whether or not they support the mayor, snubbing this event- Zimmer's review of her administration's achievements, goals and upcoming initiatives- was not just childish but counterproductive to the kind of effective working relationship WE ALL expect between City Hall and the City Council.

It's not about THEM. And their FEELINGS.  It's about us.

Their personal disdain for Zimmer is irrelevant when it comes to their duties as Councilpersons.  It's not supposed to be personal.  It's business- the business of governing. For whatever I think of them, Mason, Occhipinti and Giacchi knew enough to show.

So, I don't care what either of those 2 stay-at-home babies, Russo and Castellano, have to say.  They forfeited their right to 'respond' by not showing up.

GA wasn't even going to bother with this subject until a bemused friend sent me the final line of the Russo rebuttal:

Maybe the mayor can renew a time-honored Hoboken tradition when the mayor attended all city council meetings. She’d be most welcome.

Whaaaaat???   

Can you believe the chutzpah?

Russo beseeches the mayor to attend "all" City Council meetings when he couldn't drag his carcass out  ONE NIGHT to her  State of the City address? 

Mayor-girlfriend, please.  Tell him to talk to the hand.