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Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 05:11:13 PM EST
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This past Saturday, I officially announced that I am a candidate for Congress in New Jersey's 5th District. Our priority as Democrats right now must be finding the best candidate to unseat this extremist and get real representation in Congress - someone fighting for middle class values, not right wing ideologies. I'm not afraid to fight Scott Garrett and his extreme positions that hurt middle class families across New Jersey and the 5th District. During my three terms on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders I have worked across the aisle with Republicans and Democrats alike to get things done. I will bring that same type of leadership to the halls of Congress.
We need common sense solutions, not partisan bickering.
I know what it takes to win in Republican territory. In 2010, Democrats were swept out of office in record numbers across New Jersey and the nation. This wasn't the case in Passaic County. On a ticket led by Congressman Pascrell, we bucked the national trend and were reelected by a strong margin - even with a popular Sheriff dropping out of the race only two months before Election Day. We need a Democrat who can go into Republican territory and make a populist appeal to voters. And most importantly, expose Congressman Garrett's extreme record.
I know I am that candidate in 2012.
I want to join the ranks of giants like Senator Frank Lautenberg, Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell to put our nation back on track. I will work with Democrats across the 5th District to ensure victories up-and-down the ballot. Now more than ever we need to come together and beat Scott Garrett. I am going to need your help in the coming months talking to your neighbors, going door-to-door and exposing Scott Garrett's extreme record in Congress. And I hope you'll follow my campaign on Twitter and Facebook as we move forward.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 at 02:51:52 PM EST
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I have lived in Northwestern New Jersey in CD5 for over 30 years, but for the last 9+ years I have had the misfortune of having Scott Garrett as my Representative in Congress. Assemblywoman Connie Wagner would be my choice to unseat him. Having served in the Assembly since 2008, representing the 38th District, she has proven to be a champion of progressive ideals and values. I also think that Connie will be able to raise a significant amount of money in order to compete against Garrett and the Tea Party money.
Dr. Tom Sacks-Wilner lives in Medford, CD3. For several years I have been a donor to Tom's fundraising/bundling group. He is a person who raises money readily and efficiently. With an expansive donor base that he has fashioned, he can easily raise at least $6 million from now to November 6. His ability to fundraise will provide the mandatory funds needed to define Jon Runyan. He has been politically active behind the scenes, especially in progressive causes.
In light of the Republican-favorable redistricting, Connie and Tom would each have a mountain to climb to defeat their respective opponent; however the challenge is certainly not insurmountable. I believe both would make their races interesting, should they choose to run.
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 01:35:28 AM EDT
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This is to anybody who reads Blue Jersey and lives in Warren County, or the far Northern reaches of New Jersey, and wonders why you never see anything in the local papers that concerns political issues, especially Democratic issues. Its because the editors of the newspapers who cover this section of the state, you know that Lehigh Valley Newspaper Group, refuse to publish anything that comes from the Democrats in this area.
I am involved with four Democratic campaigns in Warren County and send press releases and they never make it past the editors, who say when I call them that the release was not perternent. This has also been an issue for the Corzine people, who have been trying since March, that I know of, to get some love from the papers up here and have gotten zip.
I think we have to let these guys know that we want space and that there is a Democratic readership, things are changing in Warren County, new people are moving in and getting involved, the fifedom days are ending. They need to review their practices, restructure and get on board with the new Warren County.
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Sun Feb 08, 2009 at 10:13:26 PM EST
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The Warren Reporter boasts that Warren County is the king of farmland preservation:
Most farms, most acres preserved, most municipalities involved -- however you measure it, Warren County was tops in New Jersey last year in farmland preservation.
My Salem County follows:
Those 32 Warren farms comprised 2,119 acres of the 12,405 acres protected in New Jersey last year. That's also the most acres preserved in any single county last year, with Salem County following with 2,105 acres preserved and Sussex next with 1,635 acres.
So, this is the official thread for Tandalayo Scheisskopf and Hopeful to boast and the rest of you to take it. Maybe you can win a corruption contest.
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 02:18:17 PM EST
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I love getting published. Especially when the letter I write is an awesome one like this one.
Vandals can't stop celebration
Express-Times - Sunday, January 25, 2009
Did anyone see me dancing in the streets at the Gazebo on Main Street in Hackettstown on Inauguration Day? I had an "Unidos con Obama/Biden" sign with me. Thank you to so many people in the cars, vans, trucks and big tractor-trailers who beeped, waved and blew their horns and sirens at me! Only about a half a dozen people in 45 minutes refused to look at me, gave me a frown or some other negative look.
I am sorry someone felt it necessary to tear down the sign I had put up on my corner in Independence the following morning. They left a lot of it up there, so they were obviously not interested in cleaning up the community. When is this going to stop in Warren County? When will the Obama opposers learn that they can't just go around breaking any law they feel like in order to stop what is going to happen in the next four years?
Oh well, the real work begins now. Viva Obama and God bless America!
Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township
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Mon Dec 22, 2008 at 04:45:00 PM EST
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Warren and Monmouth Counties are busy with last minute GOP rule changes. The Monmouth County GOP would say this is a governmental change, but has a political odor:The Republican-controlled Monmouth County freeholder board is expected to vote Monday on a proposal that would help protect high-paying GOP loyalists just as Democrats are about to take power.
The Republicans, who bill their effort as good-government reform, have placed on their meeting agenda their proposed administrative code, which shifts hiring authority from the freeholders to the county administrator. The action comes over the objections of the incoming Democrats. At the very least, you could question the timing because for twenty years it was ok for the freeholders to do the hiring and now one month before they lose control of the board, they change the responsibilities. I wonder why they chose the county administrator:Part of the Republican proposal is to move primary hiring authority from the freeholders to the appointed county administrator, currently Robert M. Czech, who was named to his job by the Republican-controlled board in 2007. Ah, in an effort to fix the "spoils" system, they give new powers to someone they appointed. Follow me below the fold for more on Monmouth and also how the Warren GOP is trying to increase their say at the political table.
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Wed Dec 03, 2008 at 11:21:24 PM EST
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Promoted from the diaries - Thurman
Unseating Scott Garrett in 2010 will take a strong grassroots movement, with organization in every county, municipal, and legislative race from now until November 2010.
Take Back the Fifth hopes to play a major role in achieving that goal and creating that organization.
Take Back the Fifth will serve as a medium to organize Democrats, Independents, and Moderate Republicans in the district and expose Scott Garrett for his extremist views. In 2009 their are scores of local, county, and legislative races inside NJ-5 that can serve as a training ground for volunteers and a strong Democratic message. In order to compete in 2010 with Garrett we need to compete everywhere. Simply going negative on Scott Garrett's record is not enough. A strong Democratic message that will resonate with voters needs to be developed.
We need to give voters a reason to vote for the Democrat and not a reason to vote against Scott Garrett.
Scott Garrett cannot get a free ride for his dismal record.
Our main goal is to bring voices from throughout the district together and promote the local issues that Scott Garrett has been unresponsive to since he entered the House of Representatives.
We want to foster conversations about potential candidates and make elected officials inside NJ-5 engaged and involved. Eventually we hope to begin raising money for the 2010 Democratic nominee and building an expansive volunteer list for the nominee to inherit.
Additionally, we need help from everyone and anyone, especially if you live inside NJ-5. We want as many writers from as many parts of the district to contribute so that a real grassroots movement can emerge.
We are still fine tuning the blog and working out the kinks, but for the most part it is up in running. If you have any suggestions or want to contribute please e-mail me at matthewpjordan@gmail.com.
This is the first of many steps to unseating Scott Garrett in 2010.
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Sat Nov 15, 2008 at 01:15:46 PM EST
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Nothing following the election Nov. 4 of Barack Obama was more of a downer than this, an old-fashioned cross-burning outside the home of jubilant supporters of the President-elect. Now, today, Hardwick Township residents and others are staging a Unity March, which also involves the township's mayor, Kevin Duffy.
The march begins at 3pm today, at the municipal offices at 40 Spring Valley Road and winds up at the home of Alina and Gary Grewal, the victims of the crime. The Grewal family volunteered for Obama both in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania.
After the election, the Grewals' 8-year-old daughter handmade a victory banner which hung outside their home. That banner was stolen, and returned days later, in the middle of the night and wrapped in a burning cross.
It's good to see Hardwick's Republican mayor, Duffy, involved in the community's response to this terrible incident.
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Fri Nov 07, 2008 at 06:27:15 PM EST
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Many people projected that Somerset County and the NJ7 would go blue as part of the Obama wave. It didn't happen...not even close. Why? How did the Freeholder and NJ7 campaigns go so wrong? Or is this "As Good As It Gets?"
In Republican Counties (see useful table below the fold to see where your county sits in the rank), I think there has been too much focus on county-wide, Legislative, and Congressional campaigns. These county and regional campaigns just don't seem to be winable...not yet. I feel that the focus should be on municipal success. We need to build strong Democratic Municipal Committees (DMCs). Strong DMCs can do grassroots education to make voters understand the importance of local, county, and congressional government positions. And a strong DMC is vital for building the resumes and experience of candidates at the higher levels. We need to crawl before we can walk.
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Wed Oct 22, 2008 at 05:20:47 PM EDT
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Way out in the broccoli, as a particular Blue Jerseyan is fond of saying, there is a Democrat who is working his head off. And he spits out QOTD-worthy lines: "For far too long, one party has been in charge of the whole game," Fitting said. "The mice are playing and no one is your watchdog."
That's Adam Fitting. His daunting challenge is to knock off two-term Freeholder Rick Gardner. And Fitting is not without a cheering section: Adam Fitting is a political neophyte. He's never run for local office in his hometown of Washington. Yet the 37-year-old exudes confidence. He believes he has a shot at unseating two-term Republican Freeholder Rick Gardner. He thinks he can break the GOP stranglehold on the freeholder board and be an independent voice willing to shake things up.
That independence -- and Fitting's impressive business resume -- are exactly why voters should choose Fitting.
