Special Episode - BackStabbers show themselves on the Paterson City Council..

After a big show of force by several dozen of his supporters at the city council chambers, mayor Jose “Joey” Torres survived a no confidence vote on Tuesday night and not just from the gallery, Council members who came out of the closet showed their support for the Mayor and at the sametime stuck the middle finger up at the people who put them in office.  

Council members appeared sharply divided on taking a vote of no confidence on their indicted mayor and seek his resignation last week, but on Tuesday night there was an obvious shift.The council voted 6-2-1 to reject a vote of no confidence against Torres.

Today is going to be a historic day for you council members to prove you are with the taxpayers or against the taxpayers. To prove your honesty. You are either with the people of Paterson or with the crook of Paterson,” said Haytham Younes, a former city council candidate. Well, we see where that went!!!!!!!!

Some council members had reservations about the measure for fear of judging the mayor guilty before he goes before a judge.“It doesn’t speak to the mayor’s guilt or innocence. It speaks to your concerns about leadership under these conditions,” city activist Ernest Rucker told council members. “Right now, our city is hurting. Our city is under a very dark cloud. This is shaking the fiber of our city.”

Davila, Jackson, Khalique, Mendez, Velez, and Morris voted against the measure while Sayegh and McKoy voted in favor. Cotton abstained.

“I think part of friendship requires accountability and responsibility,” said McKoy subtly jabbing at council members who voted against the measure out of friendship with Torres

The whole damned thing was rigged from the start, it was not about the indictment, it was about Joey's performance in office, the doule talk win's again...