1. East Orange Mayor Charged with Sexual Harassment... and Bad Poetry
(N.J./State)

... could be a boon to his opposing candidates:  Carol Clark, a freeholder, and Kevin Taylor, who has unsuccessfully run against Bowser three times previously. If only they can rhyme. Pam Lobley writes ...

2. You Are Not Obliged
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... as to the law. I will be writing in detail about this on my blog, and have already written two related posts about an OPRA request regarding Morris County Freeholder Ann Grossi misleading libraries, and ...

3. Christie Looks Outside New Jersey For Campaign Donors
(N.J./State)

... in New Jersey, a largely Democratic State. “I couldn’t ask for a better person to have at the top of the ticket,” Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas Arnone said.  ...

4. Economic Justice or Hogwash? Hackensack Pays $150,000 for Unused Sick and Vacation Days to Retired Interim Police Chief
(N.J./State)

... years, according to NorthJersey.com. Padilla was dropped from one lawsuit, and the others were settled, according to NorthJersey.com. Zisa is a former assemblyman, and Padilla was once a freeholder, ...

5. Sandy Storm Tax Poised to Hit Unaffected Towns in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... they will be forced to pay higher property taxes, which are intended to offset the millions of dollars in lost tax revenue from hard-hit beachfront towns. For example, Ocean County Freeholder ...

6. Christie Campaign Train: Another Democrat Jumps On Board
(N.J./State)

... before Thursday's announcement, "Mayor Long has a history of aligning herself with Republicans when it's convenient; being sworn into office by the Republican Freeholder Director and appointing Republicans ...

7. Japan helping N.J.'s Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts
(N.J./State)

... Consul General in New York, made he announcement at a special meeting with Monmouth Country Freeholders on Nov. 21. “We are united with the victims,” Ambassador Hiroki told monmouth County officials. ...

8. Bergen County Laws lifted, economic freedom ensued
(Opinion/Commentary)

... managers made the decision to open or close, not the country board of freeholders or the Paramus town council. This is called economic freedom, a concept that is foreign to most Republican and Democratic ...

9. Mayor Tony Mack scandal: Skills that Trenton’s next mayor should possess
(Opinion/Commentary)

... need to be able to work in a conciliatory fashion with City Council, the County Executive, the Board of Freeholders, other Mayors, Trenton’s legislative delegation state government etc. Relationships ...

10. For Christie and Lee Solomon, is third Supreme Court nom a charm?
(N.J./State)

... According to the Star-Ledger, he has served as a prosecutor, assemblyman, and freeholder. He is also a friend of Gov. Christie. The pair became close when Christie was U.S. Attorney and created a deputy ...

11. Activist leads fight for birds, animals at Port Authority airports
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... with three Bergen County freeholders, one of whose assistant obtained the PA’s Wildlife Hazard Management Plan – which makes clear that many animals suffer the same fate as the starlings. Slanted toward ...

12. Gov. Chris Christie was almost fired from prosecutor job
(N.J./State)

... a second term as Morris County freeholder in 1997, Republican primary opponents said the future governor could not work with people. On primary night former Roxbury Mayor Chuck Dawson told Christie, "That's ...

13. PAC campaign financing can be revised, not abolished
(Opinion/Commentary)

... reach well into six figures, freeholder and local council races have attained levels unheard of a decade ago. The money required to achieve viability and credibility is no longer in the coffee klatch ...

14. Government contractors contributed $9.1M to Jersey politicians in 2011
(Money/Economy)

... of contractor contributions in 2011. CSC NJ CPC (Cablevision) received $ 145,200, Constructors for Good Government $ 139,310, Wallace Simmons and Barnes for Freeholder $ 134,300, Tomaro for Freeholder ...

15. Donald Payne and the changing of the New Jersey political guard
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the world. But in 1980, Payne was an obscure Essex County freeholder who had been a teacher in the Newark schools. That year, Payne had the ambition and audacity to try to take the Democratic nomination ...

16. Bridgewater quarry operator Stavola to donate 212 acres, pay over $154K to settle wetlands damage suit
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... restrict the 212 acres from future development and donate the deed-restricted parcels in question to Ocean County, whose freeholder board is expected to soon finalize acceptance of the tracts. As part ...

17. Another bad project
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... soil - that's what a true remediation is. These people don't care about the environment, they only care about profit and of course the county would support them. I hope the Freeholders have more courage ...

18. Project is bad for NJ taxpayers
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... put their profits before the health of NJ families and the environment. Shame on SWAC and the Middlesex County Freeholders. We need to vote all NJ politicians out and vote in all new people, republican ...

19. Proposed Carteret soil recycling facility has Middlesex County divided
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... though members could not recall an instance where the Middlesex Freeholders rejected one of their recommendations. For that reason, supporters and opponents argued the matter intensely, contradicting each ...

20. State appeals court upholds ELEC's power to enforce N.J. campaign finance laws
(N.J./State)

Case stems from June GOP Morris County freeholder primary A state appeals court has upheld the authority of the state Election Law Enforcement Commission to enforce New Jersey’s campaign finance laws. ...