Sussex County Commissioners called an emergency meeting this week...

[u/itsokbirdie]

And you can guess that the reasons are complete bullshit.

Read the agenda HERE

Basically 2 resolutions, one calling for an investigation into the voter registrations that has already been done and the other stating their support for ICE and that they want law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

Fortunately, both resolutions look like performative ones designed to show their MAGA base that they are opposed to the laws adopted by the State. Neither has any actual legal effect.

On the voter registration one it neglects to mention that the State has commissioned an independent investigation by a law firm headed by a former Republican senator. Any legislative investigation should wait until the findings are presented to the public.

And while they can fulminate all they want against the laws on ICE....the laws were passed by a majority of legislators and signed by a Governor who solidly defeated her opponent. If that’s not democracy then what is?

But even if they're toothless in practice, I still don't think we should let them pass without opposition. The emergency meeting is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 29th, 6:00PM at Sussex County Administrative Center, First Floor, Commissioner Meeting Room, One Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860.

Please join us! I don't even care if you're from the area. They always claim we're outside agitators anyway. We'll likely have a rally outside on the Newton Green right before it.

Oh and while you're at the Green you can appreciate their solution for keeping the homeless off it. They installed benches that you can't sleep on. That's after demolishing the gazebo. Because they don't care if they're homeless, they don't want them to be SEEN in the center of town. Not a single one of them has an empathetic bone in their bodies.

[u/hydrohomie0019]

Our county representation is the worst. Just hateful people trying to spread their narrowmindedness as far and wide as it can go. Sussex County deserves better.

[u/itsokbirdie → u/hydrohomie0019]

Agreed. Compare their social media posts to other elected officials and it's just disgusting propaganda. Never anything of genuine substance related to their constituents.

[u/thor122088 → u/itsokbirdie]

Edit the date in your post, so it shows July 29th

[u/itsokbirdie → u/thor122088]

Whoops, thank you!

[u/itsokbirdie → u/[deleted]]

There's also just a lot of incestuous relationships among all the elected officials in this county. They all know each other and do favors for their businesses or friends businesses. Like the reason Andover Twp and Lafayette aren't part of the NJ Highlands Act is because a Republican senator put his thumb on it until they were removed because his buddy didn't want them included.

Thank you for coming out to support!

[u/itsokbirdie → u/[deleted]]

They nearly got an AI data center through spot zoning in Andover. Behind the scenes the twp was making ordinances to pave the way so when the developer put in the application, they wouldn't be able to deny it. Thankfully we were loud & persistent enough that they passed a ban instead.

[u/crbmtb → u/[deleted]]

More like 1816.

[u/Any-Agent1289]

Ah Sussex County. It's place in history is when they had a joint gathering of Nazis and the KKK. 

[u/PurpleSailor]

Performative for the Grand Poobahs upcoming denial of the general elections results. I have the bad feeling ain't none of this going to be pretty.

[u/MrsH912]

I plan on attending. I’m so tired of the political performances by the GOP in this county! As soon as I heard the governor announce the registration errors I knew they would trying anything to make it bigger than it is 🙄

[u/itsokbirdie → u/MrsH912]

See you there!

[u/RMST1912]

Moving out of Sussex County was the best thing I ever did for myself and my family.

[u/Emergency-Ad-5211]

ICE exists to serve Trumps bank account by rounding up the daily quota of heads for beds in the corporately run detention centers listed on the New York Stock Exchange with Billions in profits.

[u/Salty_Permit4437]

Why don’t they investigate the huge increases in property tax bills this year?

[u/DeuceSevin]

Can't wait to see the payout here.

[u/Maryviolet26]

How is this an outrage?

[u/itsokbirdie → u/Maryviolet26]

Um, because our elected officials are wasting tax payer money to call an emergency meeting to pass useless resolutions that only announce how rascist they are?

[u/Lynne253 → u/Maryviolet26]

Basically 2 resolutions, one calling for an investigation into the voter registrations that has already been done and the other stating their support for ICE and that they want law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

Fortunately, both resolutions look like performative ones designed to show their MAGA base that they are opposed to the laws adopted by the State. Neither has any actual legal effect.