Bogota's Tea Party radical is headed for certain defeat

I saw few fellow U.S. Senate primary voters on Tuesday at the Fairmount School on Grand Avenue in Hackensack.

By Victor E. Sasson
Editor

If former Bogota mayor Steve Lonegan is elected to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey, he'd knock himself out trying to deny health insurance to tens of millions of Americans who are living and dying without it.

The Tea Party radical also would fight to give employers the "freedom" to create millions of jobs, The Record reports today in front-page stories on the victory of Lonegan and Newark Mayor Cory Booker in Tuesday's primaries.

Of course, Lonegan doesn't mention that wealthy business owners are prisoners of their own greed, refusing to cut their profits by hiring workers and spending money to insure them.

The conservative Republican rose to his level of incompetence as the three-term mayor of tiny Bogota, where he cut spending, but apparently was unable to lower property taxes (A-6).

Today's stories say Lonegan was state director of a Tea Party group, Americans for Their Own Prosperity, until March (A-1) or June (A-6).
 
Wealthy racist

The wealthy racist is wrong for North Jersey and wrong for America. Does anyone doubt Lonegan will fail now as he has in the past when seeking higher office?

I'm sure Governor Christie is happy, having thrown away millions on a special election to ensure Booker doesn't appear on the GOP bully's November ballot.

Finally, the Record's photo captions often raise questions in readers' minds -- such as who is that black man in the room of white Lonegan supporters, a hotel employee, a reporter (A-6)?

Or is that President Obama crashing the party? LOL.

Paving news

Anyone who bothers reading the Road Warrior column today could be forgiven if they think they've picked up a dry paving industry journal (L-1).

Staff Writer John Cichowski fabricates a debate over the merits of milling and "a super pavement mix," ignoring that speeders and runaway trucks are intent on killing  people whether the road is smooth or rough.

Head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes indicates her staff is struggling to bring in local news by running a big photo of a downed traffic-light pole on L-1.

A story on L-3 reports the Hackensack Board of Education, a remnant of Zisa family rule, has named Robin E. Coles to a vacancy.

Coles is described as a parent who "is active in her church and community," but readers learn nothing about her views on education or what kind of job the city's dysfunctional school board is doing.

Wretched excess

Italian-Americans and other fettuccine lovers are heaving this morning as they scan a recipe for BLUE CHEESE ARTICHOKE PASTA (BL-1).

Clueless food blogger Kate Morgan Jackson recommends readers use 6 ounces of full-fat, artery clogging blue cheese, 1 cup of heavy cream and a half cup of butter to prepare a half-pound of fettuccine (BL-2).

She advises readers to warm the plates to keep the pasta hot during the ambulance ride to the emergency room.