LINE A - Democrat Vandals in
East Orange
AGAIN!
05/19/15
by Jim Gerrish
§ 238-4
Placement of signs, posters or other fixtures.
No sign, poster, device or other fixture shall
be placed upon any telephone pole, traffic
controller cabinet or affixed to any signal box
or any fixture or appurtenance thereto or to
any lamppost. No such sign, poster, device or
other fixture shall be affixed to any tree located
on any street or public place. No signs or posters
shall be permitted to be placed in the municipal
right-of-way. The beneficiary of such advertising
shall be held fully responsible for the placement
of the sign or poster and shall be treated as if they
placed same.
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On Election Day, November 4,
2014, I published two articles showing violations of LINE A
Democrats. One article was about electioneering at the polling place on Sanford street on
election day. The second was about the vandalism of the same lamp posts as the ones being vandalized today. The only difference
is that now the city codes and ordinances are on-line for
everyone to see.
Please note that the LINE A sign
shown above also obscures the instructions to pedestrians hidden
beneath it.
The ordinance specifically
states: The beneficiary of such advertising shall be held fully
responsible for the placement of the sign or poster and shall be
treated as if they placed same. I will assume that Code Enforcer
Dwight Saunders will be writing tickets to Amy Lewis, Jacqueline
Johnson, Quilla Talmadge, Casim Gomez, and Mustafa Brent. Their
lawn signs are intended for private lawns of taxpayers who choose
to post them. The structure in front of the LINE A headquarters
is NOT a private lawn, but a public place paid for by taxpayers
and not intended for the use of advertising of any sort. Each
person named on the above signs is in violation of the code.
Notice also the LINE A sign
posted on the public city trash barrel in the above photo. The
LINE A vandals have pretty much taken over Central Avenue as
their own private advertising space. I have many other photos
that I took that can be used as evidence. I hope other taxpayers
angry with this abuse by the LINE A Democrats who were
responsible for the recent property tax increases AND the water
rate increases will travel around the city and demand that these
signs be taken down, and taken down cleanly and correctly, doing
no further damage to city property that WE have paid for with our
taxes.
As Quilla Talmage was recently quoted in the Essex News
Daily: “The law is the law and, if
you break it, you have to answer for it,” said Talmadge on
Tuesday, April 14. “How are you going to say that you want
to run for office and get elected to the council, if you
don’t abide by the laws that you’re supposed to help
write? It doesn’t make any sense.” Now we will see if
she means it.
Before I get scathing e-mails
from LINE A Democrats complaining that they aren't the only ones
to blame, make sure you send me a photo showing ANY posters from
Republicans or any other party besides the LINE A
Democrats who participated in this vandalism and then maybe I'll
pay attention.
Photo by Kevin Taylor
Mustafa Brent Code Violation in the Fifth Ward
- 5/19/15
5/20/15 Code
Violations are going into a second day.
Photo by Kevin Taylor
Two violations by Amy Lewis on one corner -
15/20/15
Photo by Kevin Taylor
Another Violation by Amy Lewis - 15/20/15
Photo by Kevin Taylor
Another Violation by Mustafa Brent - 15/20/15
Photo by Jim Gerrish
Line A doesn't get the hint. They
are not taking down any of their code violating signs from public
property. Above are three more violations for Quilla Tamadge.
Photo by Jim Gerrish
I don't know if the fine
increases for every day the unlawfuly posted signs remain in
place, but it at least it should be applied every day the
scoff-laws continue to break the law. That's two more for Quilla
Talmadge and one additional apiece for each member of the
"gang of five."
Thanks to the taxpayer who
located the answer to my above question in the City Codes -
Article II, General Penalty:
Except as hereinafter provided,
whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of the City, or
in any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such
Code or other ordinance of the City, any act is prohibited or is
made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in
such Code or in such other City ordinance, rule, regulation or
order the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any
act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the
violation of any such provision of this Code or of any other
ordinance of the City or of any rule, regulation or order
promulgated pursuant to such Code or other City ordinance shall
be punished by a fine not less than $100 and not exceeding $2,000
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or by a
period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any
combination thereof.
Each day any violation of
this Code or any other ordinance or rule, regulation or order
promulgated pursuant thereto shall continue shall constitute a
separate offense unless otherwise provided.
Any more? I can't get around like I used to.
