Jersey City firefighters, the mayoral endorsement and the anti-Fulop flyer

First things first, two firefighters unions have endorsed Mayor Healy for another term:

Dominick Marino, president of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey, and Pete Nowak, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 1064, praise Healy in a statement issued by the mayor’s re-election campaign.

“Mayor Healy shares our vision for a strong, secure Jersey City,” Nowak says in the statement. “We are proud to stand with President Marino and support Mayor Healy, because he always puts Jersey City first and has unwavering commitment to firefighters and the safety of all residents.”

So that's a good get for the Healy camp. Which for the Healy campaign segues poorly into the next portion of the story.

As the election gets tighter it hasn't brought out the best in some of our fair city's firefighters themselves. Posted in a handful of fire stations, a flyer, obtained by the Jersey Journal, was apparently trying to intimidate would-be Fulop voters:

The employees are backing Fulop “for their own personal gain,” reads the letter, which is unsigned and not on any official letterhead.

“This notification is to let all our members know who the sell-outs are in the department,” it reads. “They are all X-HEALY supporters now they want a favor from FULOP because they feel they were F*****. In one way or another.”

The letter, which claims Fulop plans to slash the department by 30 percent, ends with this note: “ALL 100% FACTUAL AND TRUE.”

Of course the usual HealyvFulop shitstorm broke out over this with the Fulop campaign blaming Healy, the Healy campaign noting they had nothing to do with it and pointing out the fire director took quick action to remind firefighters this is not to be tolerated. A right fine scolding it was.

Johnny gets the last word on this because he's just in that kind of mood.