This, again, serves as more proof
that Todd M. Tersigni’s spoken words as an elected official holds absolutely no
weight, and his aggressive actions on display last evening demonstrated beyond a
reasonable doubt that he feels superior to us “lesser” people.
To be quite frank, I’m not sure
the title of Council President is suiting Todd M. Tersigni too well…perhaps he
may draw up an ordinance referring to himself as “King Tersigni”. As a matter
of fact, I will be referring to Todd M. Tersigni as King Tersigni from here on
in just so I’m prepared for when the ordinance is drawn up, presented, and
ultimately passed.
Where to start?
Of course this was just a formality,
because King Tersigni already knows Blaine Fehley on a personal level.
For the record, he has been
private messaging Mr. Fehley on multiple occasions recently making statements
of “earning his trust” and at one time, even bought and paid for the jumpstart
of what is now known as the infamous Phillipsburg Raw website that Mr. Fehley
maintains and updates.
Moving forward, after Blaine
Fehley announces his name and address, he makes reference to the Council
Chamber’s speaker system and how the attendees cannot hear what is being said.
He then asks King Tersigni if anything can be done about the speaker system
because, “Sometimes when [Council] speaks the [public] cannot hear”.
King Tersigni, leans his head to
the side resembling that of a German Shepard that doesn’t understand what its
master is asking, and states, “You could not hear me talk tonight?” Not only is
King Tersigni’s grammar use a crime, but his tone is that of unconcern with a
hint of sarcasm.
Mr. Fehley looks to the back of
the room and other members in attendance validate his claims by notifying the
King that they too cannot hear.
You would think a concerned King
would want to help his people when the masses are in agreement with a request
but instead, King Tersigni evades the question and with an even more insensible
tone states, “What’s your next question?”
Now before the fireworks really
begin….allow me to stop for a moment and let’s reflect as to why King Tersigni
did not declare war on the Town Council chambers sound system as he did on the
trash not more than two weeks ago.
I personally believe it’s because
King Tersigni is well aware that the trash does not fight back and the voters
do.
It’s much easier to fight an inanimate
object than it is to tackle one that actually has a voice the King cannot keep
quiet….and this makes him look weak and defeated.
So instead the King, acknowledging
ignorance of the issue at hand, chose to ignore Mr. Fehleys appeal rather than
provide him with a knowledgeable answer, and just wanted to move on…AND this is
exactly what Mr. Fehley did.
And what happens next is magical….It’s
like a gift from the Gods dropped upon our doorstep for all to share…and thanks
to Mr. Fehley….it was recorded so we, the public….the voters….could witness how
King Tersigni is unfit for his position and ultimately for the position of
Mayor.
Mr. Fehley proceeds to state that
King Tersigni, at the last Council Meeting, vowed to sign complaints personally
against the trash violators and while quoting the King’s own words, King
Tersigni leans forward in a bullish manner, raises his hand, and attempts to interrupt
Mr. Fehley, however Mr. Fehley presses on to continue the quote.
Upon completing the quote, King
Tersigni states that Mr. Fehley wanted to know who the violators were and “frankly,
it was none of [his] business”.
King Tersigni then proceeds to
state, “And what you’re writing on a public forum…” and before he could
continue with his sentence Mr. Fehley stated the complaints were Town Business.
BOOM! EXPLOSION!
The King becomes defensive, leans
even more forward, raises his left hand and points his finger at Mr. Fehley and
states, “You let me talk. You let me talk now!”
Comically…Mr. Fehley responds, “Get
Yours Buddy.”
And the Gavel comes down….
King Tersigni again points to
Blaine Fehley and says, “Get your stuff. You’re out of here.” He then pompously
points to the Police Chief and says, “Chief, escort him off the property.”
To which the Police Chief
responds something to the effect of, “It looks like he’s leaving”…and doesn’t even
make an effort to give in to the King’s command.
The King asks if anyone else has
any public petitions and then attempts to instigate the incident further by
stating Mr. Fehley had five minutes to leave.
