Letter to NJ Jersey City's Mayor

Open Letter to the Council in Jersey City:

As a concerned citizen – I am now afraid, I am afraid that the leadership in Jersey City has lost control. Not by lack of will, but lack of knowledge and engagement of working cross party-lines. The negligence and political patronage has turned this city south. The wars waging in our city with employment and business, the mangled affairs, and for the last 700 days – where 135 recorded victims have been daggered by gun fire. And we just can’t imagine of the victims that go un-reported. Even though numbers and hard work in the police force have limited the need for crime reported to go down. Yet the message of controlling crime hasn’t, and the formula on crime prevention hasn’t changed. Jersey City should get all the credit it would need for catching those that commit crime, but the method needs an upgrade.

700 days ago, I came to this council, after getting a letter from those in higher offices: to work with local government on fusing change on how the youth is treated. It was 700 days ago, when I was approached by students from Lincoln High school, after a young boy was shot down after walking off the bus line called NJ 87. The problems we are facing with the level of armor and arms fire, isn’t or hasn’t been subjected to last 700 days of a not thought off plan. The wave of teenage crime has been a detour for the youth of this city and possible across the nation for the last 25 years. Jersey City NJ, is missing that pioneer, the same pioneer that roamed the street when Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was preaching to the masses.

Randy Brown, who change his name to Kabili Tayari: and I am here calling out that pioneer before he changed his name. Because maybe he hasn’t gotten the picture—the leaders before Kabilli Tayari, wouldn’t leave their children in this mess, and he should leave such a mess for the Next Generation of Leaders: Randy Brown, with the latest riot and shootings happening in the ring of battle in ward F. Jersey City needs a rebirth of that pioneer, and we need that leader now.

We have a problem in this city, and yes I am an outsider – maybe I wasn’t born in this city, or even groomed in the city. I am an advocate, I fight for the voices that go un-heard, I fight for the teams that gets ignored. The leadership in Jersey City is ignoring the major problem that has been a problem for many years: the crime in the African American community, and the growth of teenage crime. You see, I am a fighter: and I am not going to preach to the streets about changing the codings of how we govern the streets. I know what they want on the streets, they want a job that pays them well, and a vision they can believe in. And the Change that we all thought we can see: we are not seeing that change coming from this administration.

I, Omar Dyer: resident of Jersey City from 2004, until now – born in Hoboken NJ: a graduate with a Masters Degree in Literary Arts and Education. And I come to this council, as a concerned citizen that specializes in teenage crime prevention. I am here pleading to you and this isn’t a political stunt for me, because I was asked to come here 700 days ago, and 700 days ago, I still haven’t gotten answer. And with the recent spree that has an unofficial counting of 10 deaths, with 4 bodies said not to be found on the New Year of 2011 – I am sadden to come back to this council, and back to the people of Jersey City with a report: on this administration.

This administration has fumbled the ball, and it’s not because of the pressure from the resistance, and its not the pressure from the right or minority. I am not going to attack this administration on the management of the city. Yet, will attack them on where are the leaders: Randy Brown, where are you? Mrs. Viola Richerdson: Where are you? To the church and community leaders: Where Are You? We are loosing our young men, and the pioneers of the 70’s are winged in the same practices they fought so hard to stop in their twenties. We are facing some tough economic times, and it a leadership mad economic crisis, rather than a exploded financial crisis. On times like these, the best detour for high levels of crimes are: Job Placement, police force, and community awareness. This state lacks, employment, community awareness, and now a weak public sector. Government’s only job is to help and assist in job creation – not prevent them. A Mayor’s job is to work and find innovation: Not ban and prevent them. Or force and demand contributions to a campaign—or make an impression of one—Jersey City needs to change in a better direction than where it’s going with the massive cuts to the public sector.

Scott Garrett v Tod Theise

The people of Bergen County have been harmed by the political practices of Scott Garrett – whom has been nothing but a self serving disaster in the House of Representatives.
Congressman Garrett has failed to debate his opponents in the last couple of congressional races: for the party and for the office. And people have now been sounding off on Scott Garrett.

Thomas Musich: Where's the press release regarding your vote on H.R. 847 (James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010)? The bill you voted 'No' twice on. The bill that every member of the House from New Jersey(including all Republicans) voted 'Yes' on.

Mr. Musich has a concern that the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 passed without their congressman's approval -- yet Garrett is running on how he helped.

Scott Garrett's staffers, leashed out in support of Congressman Garrett about the his vote on the 9/11 health commission. Scott O'Donnell@Musich...maybe Scott was concerned about an $8 BILLION figure to cover the health costs....there were only a few hundred people working on the pile, who else is going to claim compensation from this honeypot. I did not object to the bill, but I was shocked at the $$ figure. Seemed outlandish and arbitrary. I know of 1 person who was at the WTC for less than 1 hour (and not even on the pile) and is now claiming reimbursement.

So the men and women who risked their lives on 9/11 by going into a building to save people, or by going down to ground zero to clean up the mess: doesn't deserve heath care and benefits they are proud of, after taking on the mission to save those when 9/11 happened. Where would NYC be today, if those New Jerseyans stayed home. Where would their health be if they didn't make a choice to help a fellow American. It's not the figure of $8 billion. It's helping the people that elected you in their time of need. The political abuse raved so much that I even had to chime in on the action to help the people in need.

Omar Dyer: What is Scott Garrett afraid of in a debate: one, he's an incumbent? Two, he has Steve Lonegan backing him. Three, he's a Tea-party favorite in a cherry picked district in New Jersey. Four, people will expose him on his statement about: "How Dell would go bankrupt if Finance Reform was passed?" When Dell is in the computer business! And they will expose how he's against corporate bailouts, but for the bush tax cuts--plus the Foreign Aid Tax Credit. But this congressman is too chicken to debate his democratic challenger. Tod Theise. Hey I hope every news media on the globe covers this debate so they can see for themselves that they have a sitting congressman not showing up to a debate because he's scared of his opponent. That's an amazing story and a chuckle of things to come. Like how can he debate members in congress about fiscal issues and not debate or answer his constituents’ disagreements. And to also note: Scott Garrett has lost every endorsement he has had, but the Tea-Party. And Tod Theise has gotten Moveon.org's endorsement. So this blog is asking you to Get out the Vote in 2010 for Tod.