Can Halloween Be a Wedge Issue This Year?
It might be in Haddonfield, a Republican town ready to defy an order from a Republican governor.
They don't come much more true, red Republican than Letitia "Tish" Colombi. The long-time mayor of Haddonfield is a steady bulkhead against a powerful Democratic machine in Camden County, always sporting a snappy red outfit when Gov. Chris Christie comes to town, as he has twice in the last five months. So when Colombi takes a stand against a directive from Christie, it could just be a defining wedge issue in this combative presidential campaign season. "The children of Haddonfield have overruled the governor and have decided they want to go trick-or-treating this week on Friday, as we have planned," Colombi said Wednesday, hours after Christie issued a directive banning trick-or-treating on Oct. 31 and suggesting it be held next week. He …
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Brian Kelly
10:43 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
You missed the point I was trying to make. With the disaster that has hit our state and the untold human suffering, whether kids in Haddonfield go trick or treating is the last thing Governor Christie has on his mind. Since I stopped trick or treating 45 years ago I could care less if they had it or not but you're right that the Mayor disregarded the directive. more ›