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Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:51:28 AM EDT
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One notable news story that happened during the Andrews announcement and subsequent Lautenberg-Andrews fallout was that a somewhat unknown, but possibly formidable, opponent emerged at the last moment for Frank LoBiondo in NJ-02. David Kurkowski, a Cape May councilman, has made a late bid for LoBiondo's congressional seat, and Democrats are clearing the slate for him to go mano-a-mano with the person who once pledged a six-term limit, then reneged. Kurkowsi has deep roots in Cape May, judging from his resume, his company, and his personal webpage, and he credits his environmental and preservation efforts as councilman as some of his best accomplishments:
In Cape May, Kurkowski has been a strong supporter of saving the historic Beach Theatre, refurbishing the Washington Street Mall, building a new convention center and getting wireless Internet.
In his first comments to the Press of Atlantic City, Kurkowski lays out a general strategy for the November election:
"I'm committed to peace and prosperity. I believe the wartime economy has had a tragic effect on our country. I lay a lot of blame on LoBiondo and his support of Bush and the war. I will be attacking him on many issues,"
This will work if voters pay close attention to LoBiondo's actual stand and record on Iraq, stem cell research, and immigration - and if independent publications like Blue Jersey pick up the slack and force the press and papers to cover LoBiondo's problematic record, as with what happened, for example when Blue Jersey began covering LoBiondo's role in the Deepwater scandal in 2006.
Cumberland County, and other NJ-02 counties such as Atlantic Co., have cleared their party lines for Kurkowski, and CC Chair Lou Magazzu, who once ran unsuccessfully against LoBiondo, seems to be an unofficial advisor to Kurkowski. The two other candidates, Viola Thomas-Hughes, who ran a spirited, but resource-deficient, campaign in 2006, and another candidate, Bridgeton schoolteacher Celeste Riley, have both apparently cleared the way for Kurkowski.
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 07:17:04 PM EDT
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Before mentioning why I consider Rob Andrews to be a superior candidate to Frank Lautenberg for our U.S. senate seat, I first want to emphasize that, no matter what happens, we would be privileged to have either one of these persons serving us in Washington and that Democratic unity, after this primary war, is paramount.
But, Blue Jersey, I am compelled to vote for Rob Andrews for U.S. senate and do everything possible to ensure his victory in the June primary, and my conviction about Andrews' qualities is firm. First, Blue Jersey is about the anti-Democratic establishment, and we've forced the establishment leftward in their legislation and candidate choices (Zeitz, etc.). Though I admire the Party's strength, it is detrimental to the concept of democratic choice to have one standard-bearer (Lautenberg) serve in the senate for decades while the rest of the candidates wait decades to run against the "Old Boys' Club" of the New Jersey Democratic establishment. Andrews is taking on this establishment mentality head-on and forcing Lautenberg to defend his right to serve in the U.S. senate; surely, this is a good thing and will only further the idea that the senate slot shouldn't be decided by party insiders in the hierarchy.
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Mon Jul 31, 2006 at 03:13:50 PM EDT
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From the Jersey Journal's Ken Thorbourne, we get this:
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy is being shortsighted in championing a warehouse for the banks of the Hackensack River in Jersey City, former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler told The Jersey Journal last week.
Schundler, who favors using the land for open space, called the warehouse a "low-value investment" that would ultimately stymie the development of the city's western coast.
Now, I don't want to say I told you so, but the archives are right there for anyone to peruse. Healy wants to totally destroy the West Side with truck traffic in the promise of a few dozen jobs. Doing so will only sink the area further into urban blight. The County is in the process of building a nine-hole public golf course on the land adjacent to it. Is there any better way to scuttle the financial success of the endeavor than to have 200 trucks idling diesel soot for golfers to suck deep into their lungs?
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