Michael Wildes 
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Thu Feb 01, 2007 at 02:29:08 AM EST
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I don't even know where to begin. I think I've erased about ten different sentences before getting started. The Democratic Committee of Bergen County overwhelmingly voted NO to Dear Leader Joey Joe's effort to amend the By-Laws of the County Organization. In the end Joe Ferriero walked through the doors of Hackensack Middle School smiling dejectedly. Why was he smiling? I don't know, he's a megalomaniac. I think even Boss Joe could not possibly believe that this had actually happened. I could not believe this had happened. Boss Ferriero summoned his legions in full force and failed to have his way. The "small man with small feet" (he was described as such; he is small, I don't know about his feet, but she seemed to trust her sources)was clearly not at the top of his game tonight. Remember, this is the first time in my life that I have ever attended a County Committee Reunion. I still don't know if it was a Convention or a Meeting. Someone with more knowledge on the subject should comment on the signficance of that. Anyways, all the characters were there. Charles "Ken" Zisa, Michael Wildes and Cid Wilson were there. Petitions were being signed. Wildes threw everyone a curveball by having TWO petitions. One for Senate candidacy and the other for Assembly. Michael even approached me and commented on my posts on bluejersey, so now I'm really full of myself and the Maker isn't even flowing. What follows is some of the literature that Committee members were treated to before they voted and a play by play account of my impressions as I learn more and more about what it is that we call democracy in Bergen County.
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Wed Jan 24, 2007 at 11:14:50 PM EST
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Can someone please comment on the following lines from the Dear Leader:
I am no history expert on the County of Bergen, but I would wager this particular paragraph begins with an outright lie.
Bergen County is the only County in the State that selects party candidates in district caucuses. This process goes back to the time when Bergen County had five Legislative Districts within its borders. Redistricting has created a situation where this is no longer the case, with several districts having little representation within Bergen County. .
One more note.
The candidates selected to represent our Party receive the endorsement of our Party and the privilege of appearing in our column. It is our responsibility as a party to ensure that all candidates best represent the ideals of our organization. .
Why don't we substitute "our" with "my" and see if there are any changes?
A theme in all my posts will be Latinos and Englewoodians in positions of power. In the aforementioned BCDO letter, I must note Corresponding Secretary Laureana Organ, State Commitee-men Daniel Ortega and Omar Rodriguez as well as our former Councilman-at-Large (and new Planning Board member) Rev. Vernon Walton.
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Wed Jan 24, 2007 at 03:34:39 AM EST
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(Shaping up to be an important primary. - promoted by Xpatriated Texan)
I will assume that for most readers of bluejersey very little need (needs to) be said about Ken Zisa. What follows is a basic introduction to Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes and Cid D. Wilson of Leonia.
To speak of Wildes I must talk about Englewood's historical mayoral election this past November. I keep using the word historical a lot. But this is just the nature of the monumentally epic District 37. To his credit, I can say that Michael Wildes is not shy about his ambitions. He has his eyes on the New Jersey Legislature. These are all merely stepping stones to his march (I guess) to Washington. Just take a look at the following website:
Michael Wildes for Congress
I guess one must respect Michael for fantasizing to be more than just the Mayor of Englewood. After all, he is no longer 'boy wonder' and must be painfully conscious of the looming and dreaded 'has been' status. He has goals and a vision for his future. We must all have goals and a vision for our future. For further reading I will include some memorable bits that Englewoodians enjoyed during the Wildes v. Stern matchup.
To be fair, I must include a link to Dr. Stern's website.
Bob Stern for Mayor
For those of you looking for a multimedia experience, try the following links:
Meet the Real Michael Wildes
Inside the Mind of Michael Wildes
and one more...
Vote Against Scare Tactics
As far as Mr. Wilson is concerned, I will have to confess that as a Latin American Democrat, I do not know what to make of Mr. Wilson and his decision to add his name to that of Kenny and Michael. I will provide some links with basic biographical information on Mr. Wilson. I do not know anything about his politics. But I will say that he has a most impressive resume. And were his name not attached to that of Zisa and Wildes, I would have to be very impressed by a Dominican-American Latin American success story. But the fact that he has lent his name to complete the Ferriero-crat Triumvirate tears me to pieces.
