Special Meeting – Special Time – 7pm
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Resolution 2026-142 appointing Joseph Verruni as interim Borough Administrator
Agenda for MONDAY, July 6th Council Meeting – 7pm
Resolution 2026-142 appointing Joseph Verruni as interim Borough Administrator
$100 an hour? Here we go again…..
In the spirit of fairness I hope they continue to have Council President Kinney as mayor until the election. Especially since Donovan is running against DeBlasio.
Got nothing to with fairness (besides, how is that fair?) and everything to do with written procedure. They have to follow the law. They do not have to follow what you personally consider “fair”. I don’t think it’s fair when I get a ticket for speeding, but hey, what are ya gonna do.
Last night, if you went to the meeting, you would’ve seen Jodi Kinney as the acting Mayor to introduce the meeting. She spoke of the weekend and the council coming together to solve a lot of issues, between the weather, the heat, and the surplus of visitors in our town for the holiday, with a goal to keep them safe. She thanked along with the rest of the council and the citizens who showed up for the meeting all of the departments in the borough.
That’s what this town is about, coming together, there was a lightness in the room. A lightness that felt like the room was set free.
Next, April presented three Democratic nominations to replace the resigned position of the Mayor. It was Caitlin Donovan, Barry Lubin And Johanna Robinson. It was a unanimous vote for Caitlin. Everyone was happy for her moment including John Walsh and Robin from Robins Nest. It was a time when there should be no aisle down the center dividing the room.
Whether or not the Mayor resigned because of health reasons, or the democratic committee just wanted him out, it felt contrived. It felt like it was strategically implemented. Which doesn’t seem fair for Belmar. Today, Caitlin will resign from her council position and at the next meeting there will be another vote. The Democratic committee will put up three more nominations to fill her council position.
Again, this is the procedure, but the reality is it doesn’t feel right. It feels similar to when Biden stepped down and put Harris in his position without a primary.
I realize that the council has come together to fill the empty seats that are vacant, including the Mayor, the business administrator and CFO. We cannot overlook the fact that we do not have a budget, we have unanswered questions with the books, we have employee contracts that are still not settled, and we are in the busiest time of the year with the summer season. It’s still hard to digest that the Mayor resigned.
A lot of people get their information from Facebook, social media, news and blogs. But, the virtual reality is to be present at the meetings whether you view it live on YouTube or actually live at the Borough.
I am writing this because there’s a lot of misinformation out there, secondhand information, opinions and all the controversy and division that goes along with it. If you really care about this town, if you want a future in BELMAR, then show up and be present.
Even though they followed the long standing procedure for this, it felt contrived to you? Would you like to change the procedure? The reason for Buccufusco’s resignation is irrelevant really. Mayors (and other political figures) resign all the time. Sometimes it’s ********, sometimes it’s ****** **********, and sometimes it’s because they lost an election for a different position and then are rewarded for losing by getting high paying crony job in Atlantic City. Regardless, this is the process.
(Asterisks are mine, Editor.)
Yes, it absolutely felt contrived and strategically pushed by the Democratic committee to get rid of the Mayor. The same tactic used to get rid of Biden. If you follow the meetings the Mayor *** *********. There was zero confidence in his ability to run the town.
(Asterisks are mine, Editor.)
The two words that best sum up politics are ‘strategy’ and ‘contrived’. Maybe the mayor resigned for the reasons he stated. Maybe he was pressured to leave because he was so unpopular. Who knows? I don’t. And neither do you. What we can be sure about is that the process you referred to as contrived, is definitely a calculated strategy. As it always is, regardless of which party is in power. Politics is a game of chess.
Biden didn’t resign, he just didn’t run for reelection. So it wasn’t ’the same tactic’. Perhaps Buccafusco really did resign for the reasons he stated. Again, we dont know.
Biden was clearly experiencing some cognitive issues and was pressured to not seek reelection. Ironically we are now witnessing almost the exact same cognitive issues in the current president (Biden’s just weren’t as bad). You can bet your bottom dollar that the GOP is preparing (already rolling some ideas out there) with some contrived strategy to mitigate the almost certain losses in the upcoming midterms. That’s politics
Budget was adopted in May. It’s in the minutes. What issues with the books? Do you work for the town?
Don’t worry about where I work, the truth will come out, the truth will prevail
You obviously don’t know facts
Every single time a person avoids answering a question by saying something like “I can’t tell you but the truth will come out”, it always means the opposite. So many politicians and pundits trying to score political points or foment some conspiracy nonsense always say “the truth will come out”’. If you KNOW something, just say it. There is no need for this cryptic nonsense. This isn’t the CIA. If you have direct knowledge of accounting discrepancies, just say it plainly. If you don’t, then admit that you don’t.