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Not wanting to upset the apple cart before this past Tuesday night’s primary elections, those inside the Hudson County Democratic Organization refused to confirm that Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith will become the next HCDO chairman. But sources say that Smith is a done deal, if he can meet with all the concerned citizens and get …
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Bayonne Freeholder Doreen DiDomenico hit the airwaves in late May with her new cable access TV show to be aired on Thursdays on Cablevision channel 19, and she is not the first. Freeholder Bill O’Dea, County Executive Tom DeGise, and even Hoboken Freeholder Anthony “Stick” Romano have hooked into the new medium, each serving as …
Incumbent Bayonne Councilman Gary La Pelusa knows he has a battle ahead in the June 15 run off election if he is to retain his 3rd Ward seat. “I was really surprised at the outcome,” he said this week, as he gears up his campaign against Ray Greaves – who is being supported by Mayor …
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Republican Gov. Christopher Christie came to Hoboken again on Monday – into the heart of enemy (heavily Democratic) territory – to sell his agenda for reducing the hefty burden on taxpayers throughout the state. While the more than warm reception he received in the stronghold of the Democratic Party in New Jersey might seem strange, …
If there is going to be a new political civil war among Hudson County Democrats, it began with the closing of the election polls in Bayonne and Union City on Tuesday night, May 11, as incumbents Mark Smith and Brian Stack crushed their opponents for huge victories, enabling each to lay claim to the chairmanship …
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Mad Magazine said it best when its symbolic character Alfred E. Newman asked rhetorically, “What? Me Worry?” The Hudson County freeholders were prepared last week to dump a truckload of embarrassing rhetoric on North Hudson’s mayors at this past Thursday night’s freeholder meeting, regarding the mayors’ proposal to save money by doing away with high …
A divided city council recently voted to approve Jersey City’s $510 million budget, maintaining the already hefty taxes residents will be required to pay – and doing more to invigorate the 2013 mayoral hopes of Councilman Steven Fulop, who along with Council members David Donnelly and Nidia Lopez voted against it. Fulop’s campaign coffers are …
If there is anything remotely like tea leaves for reading the political future, it’s this year’s Board of Education elections, leaving distinct winners and losers – especially in Jersey City, Hoboken, and Secaucus. Despite the call from Gov. Christopher Christie for voters to reject their school budgets (so they could be cut even further), voters …
The fight for Hoboken Democratic Committee seats is underway in that town, stirring up rumors that Mayor Dawn Zimmer may be making a deal with the long-time Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) to have her seated as the new chairperson for the Democrats in Hoboken. A local Democratic Committee has a lot of power over …
There is a shrill wind blowing from the suburbs of New Jersey saying taxes are too high and that newly elected Gov. Christopher Christie should do something about it. The New Jersey Education Association, the union representing teachers throughout the state, has become Christie’s primary target, a group whom Christie has called the “bully of …