E-mail additional violation photos to [email protected]
TO: [email protected]
Date: 05/20/15
How long do we have to put up with code 238-4
violations from members of LINE A who are once again damaging the
beautiful new lamp posts on Central Avenue, and posting their
LINE A advertisements which NAME the violators on city property?
I have reported this publicly since 5/19/15, although I believe
the signs were posted before that date, but the evidence has been
on-line for all of East Orange to see: http://eohistory.info/Election2015/LineA-Vandals/LINE-A-Vandals.htm
(reference is to this page).
I request that you investigate this immediately and get the
perpetrators to CAREFULLY remove all unlawfully posted signs from
public property and public places without causing any further
damage. Please let me know when the perpetrators will be
appearing in court so I can attend and bring evidence to present
on behalf of the taxpayers of East Orange.
Jim Gerrish
Third Day of Nose-Thumbing by
LINE A Candidates.
3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla
Talmadge and 2nd Ward Councilwoman Jacqueline Johnson, both of
whom have had four terms in office and who, when they took the
oath of office on being elected to the council, promised to
uphold the constitutions of the United States and New Jersey and
to uphold the laws of the City of East Orange, laws and
regulations which they make themselves and of which they should
be well aware, are once again thumbing their noses at those laws
and regulations which they swore to uphold. They give a bad
example to newcomers Amy Lewis and Casim Gomez, but Mustafa Brent, who brags about being Vice-President
of the Presidential Heights Community Association and
Vice-President of the East Orange Board of Education certainly
should know better.
Chris Sykes, Staff Writer for the
Essex News Daily, which is owned and operated by Worrell
Community Newspapers, has taken upon himself the promotion of
LINE A candidates at the expense of pretending to have
"news" about LINE B candidates. Sykes initiated the "news"
about Kevin Taylor's dog "scaring a neighbor", an event that took place in April but wasn't published
on-line by Sykes until May 17th - just in time to have an effect
on the June 2nd Primary Election.
Then again, on May 21 (today), he published a new story about the
same old dog event, and turned it into
a story about Kevin Taylor's LINE A opponent, complete with
information about Brent's Non-Profit work, his campaign
catchphrases, and a miniature campaign speech. Instead of
presenting the news as a member of the "fourth estate," Sykes has
turned himself into a shill for the Democratic "machine" that runs East Orange. This kind of biased reporting by
Sykes is the main reason I cancelled my subscription to the East
Orange Record years ago and decided to publish the TRUE NEWS
about East Orange on this Website.
If Code Enforcer Dwight Saunders
upholds the law and follows the code, Quilla Talmadge's fines
should amount to well over $1,000 per day for each of the posters
that continue to flutter from our taxpayer-provided expensive
lampposts on Central Avenue that she has commandeered for her
personal use.
TO: [email protected]
Date: 05/21/15
This is the third day of photo verified code 238-4 violations
from members of LINE A who are once again damaging the beautiful
new lamp posts on Central Avenue, and posting their LINE A
advertisements which NAME the violators on city property. I have
reported this publicly since 5/19/15, although I believe the
signs were posted before that date, but the evidence is still
on-line for all of East Orange to see:
http://eohistory.info/Election2015/LineA-Vandals/LINE-A-Vandals.htm
(reference is to this page).
I request that you investigate this immediately and get the
perpetrators to CAREFULLY remove all unlawfully posted signs from
public property and public places without causing any further
damage. Please let me know when the perpetrators will be
appearing in court so I can attend and bring evidence to present
on behalf of the taxpayers of East Orange.
Jim Gerrish
Taxpayer and
Researcher for the Interactive Museum of East Orange
Although constituent services claims (on their
city Web Page) "Our team takes a
hands-on approach to make sure that your issue is addressed and
that you receive a timely response", I still have received
no response from anyone connected with the city to the above
registered complaints.
However, I finally put a
complaint on Quilla Talmadge's facebook page and that seems to have made the difference...
partially. I post it here because these things on Facebook have a
way of disappearing, followed by my being blocked from ever
posting there again. So if you follow down the attached links and
can't find the comment, you'll understand why.
The good news is that all of the
signs that were stuck to public lamp posts, trash bins,
"traffic controller cabinets or affixed to any signal boxes
or any fixtures or appurtenances thereto" have been removed.
