Chutzpah: Vasquez on the Nazi Truck

Felice Vasquez of Move Forward is the Special Counsel to Kean University President Farahi. Kean University nearly lost its accreditation because of Farahi's extensive resume fraud , Vasquez tried to derail the Senate faculty from a 'no confidence' vote against Farahi.

Did you know that Move Forward's Felice Vasquez is Special Counsel to the scandal-ridden Kean University President Darwood Farahi, who nearly lost the university's accreditation due to extensive resume fraud?  There you go, Ms. Vasquez defending resume fraud at Kean University, and seeking a seat on Hoboken School Board.

So none of this should have surprised me.

chutz·pah/ˈho͝otspə/
Noun:   Shameless audacity; impudence. 

Yesterday the first campaign in Hoboken history to use swastikas and Nazi iconography in a political campaign- for the School Board no less, came to my door.  On Sunday, at about 11:20 am, Move Forward candidate Felice Vasquez a petite and attractive lady, rang my bell and asked for my vote.

Moving Forward with Nazi Trucks at Wallace School- when will someone apologize?

Stunned, I said,  "I'm not a supporter." A moment later, I stepped outside and identified myself.  I  asked her what she had to say about her campaign, Move Forward putting me on a truck with swastikas.

What do you think this School Board candidate said?

Did she distance herself and her campaign from the stunt the media has labeled the 'Nazi Truck' with a reply such as: "I don't condone the use of swastikas in political campaigns, I don't condone the use of that truck."  Or how about "I agree with the rabbis of Hoboken, there is no place for Nazi discourse in a political campaign?"

Hoboken Rabbi Mosche Shapiro told The Hoboken Reporter on Friday:

He added, “Whoever is responsible should immediately remove it and apologize. I am shocked this could happen in this day and age. In other countries it’s a crime to use that image. We have freedom of speech, but a million and a half Jewish babies were killed…this is not something that should be used for some political gain.”

Rabbi Robert Scheinberg of United Synagogue said this:

“Using Nazi imagery in a local Hoboken election, trivializing the cataclysmic events of World War II, is completely inexcusable. I would urge whoever is responsible for these projected images to follow the example of the local blogger who, two years ago, publicly apologized for her use of such images on her blog and immediately removed them.”

So what did Vasquez say when I asked her about the vile 'Nazi truck'?

She doubled down by attacking me, my blog- not the use of Nazi iconography on the truck, thus >defending the use of swastikas by her campaign with a moral equivalency argument.   Felice Vasquez approves of the Nazi-truck?  Well, Vasquez didn't care to debate the subject and scampered away without canvassing my Willow Terrace street that her campaign had covered with midnight flyers.

And we all know the Nazi truck and the midnight flyers were done by the same team. Beth Mason's videographer taped the film on that truck,  Friends of Beth Mason wheeled $7,117.05 'in-kind' to Move Forward, Move Forward meets at Mason's Gallery at 1200 Washington, and more. 

It's all quite disgusting. A hate crime.  This campaign has crossed a line NO ONE ever has-  swastikas in a political campaign- and Hoboken rabbis are asking those responsible to step forward and apologize.  I am shocked the Move Forward candidates have not yet apologized or publicly repudiated this vile attack.

This is okay with Felice Vasquez?  And her Move Forward running mates Markevitch and Oland? Nazi truck parked outside Wallace School, flashing swastikas in a quiet residential neighborhood.

Since Ms. Vasquez asked for my vote-  and yours- for the privilege to sit on our School Board perhaps she owes us an explanation.

Why does Vasquez believes she has the moral standing to lead our School District when as the Special Counsel to Kean University President Darwood Farahi (see Facebook 'Farahi Fraud Investigation' ) she DEFENDED him from losing his position in the face of resume fraud.

Kean University President Darwood Farahi continues to raise the ire of faculty. Within the last few months Farahi received a vote of “no confidence’ by the faculty. In addition, the Middle States Association refused to renew the University’s accreditation, placing the higher education institution on “Probation”. Loss of accreditation could destroy the value of any degree earned by students.