Sheriff says he will run on platform of fiscal responsibility
By Alyana Alfaro | 12/15/15 4:13pm
Bergen County Sheriff Saudino is up for reelection next year.
With the year winding down, eyes around the state are starting to turn to the 2016 election. In Bergen County, November will see Republican Sheriff Michael Saudino working to keep his seat.
This year, the Bergen County Democratic Party won big in the assembly and county races. They retained their majority on the freeholder board and decisively won LD38, a district initially perceived to be one of the most competitive in the state. Now, as Democrats prepare for next year, it is only logical that they will try to maintain that flood of victories and secure Saudino’s seat for the Democratic Party.
However, Saudino, seems to be in the good graces of many of his Democratic colleagues. Last week, he was the only Republican at an event in Paterson where elected officials spoke out against anti-Muslim sentiment. Last year, he made waves when he endorsed Democratic challenger Jim Tedesco for County Executive over incumbent Republican Kathleen Donovan. He later rescinded that endorsement but Donovan eventually lost to Tedesco.
“I think I have shown that I am not a political guy,” Saudino told PolitickerNJ. “I don’t intend to change. I don’t want to be a political guy. I understand that I am in an elected position but I want to keep politics as much as I can out of it. There is no place for politics in law enforcement. I try to maintain that attitude. To me, it is not about the party. It is about who the best people are, who has the best ideas.”
Saudino said he hopes he can win in 2016 despite the number of Democratic wins in the county this year
https://politickernj.com/2015/12/bergen-sheriff-saudino-there-is-no-place-for-politics-in-law-enforcement/
Saudino can kiss my ass. He is not a Republican and I hope he loses. He is an a-hole buddy of Tedesco, “tell me who you know, I’ll tell you who you are”.
Is he kidding us. “I think I have shown that I am not a political guy,”
This is a joke from an over paid double dipper.
Ha HA too funny…what a miserable POS….
S Frans, Saudino is a Turncoat Republican. He and his boys back the Democratic Machine in the last County Election. Karma for Saudino would be that the Democratic Machine put their own candidate up and the win .