I had the opportunity to attend a MoveOn event yesterday with one of my fellow Retire Garrett partners, Michael Simonson, where we (around 25-30 of us) were going to head to Garrett’s “new” Glen Rock office to discuss the upcoming stimulus bill and the importance of bringing jobs (especially green jobs) to the District.
MoveOn’s local organizer had contacted Garrett’s office, and was advised that at least one of his staff would be in the new Glen Rock office, which replaced the old one on Route 4 in Paramus. His staff was aware of our mission, and we were armed with signs, stories and pleas for Garrett to do the right thing for the district and help out his constituents.
After all, NJ gets less back from the Federal government than any other state relative to what our taxpayers send to the Feds, and the “budget hawk” line of crap is shot to hell when you realize that he voted for every single no-strings-attached dollar (and there were hundreds of billions of them) sent to the Iraq sinkhole.
Oh yeah, and we need jobs and infrastructure here too.
So, as you can see from the pics below, we were ready to talk to his office, but when we got there, it was locked and empty – as if they hadn’t even moved in yet. This, despite the fact that we said we were coming and were told that someone would be in that very closed and empty Glen Rock office.
Why is Garrett afraid of talking about more jobs for his district?
Now, I know that he will vote against this bill, as he would be proud to vote against women, children, puppies or most likely flowers and rainbows too, and that is why I think that finding (and funding) a candidate to take him down in 2010 (or if we are stuck with him after redistricting, 2012) – as the man just can’t be reasoned with.
He must go.
Now, enjoy some of the pics…..
This is the MoveOn organizer (whose name I am keeping anonymous because I don’t know if she wants it out there, so I am being cautious), sitting on the floor outside Garrett’s office on 2 cell phones – one with Garrett’s DC office and one with his NJ office.
Here we are outside of his office. Which, did I mention, was empty and dark and locked?
One of us outside and across the street
Two more of us, a retiree and a doctor with stories that are heartwrenching.
