Dear Editor,
Recently the State of New Jersey ordered Mayor Stack to vacate the 27th St. garage which is owned by the city. The building has been deemed unsafe for occupancy. Rather than accept responsibility for the condition of the building and work toward some type of solution, Stack points his finger at everyone else. I find some of his quotes ridiculous:
“We are correcting violations that go back decades and we are doing it with limited resources in a distressed municipality,” said Stack, who suggested that his political opponents were behind the visit by inspectors, reported by Ron Zeitlinger of The Jersey Journal on March 21, 2013.
Brian Stack has been in office 14 years and for 14 years he has done nothing to find a permanent solution to this ongoing problem. As a person who worked at the 27th St. Police precinct I am fully aware of the dangerous conditions the workers were exposed to on a daily basis. I personally filed several complaints and reports detailing serious health and safety concerns which I and others were exposed to. There was no official response at all to these complaints.
To blame “political opponents” for the current condition is ludicrous. Stack also claims limited resources and the fact that Union City is a distressed city and cannot afford to make proper repairs. Yet Stack has no problem throwing block parties, Christmas parties, and concerts, all at the taxpayers’ expense. One cannot claim to be in distress when it is convenient and then use tax dollars to win over voters at election time. Which one is it Brian? Is the city distressed or do you have excess money in the budget for all your political pet programs?
Three years ago Stack spent 6 million dollars to build an outdoor pool which can only be used 3 months out of the year. Millions were spent on an outdoor theater located at 39th St. and Park Ave. Millions are being spent to renovate Washington Park; a project that many in the area were opposed to. Clearly, Brian Stack has no sense of priorities. He is more interested in building monuments to himself than he is about protecting the health and safety of Union City workers.
I know Brian– I have sour grapes and was not made the Chief. When you respond or have your supporters respond to my letter, rather than repeating tired and worn out lines, why don’t you use the time to better explain to the public why you failed to engage in strategic planning when it came to the 27th St. garage? Why did you place the health and safety of city workers at risk for 14 years? Why did you fail to allocate money to build a sorely needed new and safe facility?
Joe Blaettler
Ret. Deputy Chief of Police
Union City, New Jersey
He will try m get the Mkney from tbd Boss and the the great mayor N Sacco. The fat man might bail him out again. Your a disgrace mr stack u could have been the next NS.
How long will Union City be a distressed city? He has been mayor for 14 years, when will he turn the city around? How sad!
No one has an answer for this question??????????
MY NAME IS MR. FIORE, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH JOE BLAETTLER, STOP GIVING OUT FREE TURKEYS, HOT DOGS, ETC., YOU SHOULD OF HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO SEE WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THE 27TH STREET FACILITY, THIS PROBLEM JUST DID NOT HAPPEN OVER NIGHT, ITS BEEN YEARS OF NEGLECT, AGE OF BUILDING, ETC. FOR YEARS CITY WORKERS HAD TO WORK UNDER POOR CONDITIONS.MAYOR STACK YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT WORK BECAUSE YOU NEVER HAD A REAL JOB, BESIDES MAYOR & SENATOR JOB YOU WERE A METER READER FOR A UTILITY COMPANY. MAYBE CHRISTE CAN BAIL YOU OUT OF THIS ONE. FIORE
He has the repose fooled. He so worried about settle scores with the den organization. I wish this was a viable ticket out thete.
Okay, Mr.Blaettler, You don’t even live here and your concern for the residents is
horrible!!!!
Instead of knocking us and the Mayor why don’t you donate some of the
money you take from the City so we could do the repairs.
Money he earned
Why didn’t Joe Blaettler complaign about Brian Stack or the condition of Union City while he sat in The Mayor’s office selling political tickets to the police dept.?
Face it Joe you are upset you didn’t become chief and couldn’t stomach Brian Stack picking an African American over your lilly white butt.
Go now Joe just shut up and cash another a Union City taxpayers funded pension check.
Armando, the difference is Mr. Blaetter is not. an elected official, Brian Stack is. Why will he give his money in donation into a corrupt government?
Screw you Mr Joe Blatter! I dont even have someone warm to eat my lunch – instead Im out in the cold all day. You didnt screw Brian – U SCREWED THE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS!