Senior citizens should attend all Corzine's nights out
Gov. Jon Corzine is out on the stump promoting his ill-conceived Monetization Plan. The road show hit Cape May Courthouse recently with disastrous results. The governor's frontmen, the local prospending folks and the Middle Township Police confronted former Bogata Mayor Steve Lonegan and a local radio personality. They claim the mayor was violating the law by handing out leaflets that pointed out the deficiencies in the governor's new pet project for fleecing the citizens of New Jersey. The school officials, the local police and the governor's staff are now in a dance called "why is everybody always picking on me."

Mayor Lonegan was on public property at a public event. His actions were legal and there were few protesters. The police ordered Mayor Lonegan to stop handing out the fliers. The mayor said he was in his legal right on public property. The locals say the governor's people directed them to arrest Mayor Lonegan. Being the honorable gentleman that he is, Mayor Lonegan did not pursue the possibility of a confrontation. The local police placed Mayor Lonegan and the radioman under arrest, in irons, and transported them to the local jail. The honorable mayor was mugged, printed and placed in a cell. Later, Mayor Lonegan was released with orders to appear in court at a future date.

The charges have now been dismissed and the officials, who erroneously arrested one of the straightest people I know, admit the mayor's activities were "constitutionally protected actions." This is the nature of those tax-andspenders who are out there "bs"ing the public that personal bankruptcy is the solution to the state's problem. New Jersey senior citizens are a very smart group. We have been lied to by experts and we survived.

Gov. Corzine must be held accountable: 91 miles per hour on the parkway, failure to wear restraints as required by law, and the inability to control his political cronies, abuse of the laws of finance in relationship to New Jersey union officials. The governor must rein in his cronies and stop them from abusing their power at the expense of a few who stand up for citizens.

Perhaps senior citizens should attend all of his future nights out and protest to see if he disrespects us the way he does political foes. Openly, in public, not with his tax wand.

Robert A. Brown

Edison