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More than a year before campaigning starts for mayor and three at-large council seats in Hoboken, the leading opponents of Mayor Dawn Zimmer have apparently met to come to an agreement to support a single candidate to oppose her. If the agreement holds, Councilmen Michael Russo and Ruben Ramos, as well as former school board …
What appeared to be a local battle over whether Jersey City should change its municipal elections from May to November has apparently taken on statewide importance. Insiders claim that state Senate President Stephen Sweeney and former U.S. Ambassador Phil Murphy are sending money and troops to Jersey City to oppose the move. This may explain …
With Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s feet firmly walking the yellow brick campaign road toward the state house next year, names of his possible replacement as mayor are cropping up everywhere. Freeholder Bill O’Dea, whose fundraiser brought more than 1,200 to Liberty House last week, has long been seen as the front runner. His fundraiser …
The idea of saving Atlantic City by establishing it as a Mecca for gambling may not have been a completely original idea when former Union City Mayor Bill Musto had it decades ago. But as a state legislator, Musto had the muscle to make it become a reality. Flash forward 40 years, and saving Atlantic …
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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez appears to have become a U.S. Justice Department poster child for its anti-corruption campaign. Menendez’s attorneys filed an unsuccessful motion to get bribery and other charges against Menendez dismissed based on the concept that federal legislators are immune to some kinds of criminal charges. But this exemption is mostly meant for …
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Frank Raia has been spotted meeting around Hoboken with City Council people loyal to Mayor Dawn Zimmer. Speculation is that he is lobbying to get a seat on the North Hudson Sewerage Authority (NHSA), where he was for 25 years. Last year, members of the authority gave him a retirement dinner after the Hoboken City …
Conservatives really have to be shaking in their boots after the speech made by Donald Trump’s wife at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. Why on earth, if Melania Trump was going to allegedly plagiarize a speech, would she take one given by Michele Obama to the Democratic National Convention in 2008, when …
Outgoing County Register Pamela Gardner has flatly denied reports that she is in the running to fill the unexpired Ward F council seat if Ward F Councilwoman Diane Coleman is elected as county register in November. Coleman won the Democratic nomination for county register in the primary on June 7 and will run against Republican …
Thank God Hillary Clinton won California and New Jersey and did not have to depend on superdelegates. The perception that Clinton somehow cheated her way to the top is inaccurate. She simply worked the existing system to her advantage. If supporters of Bernie Sanders need to blame anybody, they need to blame the Democratic Party …
Although the Democratic machine was expected to do some heavy lifting for Hillary Clinton in the New Jersey Democratic Primary on June 7, the real challenge will come in November when voters will likely have to choose between her and Republican candidate, Donald Trump. “New Jersey will be in play,” said one Hudson County Democrat …