The township is floundering and there is no clear direction or leadership for Somerville residents. The captain was tossed overboard during a mutiny election. The executive officer resigned and the staff petty officers abandoned ship, save for one remaining in a lifeboat doing her best to keep the ship off the rocks awaiting new recruits. In an upcoming election on January 7, 2025, a new XO will be elected to back up the captain who deposed the mutinied captain. The mutinied captain had managerial experience, municipal knowledge and boatloads of government bureaucratic insight. Though deposed of official duties while in attendance in war room meetings, his knowledge and expertise were volunteered and solicited to chart course directions. With unknowns seeking the open XO slot, perhaps the township folks may be wise to write in the name of the deposed captain on the election ballot to get the ship upright and sailing forward again.
Joe LaMacchia Somerville
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