Mayor Healy, when you dodge debates, you're really dodging questions like "Why has our city become a wild west show?"

When you read about what the Jersey Journal is calling a "shooting gallery", where are you on this? Read these quotes from Jersey City residents:

"Lately it's been crazy"

"I seldom go out. My wife used to walk to the post office, but I told her don't go"

"He (the shooter) shot him right in front of the windows, and I ducked behind the counter."

"It's not safe"

What are you doing about it other than running TeeVee ads claiming you're change we can see? Yeah, we can see change around Jersey City, we can hear it too, trouble is Mayor Healy, the sound of change sounds like a ricochet. It's not JUST in the Greenville section, it's everywhere. You CLAIM in your teevee ads the cops support you and crime is way way down under your stewardship but that's not being backed up by the facts here. The fact is people are frightened to go outside. You CLAIM some computerized algorithm is sending cops here they are needed, apparently that means they show up AFTER the shooting has stopped.

You need to crawl off your high horse and start attending debates whether or not you deem them worthy of your time and start answering HARD questions. You'll show up at every ribbon cutting ceremony and parade you can find but you're dodging public debates at a time Jersey City needs leadership, not political posturing.

By the way, this is NOT an April Fools joke...