Why the need for "The Gadfly?"

One might ask why is there a need for a blog called "The Gadfly?"

A gadfly is an individual who might upset the status quo by presenting facts and posing novel questions.  Socrates pointed out that a gadfly was easy to swat, but the cost to society of silencing individuals who were irritating could be very high.

Basically "The Gadfly" was created because The Record, Herald News and the Passaic Valley Today do not provide Little Falls residents with timely news and information about political and civic issues in the township.

Just ask yourself: when was the last time any of those three newspapers provided in-depth or investigative reporting about township matters?

One might attribute this lack of coverage, as noted by A. J. Liebling, to the fact that "freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

This reality can be overcome with the creation of a blog, a site where an individual, without ties to corporate media, can report news and express opinions about issues and activities that may not be covered by the mainstream media.

The "The Gadfly," which maintains an eye on issues confronting the residents of Little Falls was started under the auspices of the northjersey.com's "community blogging" program and is now completely independent of corporate media sponsorship, existing under the auspices of blogspot.com.

June 7th Primary Election Results

The primary election on June 7th offered little excitement with respect to Little Falls candidates for municipal office.  Since both the Little Falls' Democratic Organization and Little Falls' Republic Organization ran candidates who were unopposed.

So for the upcoming November 8th election the Democrats will run James Damiano for Mayor and Maria Cordonnier and Anthony Sgobba for Town Council; and the Republicans will run Pamela Porter for Mayor and Louis Fontana and Chris Stacy for Town Council.

With respect to the presidential primary in Little Falls here are the statistics:

On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton received 631 votes (56.5%) and Bernie Sanders received 482 votes (43.5%);

On the Republican side there were three candidates: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich.  Cruz and Kasich had withdrawn their candidacy after the deadline to withdraw their names from the New Jersey primary ballot. 

Trump received 680 votes (88.7%), Cruz 25 (3.3%) votes and Kasich 62 votes (8.0%).

Thus, as of this writing, pending the outcome of the two presidential conventions, the presumptive presidential candidates on the November 8th presidential election ballot will be Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party and Donald Trump for the Republican party.

The Gadfly has a new home

For over six years, from December 6, 2009 through April 28, 2016, The Gadfly was published under the auspices of NorthJersey.com's "Community Blogging" program. 

 

Recently The Gadfly was informed that NorthJersey.com  was discontinuing its "Community Blogging" program.  Since then, The Gadfly has been searching for a new home.

 

This blog is the first posting from The Gadfly's new blog site

 

Readers can contact The Gadfly by posting a comment in response to a specific blog.

 

The Gadfly looks forward to its continued coverage of news of interest to residents of Little Falls, New Jersey.