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The ugly truth about Cory Booker, New Jersey’s golden boy

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The ugly truth about Cory Booker, New Jersey’s golden boy

It’s eight o’clock on a Sunday night in Jersey City, and for the first time this October it’s cold enough to see your breath in front of you with a deep exhale of the Hudson River air. It’s curious, given that, to see a group of a few dozen residents and visitors from neighboring towns assembled in a parking lot next to the train station—while the New York Giants are playing, no less. The workout-gear-clad mayor, Steven Fulop, is hopping up and down with his arms crossed over his chest for warmth, asking me when I think “he” will arrive. (Nuzzi/The Daily Beast)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/20/the-ugly-truth-about-cory-booker-new-jersey-s-golden-boy.html

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NJ Governor Christie joins Jeff Bell on the Campaign trail

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NJ Governor Christie joins Jeff Bell on the Campaign trail
October 20,2014
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Morristown NJ, Governor Christie joined Jeff Bell on the Campaign trail today at the Morristown Diner .Governor Chris Christie joined  Jeff Bell for a meet and greet and a speech to voters  in Morris County  this morning. .

The Governor has hosted two fundraiser for Bell and said that he plans on joining Bell along the campaign trail.

Today’s event marked the first time Bell and Christie have campaigned together, apart from fundraisers.

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Jeff was treated like a rock star by the enthusiastic crowd  , even taking time out to sign autographs .

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Bergen County’s first woman executive leans on experience in bid for second term

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KATHLEEN DONOVAN FOR BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE
BOB AVERY & BERNADETTE COGHLAN-WALSH FOR BERGEN COUNTY FREEHOLDER 

Bergen County’s first woman executive leans on experience in bid for second term

OCTOBER 19, 2014, 3:08 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014, 5:48 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

Kathleen Donovan has held a variety of public jobs over the last 30 years, including public defender, assemblywoman, county clerk, Port Authority commissioner. Now, as Bergen County executive, she is seeking a second term.

While many people have helped her along the way, Donovan, a Republican from Rutherford, said she’s never really had anyone she would consider a mentor in politics.

That’s probably because in most cases she was the first woman to hold the job, Donovan said.

“Generally, you look to another woman, and there just weren’t any,” she said recently during an interview. “You had to figure it out yourself.”

Donovan was the first woman to represent the South Bergen legislative district 36. When she became county clerk in 1988, she was the first female constitutional officer in the state’s history. She was the first woman to chair the Port Authority commission, which she joined in 1994. In November 2010, she became the first woman elected Bergen County Executive.

In speeches, she sometimes reminds her audience that her mother was born at a time when women did not have the right to vote. In light of that,  she considers it a “huge honor” that she has been elected several times and is part of government.

Donovan had a say in crafting the job she now holds. She was part of a charter commission that designed the county executive form of government approved by voters in 1985.

She was one of about 40 people who ran for the nonpartisan charter study commission.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-s-first-woman-executive-leans-on-experience-in-bid-for-second-term-1.1112709#sthash.bW6zwEO4.dpuf

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July 2, in 1776, New Jersey granted the right to vote to all inhabitants over 21 and possessed of property worth at least 50 pounds

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July 2, in 1776, New Jersey granted the right to vote to all inhabitants over 21 and possessed of property worth at least 50 pounds

On this day July 2, in 1776, New Jersey granted the right to vote to all inhabitants over 21 and possessed of property worth at least 50 pounds (about $86 dollars).

“That all inhabitants of this Colony, of full age, who are worth fifty pounds proclamation money, clear estate in the same, and have resided within the county in which they claim a vote for twelve months immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for Representatives in Council and Assembly; and also for all other public officers, that shall be elected by the people of the county at large.”

This included women and free blacks. However, universal suffrage did not last. By 1807 the women and free blacks of New Jersey lose their right to vote. The repeal was sponsored by a politician who was nearly defeated 20 years earlier when his opponent rallied the women to vote.

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Ridgewood planners set to vote on Valley Hospital’s expansion

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Ridgewood planners set to vote on Valley Hospital’s expansion

JUNE 16, 2014    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014, 2:09 PM
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
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RIDGEWOOD — After 16 months of hearings, the Planning Board is set to vote Tuesday on The Valley Hospital’s proposal to nearly double in size, a project that has polarized the village and pitted the medical center against a vocal group of residents.

This round of hearings is the latest push in Valley’s eight-year effort to expand. The meetings have been heated, frequently tedious and sometimes downright ugly, with residents yelling and booing a combative attorney who represents the hospital.

“These meetings have all been one-sided — Valley’s side,” said Jody McCambridge. “I just hope they make a wise choice and keep the hospital the size it is now.”

Valley officials are seeking an amendment to the village master plan for the expansion. Their plan calls for the hospital to grow from 562,000 square feet to 995,000 square feet, with one building that will rise 94 feet high. The expansion will include a 245,000-square-foot parking garage.

Hospital executives declined to comment. Supporters of the project said the hospital needs to expand and renovate to keep current in a highly competitive market.

“You have to decide whether Ridgewood wants access to a first-class medical center,” Gene Cornell, president of Ridgewood Residents for Valley, told the Planning Board this month. “The need for renovation is clear.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/board-set-to-vote-on-valley-plan-1.1035834#sthash.m2tBpKDu.dpuf

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Reader says what I really want to hear from the RBSA is how are they going to fix the IRS Issues

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Reader says what I really want to hear from the RBSA is how are they going to fix the IRS Issues

The sports groups are out in full force. Just got a “Mid-Season Update from RBSA President Jim Albano” telleing me what’s been going on in RBSA-land but no discussion of their IRS issues which is what I’d really like to know about. I haven’t gotten an RBSA message in years since my kids are already in college.Also got another one from a RBSA trustee urging me to vote for Jim Albano because he is the ONLY candidate concerned about our youths (funny, my kids played ALOT of sports with the Knudsen kids and Susan has been the photog for the RHS football and Mike has young ones who will play sports). I never heard Susan or Mike say that didn’t support the recommendations of the open-space committee and I’ve been listening but I could be wrong.Disingenous, at best.

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Nominating packets can be picked up for Ridgewood Council seats

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Nominating packets can be picked up for Ridgewood Council seats
Thursday February 13, 2014, 11:03 AM
BY  DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News

Nominating packets are now available for pickup by residents interested in running for Ridgewood Council this spring.

Two seats on the village’s governing body, each carrying a four-year term, will be up for grabs during the municipal election in May.

The Ridgewood Council is a non-partisan, five-member body that carries out the municipality’s legislative functions, including the passage of new ordinances and the approval of bills and payments, among other responsibilities. Council members, who receive an annual stipend, hold open public meetings at least twice a month and also serve on other village boards and committees.

Ridgewood’s chief executive, the village manager, is directed by the municipal council.

Residency as well as a completed nominating petition is requisite to run for council, and individuals have until March 10 to file their petitions at Village Hall.

The election will be conducted on May 13, and the two winners will be sworn into office on July 1.

Tom Riche, who is serving his second non-concurrent term with the Village Council, has not publicly expressed his decision to seek reelection. On Tuesday, he told The Ridgewood News that he was still undecided about another term, saying he is “keeping my options open.”

Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh announced in December that she will not seek reelection, choosing instead to focus on winning a bid as a Republican nominee for Bergen County freeholder. The Bergen County GOP will select its two party representatives in March, and the freeholder election takes place in November.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/245381331_Nominating_packets_can_be_picked_up_for_Ridgewood_Council_seats.html#sthash.fhqkhYcI.dpuf