Garden State Politics

Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized

While busily telling Jersey City employees that they are being forcibly furloughed, Mayor Jerramiah Healy found time to hire Gerald McCann to the Jersey City Incinerator Authority. But it did not go unnoticed. So Sandra Cunningham can be the voice of reason here, right? Let’s see how that works:

“I don’t see anything wrong with him getting a job,” said Cunningham. “Is he the only person that’s been hired? If he is the only person that’s been hired, and everyone has to go on furlough, then he shouldn’t have been hired. But if they’re hiring people, then why is he singled out? “

Update, 4:35pm: Fulop said that he talked this morning to Incinerator Authority Executive Director Orin Dabney, who told him that McCann was its only hire for at least several months.

“I’m a supporter of the Second Chance program. I’m not a support of political quid pro quo,” said Fulop.

Let’s not forget, by the way, that Mr. McCann currently serves on the Jersey City Board of Education. It isn’t as if this guy was sucking up the unemployment until Healy took pity on him. So, now that Sandra’s slip is showing, will she use her pull at the JCIA to get rid of McCann…or will she now turn into a typical Hudson County pol and see no evil?

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