I don't know how many people noticed this but several days ago the Asbury Park Press released the names of the winners in their annual Reader's Choice Award contest for 2013.
Despite the closure of its satellite branches and of all the nonsense, cutthroat bickering and name calling towards its now "retired" Director Susan O'Neal, by certain members of the Middletown Township Committee (Fiore & Murray) and Library Trustees (Brock Siebert, Michael Vitkansis, Rob Cordiano) that have no business being trustees, the Middletown Library was named the best library in Monmouth County by the readers of the Asbury Park Press.
With this Reader's Choice Award, I think a big dose of kudos should thrown in Susan O'Neal's direction. She steered the library for the past several years and it was her leadership that made the library what it is today; The best Library in all of Monmouth County.
It's a shame that the greed and vindictiveness of the Township Committee lead to systematic dismantling of the previous leadership of the library board of trustees and the departure of Susan O'Neal.
38 comments:
The politicians intent on destroying our library and our school system are sick.
Not an ounce of integrity amongst the lot of them.
Siebert, Vitkansas, and Cordiano are nothing more than puppets to this TC and the lot of good for nothing political hacks of the Middletown Republican party.
God save us and our library from their incompetence, please.
Let's see how long it takes for this greedy bunch to completely rape the library for their own selfish purposes. They have a good start, that's for sure !!
Yeah for the library!!!!! The vote of the PEOPLE is what really matters! Hope for change in the Township after the election! Way to go Susan!
Wait a couple years: without Ms. O'neal's passion and purpose at the helm the library will not be voted best in the area.
In the same way, Middletown dropped out of Money Magazine's top 100 places to live last year. Our township committee just wants this to be an average place to live, and with their efforts it soon will be.
Question:
Sharfey moved his office hours as mayor to the library. Working on a librarian's credentials now ??????
The job pays more and big houses cost more !
Anon 7:40,
Just an FYI.
Others have held office hours in the past at the library. They love to do it before an election or other type of event to boost their profile.
Anon 9:20a.m.,
Are they going to give their Democratic opponents equal time in the office at the library????
Now that is food for thought as these republicans just proved what louses they are because the library director dared to have a Democrat for a friend !!
Remember every election in the recent past and how low they go .... disgusting and void of common decency.
You have to know that the Library Director is a Democrat also. Coincidence?
I am sure the PEOPLE of Middletown will choose wisely again as they have in the past.
And I am sure it's the political hacks faults that the municipal allocation decreased from last year because the PEOPLE'S property values decreased, you know they must control that too right???
Anon 10:44,
The Mayor's office hours are provided because he is just that - MAYOR, not a hopeful candidate.
This man is seeking re-election and his sorry face is plastered everywhere....what's that indicate anyway, a run for dog catcher??? No such treatment for his running mate !
After his evasive shenanigans last time(three years ago and "Tongue Tied for a Reason"), anything is possible with this character !
Anon 1:06,
Is there a problem with being a Democrat in this town, please tell me !!!
Thought this was a free country and we are all entitled to choose who we associate with regardless of color,religion or political persuasion. Also who we vote for !!
Anon at 6:59
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a Democrat in Middletown. The problem is that the people appear to not trust the Democrats with running the township committee, and haven't for a generation!
Then again, if you look at their "star candidate" in the last few election cycles you might get a clue...
Keep the faith, work to build your party and find some great candidates for the future!
Anon 7:41,
Please don't insult my intelligence....nobody trusts the current brand of republican in this town. They are targeting our schools,hell bent on destroying our library and they don't give a damn about anything or anybody but THEIR PARTY!!!
Intimidation and character assassination is the only tool IN THEIR TOOL BELT!!
Sean Byrnes, Mary Mahoney and Pat Short, Carol Fowler and others are remarkable individuals with genuine interest in serving their fellow Middletown citizens.
The mud slinging republicans resort to tactics that are reprehensible. Know this to be FACT !! Money and organization developed over thirty five plus years is what keeps the republicans in power NOT TRUST!!
Don't slap yourselves on the back,hypocrites !!
7:41 anon,
Are you kidding....trust....these republicans can't grasp trustworthiness or truthfulness!!
Sean Byrnes, Pat Short, Mary Mahoney, Carol Fowler and others were certainly candidates genuinely interested in serving their fellow Middletown residents.
Just what are the clues you are talking about,ratchet mouth ? Attacking others is your specialty but don't deceive yourself about the population trusting the republicans....IT AIN"T SO !
Bill Parcells famously said: "You are what your record says you are..."
What does that say about Middletown Democrats?
You guys can (and do) make all kinds of fanciful claims and excuses about how the people of this town REALLY "don't trust the TC," and yet they consistently re-elect them, time after time, year after year. Are there any of you would would place a wager that things will change this year?
Anybody?
I thought not.
History speaks for itself. You are what your record says you are...
Ratchet Mouth @6:15 p.m.
Yogi famously said, "it ain't over till it's over" !!
The Republican dominance has to do with one thing only...VOTER APATHY. So few people in this town see our elected officials in action. If they saw what bullies they are and how disrespectful they are to the public, they would vote them out. But only a handful of people attend public meetings or public candidate forums, they vote status quo because they don't know the people or the issues. Put a brand new sports field in a high visibility area and people think everything is all good. If voters chose people over party there would be a totally different election history in Middletown.
At least the Democrats choose candidates like Byrnes, Short, Mahoney, Fowler, Grenefage, Baum, and Olsen who have deep roots in Middletown...they are not some north Jersey transplants sent here to use Middletown to get their profile elevated.
