Dan Cirucci: What THIS Mayor Has To Say May Shock You!

Thursday, February 16, 2017

What THIS Mayor Has To Say May Shock You!

From our dear friends at Save Jersey:
by Matt Rooney

Syrian-born Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah and his fellow New Jersey Democrat mayors have gotten all the media attention as of late for their sanctuary city declarations, Save Jerseyans, and that’s a damn shame.
There’s another side to the story.

A very different perspective that’s not getting the attention it deserves because, frankly, it doesn’t fit the media’s narrative.
Meet Michael Ghassali, the new Mayor of Montvale.
He’s a Syrian-born Christian and, as of Election 2016, a political independent (formally a two-term Republican councilman prior to his recent campaign – local politics is always complicated!).
He’s the first Syrian-born Christian mayor in the entire United States.
He’s also vocally opposed to the sanctuary city push at a time when Trenton Democrats want to use New Jersey’s strained financial resources to cover any potential federal aid withdrawn by the Trump Administration.

Here’s what Mayor Ghassali said via Facecebook on Wednesday:

A word about Sanctuary Cities

I have been approached by mostly none-residents to issue an executive order declaring Montvale a Sanctuary City like they did in Maplewood, Prospect Park and Jersey City. By definition, Sanctuary City employees do not profile, investigate or report on residents for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws. Our law enforcement officers are hired to keep us safe and to enforce local, state and federal laws. I will not be signing any executive orders that will ask our employees to defy federal laws. A Mayor should not be advocating the defiance of federal laws; otherwise we will have Mayors signing orders challenging all different federal laws as they wish.

Montvale is not a Sanctuary City under this administration.

Mayor Mike Ghassali (a Syrian immigrant)

Wow!
By the way – plenty of other Syrian Christians agree with Mayor Ghassali’s position. You’re just not hearing from them because that’s not who our cultural overlords want you to hear.
Why do their opinions matter less than that of Mayor Khairullah? Montvale is actually more populous than Prospect Park, so it’s not a big city news vs. small town mayor thing.
Does it have anything to do with Mayor Khairullah being a far-left Muslim Democrat?
If I’m a betting man? You can count on it.
It’s always all about the narrative, Save Jerseyans. The truth be damned!

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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