halevai the oilam in Eretz Yisroel should learn from you.

Mr. K, as we shall call him, told me that he will be holding his nose this election day and voting Democratic for the first time in his life. The reasons he elucidated jolted me as well.

Mr. K told me he had a two hour face to face meeting with Chris Christie and asked him to come campaign in Lakewood. Christie refused. Christie insinuated that he is totally turned off from the Jewish community of Lakewood.

Mr. K. met with some of Christie’s biggest contributors to enlist them in getting Christie to come to Lakewood and meet with the Jewish leadership and he refused them as well.

Based on that rather blunt and brusque meeting, Mr. K was extremely repulsed and disenchanted with Mr. Christie.

Mr. K believes very strongly that Mr. Christie is NO friend of the Lakewood Orthodox Jewish community.

You would think that Christie would naturally be inclined to reach out to our community which is fair-minded in moral values and fiscal conservatisms. Opting not to come to the largest town in Ocean County and the fastest growing town in New Jersey has to raise many red flags.

Actions speak louder than words.

Mr. K also believes that social services will be reduced as well as social service monies currently available to our kehilla in an effort to “trim” the budget.

Mr. K believes that, given the opportunity, a “Governor” Christie would initiate tax and oversight investigations that would harm many of the mosdos, shuls and even simple gemachs in our town.

Mr. K is not a part of the VAAD and never was. Mr. K’s only purpose in reaching out to the public was to convey his feelings and sentiments which he strongly believes are accurate and true.

Mr. K, like I mentioned earlier, is very involved in state and national politics and is understandably choosing to remain anonymous.

Although in our hearts we want nothing more than to strike a blow at Corzine/Obama and ilk, at the end of the day we must have achrayus to do what’s right for our mosdos, for they are our stream of life and nothing else, first and foremost being the great citadel of Torah – Bais Medrash Govoha. And nobody knows all the nuances of the needs of the mosdos like the Chashuve Lakewood Vaad. Have no doubt that they confer every single big and little issue with the Roshei Hayeshiva and the Mashgiach shlit”a. So we should follow them BLINDLY, like I have quoted many a time: afilu omer l’cha al yemin shehu smol v’al smol shehu yemin.

I am shocked that Harav S. B. Cohen shlit”a, one of the chashuve rabbonim and baalei horaa of Lakewood, would come out publicly AGAINST the endorsement of the roshei hayeshiva. I really refuse to believe he said so. Anyway, if indeed he did, we should only listen to what the roshei hayeshiva say. “Lo Bashamayim Hi”.

This business with families being taxed too much and all the other empty tainos are all the “hot air” of a few hotheads that have no “raiach hatorah” in them. History has proven that it’s not the “high-tax” Democrats that bring tough economic times (case-in-point: Bill Clinton), and not the “low-taxes” Republicans that bring good economic times (case-in-point: George W. Bush). It’s all ONLY THE RIBONO SHEL OLOAM!!! So the only thing that will help all matters is we do what He wants: listen to what our gedolim say without any hesitation and “chakiros”. “Uvasa el hacohen asher yihyeh bayamim hahem”.