Stirring the Pot No , just Business as usual in New Jersey
“james again if you are going to make a comment about motives please tell us the motives so that your readers can be better informed. Just making general comments to “stir the pot ” so to speak doesn’t leave you with any creditability. Thank you again”
Looks like we hit a nerve with our editorial , apparently many Ridgewood residents are naive as to how politics work in New Jersey.
Special interests push for a project ,and politicians who deliver get showered with campaign contributions from lawyers , architects, businesses and developers who benefit from that project
The next trick is to impress the pubic with its benefit there by creating an overwhelming need to get the taxpayer to pony up and pay for it there by socializing the risk ,and keeping all the rewards .for themselves .
With nothing more than a few “spot zoning ” changes or a change to a master plan your favorite local politician is on his way to congress.
Don’t believe me take one look at Xanadu and ask your self what idiot would build a shopping mall in Bergen County when so many already exists ?
The answer is an idiot that takes no financial risk and gets you the tax payer to pay for it .
You see politicians work for lobbyists and special interest who they deal with 365 days a year , while they only have to speak to the voters once every four years . Shocked don’t be by now your should be used to it .. This is how it works , like it or not and everyone knows except for the voters .
The success of the Village of Ridgewood as a community is that in the past
