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While Ricky Nelson’s “Garden Party” reflected the coming together of musical giants in the early 1970s, the recent fundraiser for Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner appears to reflect an emerging political reality, as everybody except Bayonne Mark Smith and state Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack attended. Jersey City Mayor-Elect Steven Fulop may have stolen …
Mayor-elect Steven Fulop’s biggest problem now will be proving he can do everything he’s been saying he could do for the past seven years. His decisive victory in Tuesday’s runoff City Council races puts him and his aggressive agenda in the spotlight. As a critic of Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Fulop was always frustrated by either …
In a game of high stakes political poker, Carmelo Garcia, state Senator Brian Stack and the Hudson County Democratic Organization pulled the fat out of the fire, managing to eke out an appeal that allows Garcia to remain on their slate for state Assembly candidate in the upcoming Democratic primary in the 33rd District. The …
In what is turning out to be one of the more brilliant political chess gambits, Hoboken City Councilman Ravi Bhalla has outfoxed some key political players in his bid to win the Democratic line for state Assembly in the 33rd District. Legal maneuvering (which Bhalla denies any connection to) that challenges Carmelo Garcia’s ability to …
Freeholder Anthony “Stick” Romano of Hoboken is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place in deciding what to do next with his political career. There’s a backlash among Old Hoboken against Assemblyman Ruben Ramos because of Ramos’ decision to run for mayor. Ramos’ political behind-the-scenes efforts have put him in a good position …
Faced with the prospect that West New York Mayor Felix Roque might emerge unscathed from his legal woes, his opponents appear to be getting together to build a coalition that would drive him out of the mayor’s seat via a recall election—which ironically is how Roque was boosted toward the mayoralty in the first place. …
“You can get physical,” said debate host Pat O’Meila at a Jersey City mayoral debate that included two of the four contenders in the 2013 municipal election. Although Jerry Walker was invited to join the debate, illness kept him away. Abdul Malik did not receive an invitation since one of the criteria for inclusion was …
And the candidates are… State Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack has frustrated people for months by waiting until two days before the filing deadline to announce – or even make up his mind on – who will be his Assembly running mates in the June Democratic Primary. The Oscars can hardly compete with …
And the candidates are… State Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack has frustrated people for months by waiting until two days before the filing deadline to announce – or even make up his mind on – who will be his Assembly running mates in the June Democratic Primary. The Oscars can hardly compete with …
Now that the three state senators have made up their minds to run on the same Democratic ticket in the June primary and presumably in November, the only real political game worth watching in Hudson County – outside of the May trial of West New York Mayor Felix Roque – is the Jersey City municipal …
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