Mapp Weighs In On CD 12

Mayor Adrian O. Mapp on Jan. 1, 2014

Being the first Union County Democrat to make an endorsement for a successor to Rep. Rush Holt earned Mayor Adrian O. Mapp headlines in three online news outlets Tuesday.

Mapp was quoted on his reasons for endorsing Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman on nj.com. mycentraljersey.com and politickernj.com, before Union County and Plainfield Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Green got a word online. Assemblyman Green is usually a stickler for protocol and had only alluded publicly to Union County possibly holding the swing endorsement between perceived front-runners Watson Coleman and Senator Linda Greenstein.

PolitickerNJ said this about Mapp: "A former New Democrat who forged an alliance with establishment Democrat Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-22) en route to defeating incumbent Sharon Robinson-Briggs in last year’s mayor’s contest, Mapp said he does not know whom Green will endorse in the developing CD 12 Democratic Primary."

Whoa! It doesn't sound as if Mapp is going to adhere to Green's 2008 adage, "Therefore, it is time for every duck to fall in line with the premise of order." {Green was plumping for unity among Democrats - see entire post here.) But maybe Mapp is a lucky duck to be able to boast a White House visit in January and his own headlines now across the state.

One reason Mapp gave for seeking the title of chief of staff for his new cabinet was the need for someone to interface on the city's behalf with all levels of government. If Chief of Staff John Stewart is helping Mapp get wide attention for his views as the mayor of Plainfield, it was well worth the struggle last year to get the title approved by the City Council.

--Bernice

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