While Gov. Jon Corzine reportedly said today that Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano is going to resign on Friday, two city officials who just spoke with Cammarano — including one of whom who was cornered after leaving the mayor’s house just now — say that this is false.
City attorney Steve Kleinman and proposed Public Safety Director Angel Alicea, who just talked with Cammarano at his home, say that Cammarano has “no intention” of resigning tomorrow. Reporter Tim Carroll just talked to Alicea after Alicea left Cammarano’s house.
Sources close to Cammarano said that Corzine is merely trying to pressure him to resign.
However, Cammarano’s lawyer, Joseph Hayden, told the Star Ledger earlier today that his client is mulling it over. And several council members are reportedly involved in a negotiation with Cammarano about how the transition will go.
So who’s telling the truth? Or is it that a secret got out before it was supposed to?
Hayden and Cammarano could not be immediately reached for comment by the Reporter. However, the story will be continuously updated as we get new information.
Meanwhile, sources suggest that supporters of Dawn Zimmer, the City Council president, are in talks with Cammarano to work out a situation in which Councilwoman Carol Marsh, not Zimmer, will take over as mayor for the time being. However, those rumors are not definite.
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