Da Hidden Truth About Da Manalapan GOP Civil War

War has been declared within da Manalapan GOP, and my embedded GOP'er sources tell daTruthSquad it won't end with da primary, no matter who wins in June, and it was a strategic maneuver, but it appears it wasn't orchestrated by who da local Snoozepaper woul lead you to believe.

It appears if da Poobah keeps control, the “reform faction” candidates as they’re being called by da local Snoozepaper may possibly run on their own line in the fall as “Reform Republicans.” If party boss Steve “Iron Girth” McEnery’s line fails in June, they too will take a second line on the ballot – and there’s a very important reason for that – he may be forced to – and it’s not GOP’ers that may be doing the forcing!

There has always been a simmering feud within da Manalapan GOP, but it blew its stack when a series of events drove a wedge wider than da girth of da Poobah himself between da factions. Thanks to da TruthTellers, it appears da series of events happened this way:

1. It became clear in January that 2 figures were emerging for da GOP to run for Township Committee. One was Butch Budai, who just happened to be da campaign manager for Susan Cohen's victorious campaign last year. He's also da current club president and doesn't see eye-to-girth with da Poobah or alleged Manalapan/and or Freehold resident & DEFENDANT Andy Boy. Da other is Steve Johnson, who just happens to be outspoken about da Field of Nightmares supported by da Queen Mayor & alleged Manalapan and/or Freehold resident & DEFENDANT Committeeman Andy Boy. He's also a former club president, and like Budai, his wife was fired from her volunteer position in Manalapan by da Queen Mayor this year.

2. It became crystal clear to da Poobah that he didn't want candidates he couldn't control. So, he reached out to "independent" Ryan Green, who is running for every possible election in Manalapan this year, and in a year that da powerful political elite have set their sights and their Snoozepaper against da bloggers, da Poobah enlists "unaffiliated" Blogger Bill Garcia, who has his own blog and isn't afraid to leave his religious & personal thoughts on it while removing any mention of daTruthSquad from it.

3. Both "independent" & "unaffiliated" apparently & suddenly change their political ideologies to GOP in late-February.

4. Da Poobah chooses da day to pick candidates. He selects da day between Good Friday & Easter Sunday, which also happens to be da very same Holy weekend Budai was scheduled to be out of town. Because of the religious implications, a number of county committee people who select candidates was unable to attend. They were then kicked to da curb and 12 hand-picked replacements were bussed in on da Poobah Express, handing their votes to Team Poobah.

There have been 2 news reports about this so far, one was a fair & balanced report by da Asbury Park Press. The other was a Poobah press release written as only Back Page Barratta can for her Snoozepaper.

Da Snoozepaper claims they were unable to contact Johnson & Budai, who apparently were quite able to be contacted by da Press and gave what appears to be truthful commentary.

Da Snoozepaper instead decided to only interview Poobah supporters, and interviewed 1 couple who are longtime GOP'ers who are in step with da Poobah. Da other person they interviewed was another Poobah supporter, someone da Snoozepaper described as a "gadfly," which, according to Webster's dictionary, is either "any of various flies (as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock, or a person who stimulates or annoys especially by persistent criticism."

Regardless whether da Snoozepaper claims da person is an annoying insect that bites livestock or one that annoys using criticism, she, according to da Snoozer writer, "was approached by a member of the county committee in an effort to get her to join the reform faction."

It is unknown where da meeting took place in a back alley or at "faction headquarters," which is what one is led to believe when you read da Back Page release.

And, regardless of where da meeting was held - and da fact they've called daTruthSquad worse - da BaconHeads at da Snoozepaper owe that young lady an apology for referencing her as "an annoying insect that bites livestock."

In da Press story, which did not find it necessary to call someone an annoying insect, instead were able to get important interviews with Budai & Johnson, and unlike da Snoozer press release, told both sides of da story by painting a picture of a large number of GOP'ers who are not happy with da current leadership and demand change.

Unlike da Back Page press release, da Press story told us "GOP Municipal Committee Chairman Stephen McEnery said Budai and Johnson caught a case of sour grapes," which underscores the "us vs them" mentality Team Poobah apparently wants to portray.

Unlike da Back Page press release, da Press story reported an extremely important facet, that "Budai and Johnson, a Zoning Board of Adjustment member, also have organized 40 residents to run on their line for the 48 local Republican County Committee seats, they said. The township reported unofficially that 76 people are running in 24 districts for the seats. "Many of us decided to join together to work to return Manalapan to the kind of community we all enjoyed before the party bosses created the negativity that saddens us all," Budai said.