AMEN Anon 7:08 a.m.......Amen and exactly right on the money !!!!!1
Looks like one north Jersey transplant on the TC is hell bent on involvement in a sexual harassment suit, huh??
Ignorance is bliss.Unbelievable!
Anon at 10:58 and Anon at 9:53 give a list of the "good" candidates who have run for TC as Democrats.
Can anyone tell me who is left off that list???
Read the comment at 7:08 a.m. for a more complete list of "remarkable individuals,who are Democrats, genuinely interested in serving their fellow town residents"
Anon 7:23p.m....what the matter can't you read ,ratchet mouth ?
Hey..let's get back on point, people...
Let's HEAR it for SUSAN ONEAL and the fact that the MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY won the BEST LIBRARY IN MONMOUTH COUNTY....
Let's see Tony the Hood try and take credit for that!
Let's see how fast it takes them to dismantle the BEST Library in the COUNTY....
Lets vote the crooks and BUMS out this November so it doesn't happen!!!!
It's a shame that the voter apathy has helped destroy the quality of our schools, allowed the political thugs to rape our library of needed funds and disband our former library board , allowed mob like control of our TC and the question now is, WHAT"S NEXT ?
It's understandable how it happened if you consider that to attend a TC meeting, it requires a thick skin and a suit of armor to withstand the complete disdain and verbal abuse these low life politicians employ.... and currently the "new" library board is no better. The people of Middletown deserve better but the people are going to have to engage in government to change anything.
Remember government should have checks and balances and bipartisan government is healthy. Not all the wackadoodles are in Washington,D.C.. This town has more than a fair share of them also and it's long past time for ALL the people in this town to be represented. LONG, LONG PAST TIME !!!
VOTE THE THUGS OUT!!
Fortunately, the "wackadoodles" in town tend to run for office on the ticket of the party that hasn't been a majority on the TC for almost 40 years.
I am confident that the voters will continue to vote to keep those "wacky" candidates sitting in the audience, watching...
Fortunately, the "wackadoodles" in town tend to run for office on the ticket of the party that hasn't been a majority on the TC for almost 40 years.
I am confident that the voters will continue to vote to keep those "wacky" candidates sitting in the audience, watching...
NO, ratchetmouth, the candidates on the Democratic ticket in Middletown are not the wacko birds, it's the republican mob characters financed by all the big money in town.
No,"majestic motormouth",
Kid yourself all you want but reality is:
the wacko birds in Middletown are the thug style political puppets financially supported by the republican big money in this town and voter apathy has allowed this to happen.
The dominant force in the Middletown republican party is it's chairman and everyone better march to his mob style tune ! Ask anyone who refused to march to his drumbeat and is no longer a republican!!
So what if Fiore takes partial credit for it. The library employees and the board run the library. Fiore happens to be a member of that board. It's a yearly award, he happens to be on the board this year...
I hope he tells everyone how great Middletown's Library is, I am proud just being a resident of Middletown, and would be honored if I was an employee.
Go Middletown, keep it up!
Nobody listen to these Debbie Downers.
There would be nothing good or great about the Middletown library if El Cappo Fiore had his way.....nothing....not a thing !
Thanks to Susan and Randy for the great job they did with the former board!!!!!!
Now that those who used the Library and it's funds as their personal travel agent and career enhancer are finally gone, just watch how the Library gets better and better as it moves into the future!!
What a crock of crap, anon8:04p.m..
These clucks have already COST US THE BRANCHES !!!!
Ratchet mouth don't you ever give up ?
You need a good swift boot in your rear !!! That's where you brains are !!!
If anyone ever used the library as a career enhancer, it was your pal,Gerry !
What I posted is just the tip of the iceberg -- and you guys know that!
But the fact remains that the Library will now be free to move forward into the future with a new Director, a new Assistant Director, and the new Library Board.
Now that the mess is behind them - onward and upward!
You could not tell the truth if you tried .You do not even know what truth is..... Anon 11:24 p.m.
This library board is a FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!!! This TC is a fraud...
You're a FRAUD!!! This whole blog is a FRAUD!!!!!
(Anybody get the reference?)
Anon 7:45 a.m.
Go somewhere else. We'll never miss you and " don't let the door hit you on your way OUT" motormouth moron.
Tip of the "iceberg" ...BULL****
To Anonymous 11:24 pm
You guys make all of these "straw men" arguments and "red herrings", but never deliver the goods..
It is nothing but propaganda and slander against honest and hard working people that you have a vendetta against, isn't that right, Tony the Hood?
The point of the article that you are commenting on is that the Middletown Library has once again been voted as the BEST library in Monmouth County, yet in your ignorance you are trying to slander the very person and staff that made it the best.
Does that make sense?
No, but since when you Repug idiots EVER made any sense?
You're lucky that the public really doesn't pay attention or else they would ride you mendacious thugs out of town on a rail...preferably in a suit of tar and feathers...which is better than you deserve!
Funny how those that lose elections are always claiming that the voters "aren't paying attention," or are "low information voters," or are "apathetic."
Because, if they were paying attention or knew what they were doing, they would be voting with the genius who claims those things... LOL!
A lot of people have worked hard to make the Library what it is, not just the Director, oops, FORMER Director, and I bet she'd agree with that, right after she got back from an international convention trip paid for by the taxpayers, of course...
Give it up ratchet mouth...we are all entitled to our own opinions and most of us believe this TC and "new" library board are comprised of political bullies and thugs! Don't like that characterization... TOUGH Sh--! The truth hurts doesn't it????
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