Another Democratic Choice

Horace H. Ragbir has lived in Englewood for the

Horace Ragbir and his wife with
Governor Phil Murphy.

past 30 years , he has been married for 39 years and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren.  He is currently the Vice Chair of the Englewood Democratic Municipal Committee. He has been on the Municipal Committee for the past 16 years.

He is also an active member of the Democratic Club. He is a current member of the Recreation Advisory Board. He is also a member of  of the Englewood Community Foundation, the friends of Englewood Health Department and friends of the Englewood Recreation  Department. He has been the President of the neighborhood association sine 1998.

He has actively participated at City Council, Board of Adjustment and Planning Board Meetings to help implement changes that would improve the lives of all the people that reside in the City of Englewood.

Horace is committed to making Englewood a better 

place for everyone. He will be your first choice for

MAYOR.

Horace H. Ragbir



In the Primary Race, earlier this year, The 4th Ward Gazette supported the right of Michael Wildes, Amy Jones Bulluck, Trevor Jadoo and Bill Feinstein to run off the Democratic Line. They were still Democrats even though not considered REAL DEMOCRATS. We supported them as Democrats even though they were NOT chosen to hold that favored place on the LINE. Now we are supporting the right of Horace H. Ragbir to run off the line. As you can see from his Autobiography, he is a lifelong Democrat.

In the Primary, Philip Meisner, who was formerly Democratic Chair had the pleasure to stack the deck along with the Mayor to get himself the LINE. Wildes and the others had the right to challenge that.

This is what we are about on this blog. The "Right to Challenge" is part of the Democratic Process. We dare not lose that.

Our purpose here is to encourage voters to push the button for the person, not the line. If the Democratic Bosses don't like this, then they should look in the mirror or perhaps even the Dictionary. Politicians should not be able to dictate to the Democratic Municipal Committee. That negates the choice of the people. Our own little Electoral Colleges should remain autonomous from Politicians and their rule, regardless of who they are.

Editor In Chief: The 4th Ward Gazette

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Does Englewood Have a Certified Planning Board?

Did you know that there is NJ State mandated training for Planning & Zoning Board Members?Research suggests that not all of our Planning Board Members and the Zoning Board of Adjustment have completed this mandatory training.  Why are they still allowed to vote?

My question is this.....Are any of the decisions that our appointed Planning Board has made valid under NJ Law? If the members know nothing about the Municipal Land Use Law, how are they functioning as Planning Board Members? Is this the reason that the Members seem to be following a script? Who is the Author of this little Drama?

"On July 7, 2005 an act providing for the mandatory, one-time training of planning and zoning board (and consolidated land use board) members was signed into law. (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23.3 and 23.4) The training consists of five contact hours within the same calendar day. Areas of study include: the roles and responsibilities of planning and zoning board members under the MLUL, understanding the master plan and sub-elements and its relationship to other local, regional and state planning documents and the local development application review process. Each participant will complete a simple standardized test at the end of the course. All board members are required to satisfactorily complete this course..."         https://nj.gov/dca/divisions/lps/gps/pl_zoning.html

Is the Englewood, NJ Planning Board Functioning contrary to NJ Law?

The Law:
http://njpo.org/Documents/Mandatory%20Training%20Law%20for%20New%20Jersey%20Planning%20and%20Zoning%20Boards.pdf

Chips!

Update: Political signs on the median on Palisade Avenue. 
I recently wrote an article addressing the issue of the political litter on Public Property during campaign season. The lawn signs were just too overpowering and in our faces.

Then.....

Then...

On May 7, 2018, there were just as many Phil Meisner signs (The Real Democrat) as there were Michael Wildes 

(the Regular Democrat). Now all of the Meisner signs are gone. I didn't move them. I swear. I don't know who did. This is my neighborhood and I travel with my camera. Someone took them away under the cover of darkness, it seems. The signs started disappearing yesterday. By late afternoon today, the median had been stripped of Phil Meisner signs

Then.....

That is very interesting, one wonders whether misguided Wildes people moved them. Or misguided Meisner people moved them and are saying that the other side did it. It is the wild west in Englewood these days.

This has been one of the most contentious Mayoral Primary campaigns in a long time. Michael Wildes came out claiming his relationship with Melania Trump to get that out of the way. He is her immigration attorney. We have all seen footage of him standing against deporting families in the fashion that has already started.

Phil came out from the very beginning talking more about the current Mayor than about himself. We want to know about him. Phil seems to prefer we call him Frank Huttle's ally and colleague rather than his employee. The entire Meisner campaign has consisted of throwing stones, political bombshells just short of  race baiting and casting aspersions on his opponents connection to the Trumps. Hell, I would have gone to the Inaugural Ball, if invited, and I despised #45 when his claim to fame was firing people on TV.

Now...

Now to the target, race baiting mailers. My 9 year old grandson is the one who picked up the mail on his way into the house on the day that the violent Charlottesville images came into select homes. He had already met Michael Wildes and decided right away that he no longer liked him, because he was Donald Trump's friend. He said that he was going to vote for Phil and stuck to it. The 11 year old stuck to her guns also, she liked Mike. Now that the kids know exactly what is going on and want to be part of it, we keep all of the "very expensive glossies" together. They have read every single one. What a waste of dollars, enough to feed several families for a month. Today we got another one. We read it together and added it to the group. 

Something has changed. 

Now...

The 9 year old was previously 

adamant about Phil being his

favorite candidate. He could not get the image of Michael and the cheater (that is what he calls Donald Trump) out of his little mind. I asked him recently if there was anything that could change his mind about whom he would vote and his answer surprised me.

  

Now......

Yes. He said, "he can give me chips!" This made me laugh so hard I got a headache. You have no idea how much this boy loves chips. I overheard him speaking to his Mom one night. He told her that he loves her more than chips. Later, I asked my daughter, his mother, if she had any idea how much that is. 

He says that the only things he negotiates with are kind people, with candy and chips. So we need some chips over here Michael Wildes. 
Utz Sour Cream and Onion with ridges.

           .......And how are the children?