I don’t know if I’ve said this on the blog–I might have–but I have said in spoken conversations that I think Councilman Thomas Brennan ought to resign due to the fact that he never told the voters when he was running for office that he was conflicted from participating in discussions or from voting on liquor licenses. He then…for his entire first year in office…voted on every liquor license that came up, even for a bar that his band played at within days of him voting on their license! He waited until the night that Belmar stiffed the Harmon brothers on their license transfer to suddenly announce he was conflicted and wouldn’t be participating in liquor license proceedings any more. Thanks a lot.
This is no trivial matter. Protecting the residents’ quality of life is an important part of the job. Deliberations over liquor licenses and their impact on the quality of life here is something every member of the Council, and the Mayor, should be participating in and doing so without being conflicted. Brennan and Doherty can’t do their jobs.
But another reason Brennan should go is that he is apparently of too high a moral character to represent all the hate-filled barbarians that make up his constituency. You see the voters of Belmar like Donald Trump a lot more than they like Tom Brennan.
Tom Brennan’s election numbers:
Donald Trump’s election numbers in Belmar:
And Trump didn’t get 250 votes hand delivered from D’Jais.
Councilman Brennan’s Facebook page is an anti-Trump hatefest with nothing being too ugly or out of bounds to post there.
Of course Mr. Brennan has every right to publish this stuff but do we really want someone representing us who thinks that nearly 1600 of his constituents are racists, misogynists, xenophobes and Jew haters who supported a dangerous, glue-sniffing, abnormal, POS crackpot for president?
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Represent the Borough and residents???
What about the children he teaches and is supposed to be a role model to???
All these postings should be fowarded to the Superintendent of Belmar School and he should be fired! Brennan should be made to resign immediately and hang his head in shame! He is a disgrace as a educator!!!
Dave you have enlightened so many who would otherwise never follow Mr. B’s FB page.
It seems that students are also exposed to such rhetoric and that is such a shame. Teachers are now influencing our children by these types of examples? I don’t get it. Is there no decorum being taught? What about bearing?
Comporting ones self in a dignified manner is history. Sad for the children who are growing up with pals.
My three kids have never heard Mr. Brennan talk politics in class. I guess we have to see that he is a Democrat and can exercise his right to free speech. Dave if you won council would you have shut down this blog? I guess you would have. But would you not post any anti-Hillary stuff on Facebook? That might have been hard for you. I don’t think he puts Trumps voters in the same category as Trump. And I think if you disagree, the answer is just to vote for his opposition in the next election. Otherwise the point you’re making is more in line with what a political advisor would tell him. But of course (and I know you acknowledged this) he can do what he wants in terms of stating his opinion.
Aileen, as you know there was all sorts of really nasty things out there about Hillary, I never put any of it up on these pages because I don’t post nasty things. (Some of the commenters get nasty, I admit, but I also didn’t hold Tom responsible for the nasty things his commenters said.) The kind of hatred and name calling he posted certainly has no place on the page of an elected official. It’s particularly disturbing to see him posting that kind of rhetoric after he knew so many people in Belmar supported Trump. And that article he shared about that Michael Hill nut was meant to demonstrate to us what sort of people support Donald Trump.
About whether I would have continued the blog had I been elected..I think it would have been a useful way to give detailed explanations of my views on the issues so yes I probably would have kept it.
Aileen, I agree with you. Apparently these posters don’t realize that kids today through social media are much more engaged than we ever were at their age. My granddaughter at age 14 has never spoken of a teacher shoving their political views down her throat and has a diversified group of friends. She loves, not hates them for who they are. Whatever Mr. Brennen posts are his opinions and the First Amendment prevails as our opinions on this blog. Our President-Elect has woke up those who strongly believe the white race in this country is superior and must be saved. His Cabinet/Advisor appointments reinforces this. Fire Trump for exercising his First Amendment right to post on Twitter.
1> I never accused Mr. Brennan of saying anything about politics to his students.
