Doc, I am surprised that at your age, you would not do a little more homework on an issue before you took a stand. This is the last time I am going to respond to an issue that the Governor signed into law, and both Houses overwhelmingly supported. This is not a Plainfield issue, but a STATE issue. I thought that someone as intelligent as you would know that both Houses of the legislature and the Governor pass and sign bills created to protect the State, not just one individual.
We have had teachers and other employees that had to resign because of their record. I find it a joke that anyone would want to continuously pretend that this individual you cite, only sold a $5 bag of drugs. In our bill, such petty offenses normally, within this day in age, would be thrown away. When dealing with pounds of marijuana however, that is when you get their attention. So to make it seem like this poor innocent teenager’s rights were taken away because of a $5 bag of drugs is the biggest joke in New Jersey.
The bill makes it very clear that if you can get your record expunged, you still qualify to be on the Board of Education. So it is obvious that his record is a lot worse than what he has led the public to believe. In fact, I tried to help him years ago, and I was told by law enforcement that this is a ‘bad person, and you shouldn’t even get involved’, and that his record cannot be expunged. He needs to tell you why his record cannot be expunged.
So Doc, I read the list of his accomplishments that you published, but I did not read your mentioning of any individuals, because of his drug sales, that are either dead today or hooked on drugs. So maybe the two of you have a relationship that I do not know about nor do I care to know about.
By the way, it is only in Plainfield that you get criticized when you do something right for society. Senator Diane Allen and my fellow Assembly co-sponsors of the bill were not criticized in their communities. No one else, except the Plainfield community, is criticizing this bill. Maybe the sale of drugs is ok to you, but not to me.
In life we have to make choices. I could have been a drug dealer, but I chose to take the talent God has given me, and use it to be a productive member in society. Your friend decided to take the easy way, selling drugs which destroy people’s lives.
I have one question for you and him; is the reason why he cannot get his record expunged due to the sale of a $5 bag of drugs, or because of a list of crimes you and the Courier are reluctant to share?
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