What the challenger doesn't know is that there are very FEW US manufactures left. I am in the aftermarket parts business and sell a state municipality automotive parts. ALL but maybe 1 or two are in north America all of the rest are foreign made. If he wins I wonder who he'll be purchasing the parts from?

The challenger also got the story completely wrong, for the issue was in the area of marking the products as if they were factory parts. For instance no name brake pads were boxed as Ford/ Mopar / etc to mislead the purchaser into thinking that they were getting factory parts. The violation was of copyright, it was not that the parts were in anyway inferior.

Just some political grandstanding before the election. Yes, parts such as brakes, tires etc are in deed made to higher specifications for use in emergency vehicles. It depends on the parts that were bought and what use they were used in. Just putting a passenger car rated tire on a police vehicle could be a safety issue. But until the facts are known completely the challenger shouldn't make public statements. Also when many items are purchased from the low bidder, does the county actually know the quality of all the parts it orders and thier ultimate final use. Candidates should run on thier qualifications instead of mud-slinging. This is what most people hate about politicians. Elections have become more about mud-slinging and B.S. then the candidates that are running for office.

Yeah lets be proud of our vehicles automotive parts- Chrysler Fuel systems and transmissions are made in Mexico and/or Japan and/or France.
General Motors builds all of their Camaros in Canada, and all of their GMC Sierra pick-ups and Tahoes in Mexico.
Ford makes only 55% of their automotive parts. 15% come from Mexico, and many transmissions come from China.
As America muddles over after-market automotive parts, no one can really say where they come from. They can only hope that the replacement parts are being built to high standards.
Even the Electric Tesla is manufactured by Lotus in England, then shipped to California for assembly.

Passaic County should have specific purchase accounts set up to purchase specific parts for their offical vehicles, and it should include all vehicles in all towns in the county. Stop the nonsense.

The challenger would have been better off focusing on the land deal.

You can tell spring is right around the corner. The snow has melted, the ground has thawed and the "mud slinging" is starting already. Hey Frank Feenan, see you got your boots on already.

First of all let me just say, "that all emergency vehicles should be using OEM parts, (Original Equipment Parts) not aftermarket parts." In addition, to say that the parts were only mispackaged, is absurd! If they were mispackaged, who did the inspection of the parts? It seems to me, if the company that manufactured them were credible, then they would have their own name brand and packaging. If you believe that the parts sold were not Inferior then I have a bridge I would like to sell you! What the Challenger is simply pointing out is, that as Commander and Chief, you are responsible for everything! You call it political grandstanding, I call it reporting the facts! If Berdnick was as qualified and ethical as you say, then we wouldn't even have this conversation. If you call reporting the facts "mudslinging," then you haven't seen anything yet. It appears that someone either pulled a red herring on you long ago or you have a pound and a half of dead flesh stuck in a very dark place. Either way I feel sorry for you. Face it, the gravy train ride is over! It is time to produce and don"t even get me started on that "fugazi real estate deal."