You can hear Mr. Fehley packing
his things and then the recording stops.
So let’s break this incident down
so we can truly see what an arrogant narcissist our King is and how he cowardly
seeks to retreat from a situation which could have been so easily answered
within the confines of the law.
King Tersigni’s body language to
Mr. Fehley was defensive and argumentative. He leaned his chair forward to
engage in and attempted to entice a hostile conversation with Mr. Fehley
because he wasn’t getting his way. He was angry. How dare the King be
questioned? And when Mr. Fehley remained cooperative and unusually calm, the
King’s anger erupted…
It should be noted here that
Finger Pointing while speaking is an authoritative gesture and people do this
while talking down to someone in an aggressive and angry manner. It’s
confrontational, invasive, and offensive…all of which the King adopted when
using this gesture to rule the room with his self-perceived authority.
And his body language evoked
aggression as if he were superior to others in the room and as if the other attendees,
including Mr. Fehley had lesser rights and less valid truths than he. King
Tersigni’s actions were nothing short of bullishness.
To be fair, former Council
Presidents have dealt with a much worse, fiercer, and, at times, more vulgar
Blaine Fehley and he was never removed from Council Chambers. So why now?
Personal Vendetta? Abuse of Power? Did the weaker male merely need to urinate
upon his territory in an attempt to fool the people of his false strength?
And how did King Tersigni really
believe that by signing complaints against law-breakers would remain private?
Complaints are a matter of public record unless they are of a sensitive nature
such as the case in child custody cases, certain divorce proceedings, and in
some cases, the facts surrounding cases of guardianship. None of which is the case when filing a
complaint again trash violators.
The King should be well aware ofthis issue as the complaints filed against him were immediately accessible tothe public. Were they not?
So how, is this none of the
Public’s business? Unless the King didn’t want to admit he was lying and really
did not sign complaints against these violators. More lip service perhaps?
He could have simply clarified
why this was “None of Mr. Fehley’s Business” but instead he chose to have Mr.
Fehley removed and then spoke to the Police Chief as if he were the hired help.
This man’s ego is now so overblown that he truly believes he can order the
Police Chief to carry out his personal vendetta.
Kudos to Chief Faulborn for not
getting up and giving in to King Tersigni’s act of disrespect.
It just proves, even more so,
that King Tersigni’s false illusion of power has gone directly to his head and
beyond.
King Todd M. Tersigni will go to
great lengths to be noticed. He will ride around all day in his silver chariot
with the Liberty Construction insignia and act as if his own presence provides
we the people with a sense of safety.
Quite to the contrary….every time
we see that silver chariot the people are left wondering what lies or agenda is
taking place. What will be the actions of this erratic individual and how will
the people end up paying for them?
Okay….so the joke is now over.
There really is no humor to be found in Todd M. Tersigni’s actions here because
this is truly an abuse of power and it is only a small sample of what we are to
expect if this man were elected as our Mayor.
He already believes he is owed
more respect than he gives and this is apparent in his actions…Can you imagine
what will happen if he were Mayor?
The voters need to be more aware
of his erratic and arrogant behavior instead of being subjected to his face on
the Town of Phillipsburg Facebook Page with his vapid accomplishments and
awards that only he cares about.
Sure he’s a member of the Rotary
Club, a member of the Warren Heights Condo Association, Exchange Club of Warren
County, Solid Waste Advisory Committee, Public Access Committee, the Warren
County Economic Advisory Committee, and whatever else he can get elected to….but
why can’t he just be a Councilman? Why can’t he just do what he was elected to
do?
If you counted all of the hours
that Todd M. Tersigni spent on these boards, committees, driving around town in
his truck, writing on Facebook, and taking pictures of himself…I bet you would
find he spends less time being an actual Councilman.
He should be working for the
people and not against them.
Instead…he lays awake at night
dreaming of becoming Mayor.
Little does he know…a majority of
us are having nightmares of the same.
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