Time for a few city officials to come take their medicine

Mayor Fulop, the line forms behind you.

Mayor Steve Fulop, Council President Rolando Lavarro and Ward F councilwoman Diane Coleman all were quite vocal about former Mayor Healy's plan to borrow $9.5 million to pay for city retirement costs. Fulop went as far, according to the Jersey Journal's own Terrence T. McDonald:

"...He even urged gadfly Yvonne Balcer last December to come to the council meeting to “speak against” Healy’s proposed borrowing plan..."

But now that Fulop is Mayor and Lavarro and Coleman are on his ticket suddenly they all support what they were against when Healy was mayor. What's that called again? What is it when you say one thing a lot about how bad it is then when you are in charge you totally change your mind? Oh yes, FLIP FLOPPING. That sound you hear this morning isn't so much a biting November wind as it is the sound of Jerramiah Healy laughing with a hearty "I told you so."

Here's Council President Lavarro showing that unless his side said it, it's not to be trusted:

“The bottom line for me is that I trust this administration more,” he said, laughing. “I trust the numbers being presented to me.”

You may have laughed last night Mr. Council President but it's not funny at all. Being beholden to one side never is. Mayor Fulop, have a napkin and wipe that egg off your face. Councilwoman Coleman, well, sadly we kind of expect this kind of thing from you after the ham-handed way you ran for city council.

So the city borrows $9.5 million to pay retirement costs and hopefully a valuable lesson gets learned by everyone.