I have no idea how to contact this guy - apparently the intertubes have not made their way to Warren County yet. But this may be the most exciting development in Jersey politics this year.
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Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 01:50:59 PM EDT
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It was a small remark: "They all used to go to Depew (swim beach), I think," Carrazzone said, according to a tape of the July 2 committee meeting reviewed by township emergency management coordinator Robert Krok. "And they're moving it down and Depew -- whew, what a mess that was with all the, you know, Puerto Ricans and, my God, terrible."
That's Aldred Carrazzone, Committeeman from Hardwick Township, letting his true feelings slip out in an unprotected moment. According to the Star-Ledger's Mike Frassinelli, Carrazzone "plans to apologize". But is he apologizing for making the remark or for believing it in the first place?
Racism comes in a variety of blends, some more benign than others. I don't know enough about Mr. Carrazzone to say where his sympathies are, and I won't speculate. But racism always hurts. It hurts the target in such a simple and straightforward fashion that it shouldn't need an explanation. But it also hurts the person (or persons) who hold the backwards beliefs.
Racism, in this time of growing parity among racial groups, leads a sick mind to paranoia and inexoriably towards a siege mentality. The declining majority begins to feel slighted by the mere existence of the growing minorities. Carrazzone's remarks betray that line of thought.
The township committee can censure him. He can apologize. But he can't unring a bell. He can't make those words go away. But even more than that, he can't make the beliefs behind them go away.
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 at 06:52:52 PM EDT
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(Mike was elected chair of the Warren County Dems tonight. Congrats! - promoted by jmelli)
Mike Sedita is running for chairman of The Warren County Democratic Committee. This matters. Oh yes, it truly does.
Take the jump and read more.
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Thu Mar 08, 2007 at 07:40:34 AM EST
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
BY LYNN OLANOFF
The Express-Times
HACKETTSTOWN | A public relations company owner and community volunteer declared his candidacy Wednesday for town council.
Dan Hirshberg, a 16-year town resident, will run as a Democrat.
Hirshberg, 51, is president of CHP Communications and a former news and sports editor for The Star-Gazette.
In the community, he is president of the Kiwanis Club of Hackettstown, serves on the town library board of trustees and is a member of the American Legion. He's also a former high school and youth sports coach and served on the town recreation commission.
"I am excited for the opportunity to serve the community in a larger capacity," Hirshberg said. "I want to do my part to make it an even better place to live."
The Express-Times
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Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 12:06:52 PM EST
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(If the 21-County and 40-District Strategy for New Jersey can succeed like the 50-state strategy has - I think we're onto something. But, let's remember that 40 means 40 - not just 14.
DFA-NJ's County Committee Project is designed to achieve exactly this. Sign up to take part. - promoted by noweeman)
New Jersey politics is very concentrated. There are 21 legislative districts that are completely Democratic. There are five districts that are split (electing one Democratic Senator and seven Democratic Assembly members): the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 12th and 14th. This means that there are fourteen legislative districts that are all Republican. If we want to continue to pin down the Republicans, then we need to have strong challenges in these districts. Instead if Republicans are forced to defend themselves against strong challenges, then their resources are further stretched and there is a chance to score some upsets. So, what I am suggesting is that we try to undertake a local version of Howard Dean's 50-State Project.
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Fri Nov 03, 2006 at 10:48:35 AM EST
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( - promoted by jmelli)
After more than two months of ducking debates, Republican Scott Garrett will finally debate Democrat Paul Aronsohn.
WRNJ 1510 AM can be heard in Hackettstown and the surrounding areas, or you can listen online here.
Archive of the Debate will be available here. Hopefully, before election day. Wyka/Frelinghuysen is up now.
Live Blogging Below the Fold
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Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 10:02:59 AM EDT
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If anyone needs me, I'll be over in the corner, attempting to bite my face
By TOM QUIGLEY
The Express-Times
BELVIDERE | A handful of contested races combined with the almost dead silence of this year's campaign season will likely result in a miniscule voter turnout in Warren County for Tuesday's primary election, one official said.
Warren County Clerk Terrance D. Lee estimates about 15 percent of the county's 61,757 registered voters will make it to the polls.
"And I'm being optimistic," he added.
If Lee's prediction holds up, it would be the lowest primary turnout for Warren County in recent years.
Think that's bad? There's more after the jump.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 at 12:07:03 PM EDT
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The neverending chorus of GOP demands for more and more budget cuts came to a very brief halt yesterday. As part of the many proposed cuts to the state budget, Corzine wants to save $734,000 by shifting the burden of deer carcass removal on local and county roads to local municipalities.
As Fred Snowflack notes, the complaints came from Republicans representing areas that would be affected by the proposal: Predictably, there were howls of protests from the mostly Republican lawmakers who represent areas, northwest New Jersey comes to mind, where dead deer are likely to be found on local roads.
Queue the whining:
"This is just a redistribution of costs," said Assemblyman Guy Gregg, R-Morris. He correctly defined the effects of budget cuts. Someone give this man an economics degree. Interestingly, he only seems to object when the costs are redistributed towards his constituents.
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