$3.2 million learning experience and manufactured outrage.

That about sums up the Council meeting. First, a special thank you to my friends at Unico and the IAOVC. They had a serious concern and accepted the apology of our councilman and we look forward to working with them in the near future. Those gentlemen along with Councilman Mathieu were some of very few grown ups in the room and as an Italian American with close roots to their organization I am grateful for everything they do. Our Borough is too inclusive to have even one person who is bitter, vindictive, divisive that will take anything and manufacture outrage for his or her political gain. We saw that on the evening of the Council meeting and I am truly sad for those people. Leave the PC activism to the Al Sharptons of the world. This is and was a non-issue and so are those that make believe they are offended. The typical politicians are trying to use it as a distraction from their failed policies, from the brutal tax increase, the extra $31,000 the Athletic Field is costing us this year when they promised it was no more than 2 or 3 thousand.


What I found offending was that on two separate occasions when issues about the Athletic Complex were brought up by residents in town, 2 councilman including Harry Reid Bill Neirstedt dismissed these concerns with "we are new to this" and "there is going to be a learning curve". $3 and a half million of our tax money and to these politicians it is just a learning curve? They are playing with our money with no plans whatsoever. Our taxes are skyrocketing and the people that built Garwood are being forced out and all they have to say for themselves is "it's a learning curve". When one resident asked why as a taxpayer in town, his kids are never allowed to play on the park, he was told, "we are learning as we go". When a resident asked why people were not allowed to use  the parking lot, he was told "it's a learning curve"




Lastly, the point was brought up that maybe the borough could have passed on a beer tent at a Little League event. Councilman Tarantino that is was a "Day for all of Garwood" for everyone to enjoy. The reality is that Garwood Day was designed around little league, stop playing politics and start listening. Per the last blog it was a wonderful day and that should not be lost around semantics. That statement by the way came just before the aforementioned gentleman said his kids were kicked off the field on "Garwood Day".