Dear Editor:
My name is Mario Fornini, and I have lived in Lake Parsippany for over 70 years. I went through the Parsippany education system. I am a member of the Parsippany Republican Club and a former County Committee for my district in town.
I believe that most of us have met at some time or another.
I was just a kid when John Walsh was elected the first Mayor of Parsippany and then the years of Mayor Luther (may they both R.I.P., both Democrats and good people.) Then finally, we got a Republican, and that’s why I need to talk about Parsippany, your town—my town, and ours. Several years ago, our current Mayor lost to a Democrat “for surrounding himself with the wrong people.”
If it weren’t for just “one” lone councilman, Justin Musella, to stand up amongst the others during our budget, that would have been passed without “we the people” having a right to object to certain changes. Read the Daily Record Budget Article.
The Mayor and Council (Carifi) endorsed “Mastrangelo and Bettylou.” It’s like giving the keys to Parsippany to “Bonnie and Clyde.” If you knew my dad, he would have said: “OH BOY, are we in trouble.” We need to help the Mayor and keep him in the right direction. He can, and I believe he will be a great Mayor with the right Council people around him whose concerns are “only Parsippany.”
That is why we need to support Martin and Desai for Council (column #3) and Pennacchio-Webber-Bergen for Senate & Assembly & Grossi for Clerk & Selen for Commissioner (column #2.)
Thank you for your time,
Mario Fornini
