>Bergen C-PAC Endorses Ridgewood Attorney John Ginty and Margaret ” Peg” Watkins former mayor of River Edge for Bergen County Republican Freeholder
Posted on March 13, 2012, 9:00 AM,
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Conservative PAC on behalf of the trustees and dues paying members of Bergen C PAC announced the endorsement of John Ginty and Margaret ” Peg” Watkins for freeholder in the upcoming Bergen County Republican Organization Convention on March 15.
“With an impressive background in the military and as an attorney, John Ginty has been a thoroughbred conservative for years and is extraordinarily qualified to articulate and implement conservative philosophy that is greatly needed in Bergen County governance,” said Paul Duggan, one of the Bergen C Pac founders
Margaret “Peg” Watkins, the former mayor of River Edge, brings years of integrity, experience and loyalty to the party base, and will add a much needed gravitas to the party image that has been lacking of late, added Duggan.
Frederick Goetz, a councilman from Washington Township did not respond to Bergen C PAC’s invitation.
“One of the prerequisites for running as a candidate on a county level is the willingness to communicate your desire to hold this office,” said Duggan.
Although Freeholder Hermansen did attend the C-PAC forum, ”we have serious issues regarding the freeholder’s voting record on the disastrous pay to play issue and, his associations with the liberal group Bergen GrassRoots. Hermansen’s advocacy for a liberal position that stifles free speech through campaign donations is detrimental to our party.”
In addition, “Hermansen’s votes to appoint prominent liberal Democrats to various positions within the Bergen County government, in particular his vote to approve the ultra liberal union lawyer Robert Garrison to the Bergen County Improvement Authority.”
“Bergen C-PAC believes that all elected Bergen County Republican officials must stand for Republican values and represent the interests of the grassroots. To our great dismay, a handful of elected officials have even allowed the liberal Bergen Grassroots and Bergen Record to define and derail the Republican agenda, even giving way to articles in the Record detailing private meetings and petty disputes within our party. That must be stopped!,” added Duggan.
“The only way to change this deplorable situation within the BCRO is to nominate John Ginty and Margaret “Peg” Watkins.
“These are seasoned, serious, wise, and loyal Republicans whom we can trust. By nominating Ginty and Watkins Unity Ticket, Republicans will have their voices heard in One Bergen Plaza again,” said Duggan.
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