2> Do you really think there are 60 million white supremacists in the country, including 53% of white female voters and 1600 people in Belmar?
3> I said Brennan should resign because the voters weren’t told he was conflicted from participating in liquor license deliberations. I never said he should be fired from anything and if he wants to publish that stuff he has every legal right to do so. But my readers…probably hundreds of them voted for Trump…have a right to know what their councilman is saying about Trump and Trump supporters.
Just wanted to put a fine point on it Dave. While I often disagree with your bloggers and even you, I must admit that you have created a democratic avenue to address issues. You don’t suppress my posts even when you disagree with them and you OPRA important facts. It’s refreshing to be able to disagree with someone on the other side of the aisle and know that it will be civil.
If this councilman spent as much time going over Belmar’s budget and the real issues facing this town as he does “liking or “sharing” idiotic Facebook posts, I’d have a little more respect for him.
Mr. Trump won, get over it.
Admin, pls don’t take personally my previous post. To your points #1, I know you didn’t, I was replying to Aileen’s post, #2 pls read my post, I never said all of Trump’s voters, of course I don’t believe they are all white supremacists, and #3 I was commenting on the opinion of one of the bloggers, not you. I did not comment on your position that Mr. Brennan should resign over liquor issues. Perhaps he should.
Aileen-To think that Brennan does not negatively characterize, as well as look down on those who voted for Trump ( Belmar and beyond) makes no sense. Just another, it can’t be so, rose colored glasses Belmar nonsense. Brennan has used his facebook to attack the Tea Party, Anti Abortion Catholics, Christians in general and then endorse the radical website “occupy Democrats for years now. When I taught, I made sure that I had no such political remarks attributed to me on facebook or any other social media site. Good job Dave on this blog article.
I wonder how many of his students follow his facebook page. Perhaps he is intelligent enough not to talk politics directly while wearing his teacher hat, but I know that students can be influenced in subtle ways, by snide innuendos, etc.
Sorry. If I had kids in Belmar school I wouldn’t be happy one of their teachers was spewing political opinion on social media.
Well, look at it this way. Even if Mr.Brennan is talking politics to the children in his class, that’s just one more thing they won’t learn. Only one in 8-10 of those children in that “school” learn something every 2-3 months, accidentally.
I repudiate Brennan’s hateful postings and think they are wrong for a Councilman. At the same time, I am a ticket-splitter, I did not vote for Trump, think he is very wrong for the country (unfortunately you will all find that out soon enough) and the Trump vote in Belmar should have nothing to do with Council politics. Brennan and Matt should resign. When are we going to recall matt?
#14 You sir are one ignorant and ugly person. Here is the page for a proud Belmar elementary school graduate. http://chemistry.harvard.edu/people/abraham-waldman
The only reason he is a councilman is he was handpicked by Matt. He is no Paul McCartney and no teacher of the year. He must be a millionaire saving all that money on no haircuts and used clothes.It is a disgrace to see him in public events looking like a homeless guy.
Aileen,perhaps a little perspective is in order. A person in the private sector who posted what the councilman posted would run the risk of losing clients/customers and would be punished accordingly by loss of income. What recourse do students and their parents have , ask for another teacher? Seems to me as a teacher he is a protected species who is not curbed in his actions as someone in the private sector would be. As a private citizen he can say anything he wants [1st Amendment you know]but he is also a school representative and has a captive audience to boot. Does the bd of ed not have any policies that require teachers to have ethics?
And for Dave, let me echo the thanks a lot on the recusal in the Harmon matter.We will be paying a lot for that little piece of work in my opinion.
Off topic but please Mr. ADMIN tell us if BELMAR is going to receive any of the 100 special signage that illustrates the Super Storm Sandy high water mark?
Long Branch received the first of approximately 100 throughout Monmouth County as part of the high Water Mark Initiative, in collaboration with FEMAIL and NFIP.
YOU KNOW like the mayor and council sign saying we got the $$$ for the brick exchange program on Main Street right before the election at the POLLING PLACE… yep, blatant electon violations.
