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In a week that saw the opening of an off-track wagering facility in Bayonne, political oddsmakers say that State Sen. Sandra Cunningham will not likely run for Jersey City mayor next year, despite an upcoming rumored meeting between her and her close ally, State Sen. Ray Lesniak. Some suggest that Jersey City Councilwoman Viola Richardson, …
Three weeks ago, this column somewhat exaggerated the confrontation between West New York Commissioner Dr. Count J. Wiley and West New York Mayor Dr. Felix Roque. Wiley’s supporters were quick to take this column to task, suggesting that there is a viable movement in that politically-troubled city that would follow a new leader if one …
Epps for Jersey City council? Perhaps seeking to take advantage of dissatisfaction with the way the Jersey City School Board selected its new superintendent, and to hammer home the fact that the school board has close ties to his mayoral opponent Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop, Mayor Jerramiah Healy may be seeking to get former …
Why would anyone have a fight over who gets seated on a housing authority, anyway? This might be said of Hoboken, where opponents of Mayor Dawn Zimmer clashed with pro-Zimmer people over an appointment to the board. The board is made up of seven volunteer members as well as a paid staff and oversees 21 …
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West New York Mayor Felix Roque gave new meaning to the old Woody Allen movie by taking back a loan that he had given the Democratic Committee of West New York after the committee was taken over by his political enemies. Rather than have his own money used against him now that those loyal to …
“Hudson County will lead the way in reelecting President Obama, Senator Bob Menendez, reelecting Congress Albio Sires and Bill Pascrell, and electing Donald Payne Jr.,” said Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith after being reelected as chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization (the longstanding Democratic group in Hudson County) on June 12. “Our candidates will be …
Hoboken Democratic Chairman Jamie Cryan stepped out of his front door on Tuesday to go vote in the election primaries. A resident of the politically heated 4th Ward, Cryan only had to walk across the street to vote in the past. Not so since the ward was redistricted. Instead, he had to walk four blocks …
West New York was like a cyberspace scene from a William Gibson novel on May 24, as federal authorities swooped down on Mayor Dr. Felix Roque and his son, Joseph, accusing them of allegedly hacking a website to gain information about political opponents. Gibson, most famous for his short stories and novels about the revolutionary …
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Not everybody who failed to show up for the kickoff to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s reelection campaign meant to miss it. Some people, such as some of the Hudson County freeholders, never got the invitation, adding to already mounting tensions among Democrats in Hudson County and the ill feelings generated over normally petty feuds. Some …
The big political news last week was that the Hudson County Democratic Organization is broke and deep in debt. This was the result of several factors, most of which aren’t contemporary. Part of the reason the HCDO is so behind on payments has to do with the political civil war waged in 2008 against it …