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Wed Jan 24, 2007 at 02:19:13 AM EST
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I've not been around bluejersey for a few days. Blogging, it seems, is a full time job. District 37 may very well be the single most important primary in the history of primaries. I will not argue about this. I find Star Wars boring and overrated, but I am a Lord of the Rings fan and you get the idea...this is what we have here in our own little corner of N-E-W Jerz. I'm just waiting for the evil empire to make a move...this will be a quick little post on what seems to be team Ferriero-crat's ticket: Kenny Zisa, Michael Wildes, Cid Wilson. What, in the name of all that is good and pure, are they thinking?
I've included a short clip from Politifax's take on District 37. And I promise in a later post to break down the Englewood Democratic Club's first meeting of 2007. I'm working backwards here. And then I will work my way to my impressions of what will forever be known as 'The Rally.' Just bear with me.
Politifax
A Weekly Electronic Newsletter on Politics in NEW JERSEY
Volume X, # 30 January 24, 2007 DISTRICT 37. It's all but certain that Joe Ferriero
will put up a ticket to challenge Loretta Weinberg, Gordon
Johnson, and Valerie Huttle. (The Record reports
that the challengers will be Ken Zisa, Englewood Mayor
Michael Wildes, and Bergen Community College
trustee Cid Wilson.) The Ferriero forces are pushing
amendment to the party by laws that would require
legislative candidates to get the approval of the entire
County Committee rather than just those members in
the relevant district. The Weinberg team held a large
preemptive rally that attracted labor leaders (including
Charlie Wowkanech, environmental organizations, and
women's rights groups). But the Senator's forces are
smiling even more over the fact that an investigator
from the Attorney General's office is on the verge of
identifying the forger who submitted letters of resignation
for County Committee members who supported
Weinberg back in 2005 when she and Zisa were battling
to succeed Byron Baer.
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I think most readers are familiar with the Zisas, or at least just about every resident in the City of Hackensack. So I'm going to have to break this down, mostly for myself, but hopefully some of you may find this informative, one candidate at a time.
To repeat, I am a relatively new to local politics in New Jersey. If you would have asked me two years ago to name my legislators, let alone my representatives to the Englewood Council, I would have been absolutely clueless. What a difference a couple years makes. What a difference a year makes. I confess that I know nothing about Ken Zisa. I know a little bit about Michael Wildes considering he is my mayor after all. I think I may have voted for him the first time he ran for mayor UNOPPOSED and then supported the wonderfully Independent Dr. Bob Stern during the last mayoral election against Wildes. And I definitely knew absolutely nothing about Cid Wilson. So I did a quick superficial bit of googling and came up with some basic biographical information.
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 at 06:45:29 PM EDT
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**Skip Right To The Video**
It's been a busy month since my last update! We've hit the ground running. I've been going door-to-door throughout the city, and the reception has been exceptional in all four wards. The people of Englewood are ready for a change. Business as usual just isn't going to cut it anymore.
The residents of Englewood are tired of Big Money having its way with our city. We're tired of developers gone wild. We're tired of politicians, like our Mayor Michael Wildes, welcoming overdevelopment with open arms. Most of all, we're tired of political scare tactics.
Last Saturday, an anonymous flyer was sent out to black neighborhoods throughout Englewood, labeling me and Assemblyman Gordon Johnson "sharks" and claiming we want to "eliminate affordable housing." These lies were clearly intended to scare voters. Even worse, the shady characters behind these flyers paid children to hand out these attack pieces and told the children not to say where they got the flyers from!
Well, at the following city council meeting, one mother stood up and spoke out. Watch a Video of an Englewood mother telling Mayor Michael Wildes that she's tired of these SCARE TACTICS.
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Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 03:02:48 PM EDT
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(Mayor Wildes has his sights set on the 9th district Congressional seat. He needs to get the boot before he gets a chance to spread his slimy tactics to the entire district. - promoted by jmelli)
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Who would have thought a Democratic mayor in the Northeast would attempt to disenfranchise African-American voters in the year 2006? I certainly didn't and I'm the one running against him! Sure, I knew the election was going to turn ugly when the Mayor called my campaign "a terroristic threat" only days after I submitted my petitions. I just didn't know he would attack the very citizens whose churches he visits every Sunday.
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