If I lived in an area that flooded I don’t think I would want one of those signs near my house, especially if I wanted to sell it.
#16 – Thank you sir.
#19 and #20 The sign should read “this area was flooded by Hurricane Sandy AND the vendor Broadco hired to pump it out had to go to court for years to get paid. WELCOME TO BELMAR.”
I agree who the hell would want a flooding here sign, govt. fools with our money.
Wondering if the north end and the 5th Avenue Pavilion will have the high Water markers?
Whoever received a NFIP booklet in the mail knows that you had a flood claim and that record stays with the property. Different from a Homeowner insurance Wind claim?
#12 HANGING CHAD – Yes, that’s how they do it, nothing really overt.
#19 Actually Belmar was one of the first towns to join the High Water Mark Initiate with the County. Other towns including Aberdeen, Atlantic Highlands, Avon, Hazlet, Keansburg, Manasquan, Middletown, etc. have already posted the signs and metal tags throughout their communities. Long Branch is the latest town to join the program. What more important is the signs are part of the Community Rating System which affords those in Belmar a 20% discount on Flood Insurance Policies.
Some of you posters must have your heads in the sand. Going to the extreme that this teacher/s may be trying to influence kids in a subtle ways…nothing really overt…Do you mean brainwashing…conspiracy? Guess you have no faith in your children. Modern times….internet….get over it.
One cool-dude band teacher who lines up kids and tells them to march, who may be looked upon as a role model, is no innocent agent of influence when he posts severely slanted material. Does he “walk his talk”? If he is genuine in his beliefs, he would exemplify those values in his speech and behavior. I do not have faith in children when they are placed in the charge of such a person, in fact, when they surf the net.
I wonder what Mr. “I don’t believe in wasting money” Brennan thinks about the lawsuits referred to here and the potential financial devastation of the borough because of the Mayor and Council’s terrible decisions and votes. Hmmm, Mr. Brennan, what are your thoughts about this? Will you have future gigs for your band at the new Chef’s restaurant/roadhouse at the marina?
Belmar’s self-proclaimed public figure ( of moderate opinions), not to mention 3 failed attempts to be elected to Belmar Council, Tom Burke. Oh did I mention the THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS ? Woke up recently. Not from the election of Donald J. Trump. ( Tom is above national elections ) No, this Brennan bashing
post woke the old fart up. Seems he believes the blogmaster author here is responsible for “hypocrisy” He is sure of it because ion the future ( not ever in the past, or in reality ) Councilman-elect Walsifer will not recuse ( has not happened yet ) on the 2017 S.I.D. Budget , as well as on redevelopment plans that pertain to commercial properties on Main Street past 13th St. Thanks Tom for revealing the big scandal OMG Mark Walsifer and wife own a commercial property and has not even taken the oath of office, but your crystal ball is screaming out. Any misspelling deliberate.
Yes Mr. Ehmann, I will stand by my words.
hy·poc·ri·sy
həˈpäkrəsē/
noun
noun: hypocrisy; plural noun: hypocrisies
the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.
Perhaps you should re-read what I said and this time take your blinders off.
#32 – We are all very impressed with your knowledge of words sir. Possibly, you could give us the correct information regarding the word, [quisling]. That should be a word you’re familiar with.
Today, Tom Burke responded to Mr. Dilberger’s post above bt saying on his blog, “Tom Burke’s Belmar View” facebook page that I had responded such. Age having a constant negative effect on reading and reading comprehension, While, I am complimented by the thinking that my remarks have risen to Mr. Dilberger’s ( whose, I hold in high regard ). I cannot take credit. Also, Burke stated 7 hours that I am a “former member of the “”element””. I am a current member of the “element” regardless of a move. Burke should know that both Straus and I earned lifetime membership and we are in good standing. Personally, I do not think of Mr. Burke as a traitor but rather an individual without common sense enough not to poop where he eats.
Why is it important to give ink to a quisling? Baiting? No bigger fish in the small bowl?
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