NORTH BERGEN AND BEYOND — Around 50 individuals rallied on Friday with the Citizens for Change slate running against Mayor Nicolas Sacco and his incumbents in the May 10 municipal election.
Equipped with bullhorns, the candidates walked from 49th Street to 43rd Street, calling it the “Day of Outrage March.” At North Bergen Town Hall canidate Ravanesh Varma asked Sacco to come out and answer questions on taxes and other issues. Some town employees looked on from their windows.
Sacco has been in office for 25 years. He and his team have faced little opposition in the past, and this year, they have obtained more than 50,000 signatures on petitions to run for re-election.
In North Bergen’s form of government, five commissioners run for office and then choose a mayor from among themselves. It’s generally known who among the five in each campaign will be mayor.
For more information about this election check back at www.hudsonreporter.com — Tricia Tirella