Where the real power lies Nov. 4, 2012

  

RR got his hooks into our new writer even before I had the chance to warn him.

No doubt, she steered the writer into RR’s clutches.

Somehow, at the same time, she became PR for the Virgin Mayor, RR became the mayor’s aide.

It’s an old routine the Mob Man from Secaucus used to do whenever he got one of his “virgin mayors” elsewhere in the state, getting himself as close to the center of power, making himself indispensable, and making certain everything had to flow through him to get to the mayor.

The problem is, this Virgin Mayor isn’t the real center of power in this town. He has always been a trojan horse for that pack of prairie dogs that gravitated to his town when they saw him was on the road to victory, and over the last year, slowly took the reins of power, leaving the Virgin Mayor as largely a figure head.

This pack is made up of Joey D, the real PR Guy, the Insurance Man from Newark, the Local Developer and a few lesser vultures, who control the various departments, some as commissioners, some as pulling the strings of commissioners.

If there is a real power in that town, it is Joey D, who came in last minute in the Virgin Mayor’s campaign in time to declare victory, then began to consolidate power and steer town business to his developer brother.

She and RR appear to have positioned themselves to become part of the power elite by pulling the Virgin Mayor’s strings, only they really have a different kind of wolf by the tail, someone unpredictable, who has said and will say stupid things that alienate him with the powerful people who helped get him elected – such as the congressman, the small man and the neighboring mayor.

She and RR did a lot of damage tot their own cause when attempting to use us to go after the neighboring mayor and the congressman, putting themselves in the same crosshairs as the Virgin Mayor.

The Virgin Mayor is a little like King Lear, presuming to have power he no longer has, and by siding with him, she and RR may well be as they say, barking up the wrong tree.

Having failed to control us from inside our office through her, RR seems to hope he can use her to influence the new reporter to do some of the same dirty work she was doing for him prior to her departure.

While RR is the kind of snake that will find a new rock to crawl under, the same can’t be said for her. She’s too ambitious to remain too long on a sinking ship, and while she may pretend like she is the Virgin Mayor’s ally, as soon as she realizes he’s not going to take her anywhere, she will likely jump ship for someone who will – most likely the man with the real power, Joey D.

 

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