This means either Manalapan is da “Sour Grapes" capital of da world, or indeed da dissent is widespread. Apparently, that is da difference between 1 "newspaper" that you have to pay for, and da other "Snoozepaper" which gets tossed on your wet lawn whether you like it or not.

Now, here's what daTruthTellers know that da newspapers didn't know.

It appears there's a reason some in da GOP "Grand Old Poobah" party don't want Budai & Johnson on da ticket, and it surrounds both da Democrats - da Village - and da Mosked man.

Da Democrats desperately want to keep control of Manalapan, and they want their Queen to stay in power. Recently Democrats went to bat for alleged Manalapan/and or Freehold resident Andy Boy after da Mosked man served him papers naming him as a DEFENDANT in da case of "Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man," and da person who stood by "Republican" Andy Boy's side was none other than Manalapan Democratic Chairman Gerard Ward!

In a Snoozepaper letter-to-da-editor, Ward wrote, "I stand shoulder to shoulder with Chairman Steve McEnery and the Manalapan Republican Party in support of Andrew Lucas."

This of course is a far cry from another letter Ward wrote about his new comrade a few short years ago when he said of his pal Andy Boy, “However, Mr. Lucas’s lack of qualifications for elected office is astounding. Mr. Lucas isn’t even a homeowner — he is a 20-something man living at home with his parents.”

Or, there was Ward’s questioning Lucas’s claim Manalapan was heading toward insolvency – that was – of course when Lucas wasn’t leading the charge to raise Manalapan’s taxes 28%! “How much is our town’s reputation worth? The year before the $12 tax decrease, (Committeeman Joseph) Mr. Locricchio and (Committee Andrew) Mr. Lucas swore we were going insolvent. How is it we went from insolvency to having enough money for a tax decrease?”

And then there was this gem by Ward discussing Lucas’s skills with a budget, “Not even their own auditor would back his ridiculous claims and say that the town was in a ‘dire situation,’ ” Ward said. “Why is (Lucas) and his Republican friends so intent on destroying this town’s image just for political gain?”

Another Ward letter to da Snoozer questions whether Andy Boy was covering something up, “It’s a shame [Manalapan Township Committeeman] Andrew Lucas wasn’t born during Watergate and subsequently paid no attention to the lessons learned during that time period. The one undisputable fact to come out of that affair, which both Republicans and Democrats can agree upon, is that you never cover up anything. You will eventually get caught, lose all credibility and the public will never forgive you. Mr. Lucas’ 45 minutes of evading the simple question, “Did you attend the meeting where the future of the Englishtown Police Department was discussed?” was pathetic but not surprising."

Why is it that someone who has spent several years writing less-than-flattering letters about Andy Boy is all of a sudden his pen-pal?

DaTruth is, maybe when all is said and done another Democrat leader is da one who said it best when she said simply, “It takes a Village.”

And who was it who said, “He was for it, before he was against it?”

It’s nice to see that Andy Boy has more support these days from Manalapan’s Democratic leadership than he does with Manalapan’s Republican foot soldiers. Remember, it was da Queen who cast da deciding vote to make her former arch-rival Andy Boy mayor in 2007, and Andy Boy who cast da deciding vote to make his former arch-rival da Queen mayor in 2008.

DaTruth is, it was Andy Boy who cast da deciding vote to bring his 2004 campaign strategist, da Mosked Man, on board as Township Attorney in 2005, at da same time he was severely criticized in 2005 campaign literature released by da Roth campaign for taking “a limousine ride to Trenton” with da Village developer. What a difference a year or 2 makes.

If da reform candidates gain power, it could put an end to a certain lawsuit known worldwide as “Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man,” and prove da lawsuit was nothing more than a political vendetta?

Also, both da Ward & Queen-led Democrats & Iron Girth-led GOP’ers in power fear a win by da reformers will catapult da Mosked Man back into political power in Manalapan, something they apparently loathe & fear.

In an upcoming daTruthSquad, we will have to examine why, when da town leaders have laid da foundation of their battle against da bloggers does da Poobah enlist a blogger as a candidate, how it will look if da School Board guy doesn't win reelection for his school seat yet run on da Poobah's ticket, and whether da GOP’er Poobah wants da Democratic Queen Mayor reelected?

One has to speculate what may be happening in da “back room” where certain deals are struck?

And that’s daTruth.