I will have to check carefully to see that they were properly
removed, since I know that no one from the city will ever check
up to make sure no permanent damage was done to city property.
However, LINE A, and Quilla
Talmadge in particular, still seem to think that the brick
enclosed tree holder in front of the store they are renting as
headquarters somehow goes along with the rent. It does not. It
belongs to the city, as do the two trees planted in it, and
therefore is considered a "public place" under the full
wording of the code. GET THOSE SIGNS OFF OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY!
The signs are still
being used in front of the LINE A headquarters at 584 Central
Avenue by all five LINE A candidates to thumb their
collective noses at city code 238-4 and the taxpayers of East
Orange.
The sign with Quilla Talmadge's
name on it was hastily removed yesterday from this trash bin by
"someone", but as you can see, in their haste
"someone" left a portion of the sign and the packing
tape that was used to fasten it to the trash can. I'd say that is
a big clue as to what I am going to find when I carefully examine
each of the other locations where her signs were unlawfully
affixed to public property.
Meanwhile, thanks to a friend who
was able to drive me around East Orange, I discovered that our
School Board Vice President and Fifth Ward LINE A Council
Candidate Mustafa Brent had not bothered to remove his signs at all. If you
visit his Facebook Page or his Website, it
doesn't appear that he is not only a city code violator, but a
scofflaw as well. Looks are deceiving.
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| North Oraton Parkway - Northbound |
North Oraton Parkway - Northbound |
Additional signs were posted on
each corner at North Oraton Parkway, both northbound and
southbound.
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| Corner of 4th Avenue and 17th Street |
Corner of N. Arlington and Springdale
Avenues |
Additional signs with Mustafa
Brent's name on them were posted on 4th Avenue between 17th
Street and 19th Street. Additional signs were posted on each of
the four corners at N. Arlington and Springdale Avenues.
TO: [email protected]
Date: 05/23/15
Since you have chosen not to respond to me about any actions
being taken to remove all LINE A signs that are unlawfully posted
on public lampposts and public places around the city of East
Orange, I will simply report that it has been four days of code
breaking (238-4) by all five LINE A candidates for council.
See photographic evidence at: http://eohistory.info/Election2015/LineA-Vandals/LINE-A-Vandals.htm
Once again, I request that you investigate this immediately and
get the perpetrators to CAREFULLY remove all unlawfully posted
signs from public property and public places without causing any
further damage. Please let me know when the perpetrators will be
appearing in court so I can attend and bring evidence to present
on behalf of the taxpayers of East Orange.
Jim Gerrish
Taxpayer and
Researcher for the Interactive Museum of East Orange
Memorial Day Parade LINE A
violation
Photo by Darius Smith (Photographer for the
EOUMB)
In spite of a ban on ALL
political activity during the Memorial Day Parade, here are three
Line A marchers violating that ban and promoting LINE A, actually
walking IN the parade beside the Silver Steppers. The photo was
taken at the intersection of MLK Blvd and North Walnut. If anyone
else took photos of either LINE A or LINE B violators, send them
to me so I can post them on this page of shame.
You would think that at least ONE
of the Council candidates would have respect for Memorial Day,
but EVERY member of the "gang of five" Line A
candidates still have their signs posted on public property on
Central Avenue. And now we can see a consequence of breaking
laws. Since current and future members of the City Council have
no regard for the law, others have begun to take notice and now
some graffiti has been added to the top of the wall. Judge,
please note that the posters have signs on each side, so each
sign should count for two separate code violations, and the
penalty should be doubled for each one. They have been posted now
for eleven days since we first began photographing the
violations, and each day counts as a new violation, according to Code Chapter 1 -15 (General Penalty) section C : "Each day any violation of this Code or any
other ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant
thereto shall continue shall constitute a separate offense unless
otherwise provided."
The signs are finally gone. I'll
have to go back and see if anyone erased the grafitti, but at
least the stately old historic building that provides space for
businesses on Central Avenue has a chance of attracting some high
class respectable business when LINE A finally moves out after
the election. I will be holding all my dated photographs for use
as evidence, if the city can't collect the appropriate fines from
those responsible and the case has to go to court. If we want
East Orange restored to its former beauty and respectability, we
can't let a few Council members and wannabee politicians drag OUR
city down.
Jim Gerrish - [email protected]
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