Noticias

Embattled Superior Court Judge John Deitch has changed his mind and reversed his own order requiring a do-over Democratic primary for the Roselle Borough Council, and gave local Democrats until Sunday to pick a general election candidate.

The decision follows more than three months of legal challenges that initially included Deitch’s own refusal to order a recount after incumbent Denise Wilkerson defeated challenger Cynthia Johnson by three votes out of more than 3,000 cast.

Now, with Johnson supporters holding a narrow majority of county committee seats, it looks like she could be the nominee – if her votes show up at a special meeting this weekend.

Deitch tossed the results of the primary on Tuesday – Wilkerson had won by two votes after an appellate court overruled Deitch and ordered a recount – and said there would be a special primary election, followed by a special general election.  Union County officials proposed a December 9 primary and a January 27 general.  He found that at least three voters had been disenfranchised during the primary.

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Superior Court Judge Peter Geiger will allow a bid by Park Ridge voters to recall 20-year-old school board member Robert Fisher from office to proceed on November 4, overruling a decision by the Bergen County Clerk to invalidate petitions due to a technical error.

Organizers collected 2,141 signatures – more than the 1,864 needed to put the measure on the ballot – but they neglected to have the petitions notarized. That caused the county clerk, John Hogan, to reject the recall election.

But Geiger decided that petitions are not required to be notarized.

“This court will not disenfranchise the will of those voters,” he said of those who signed the Fisher recall petition.

Paul Kaufman, an attorney representing the county clerk, accepted responsibility for the mistake.

“This case was a result of my office screwing up and I apologize,” he said.

Fisher, elected two years ago at the age of 18, faces criticism for missing 30% of meetings this year, for not attending community events, and for not serving on any school board committees.

He also faced residency issues: his family moved out of Park Ridge after his high school graduation, and he rents a basement apartment in town for $10 per month.  Fisher has stated that he has spent thousands of dollars commuting back to New Jersey due to his public duties.  Fisher attends Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.

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Republican Jack Ciattarelli is up on the air today with two new TV ads using a clip from an interview Democrat Mikie Sherill gave to CBS News in May, where she stumbled over a question asking her to name a piece of legislation she’d like to pass.

Ciattarelli has slammed Sherrill for her interview with veteran political reporter Marcia Kramer, where she found it challenging to name one thing she’d like to do.

In “Good Question,” headlines are used as Sherrill ponders her answer: Property Taxes In NJ Are Still The Nation’s Most Expensive; N.J. Schools Rank Among Worst In U.S. in Key Area; New Jersey’s Electric Bills Tripled This Summer; and “The Average NJ Property Tax Bill In 2024 Was Record High.”  The ad ends with the words: “Mike Sherrill for Governor? You’re kidding me, right?”

Script: “(Marcia Kramer) If you could pass one piece of legislation, what would it be? (Mikie Sherrill) Wow. I would love. That’s a really good question, because there’s so many that are coming to mind right now. But right now, I would love at this point to pass legislation to, um, as a just send a federal block grant back to states, back to the state of new Jersey to run some really key programs and innovate on them.”

The ad is part of a $1.3 million ad buy that began last week and includes New York and Philadelphia broadcast TV and some statewide cable.
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A second ad, “Wow,” includes a shorter version of the Sherrill interview clip, followed by Ciatarelli, in a bar, blasting his Democratic opponent for being unable to answer the question – or at least for not mentioning “skyrocketing electric bills and a state people can’t afford.”

Script: “(Marcia Kramer) If you could pass one piece of legislation, what would it be? (Mikie Sherrill) Wow. I would love. That’s a really good question, because there’s so many that are coming to mind right now. But right now, I would love at this point to pass legislation to, um. (Jack Ciattarelli) As a you’re kidding me, right? You want to be governor and you can’t answer that question. We have skyrocketing electric bills and a state people can’t afford. We need to fix New Jersey. I will.”

To see Sherrill’s clip in full context, click HERE to watch the full ten-minute interview.   But CBS News has removed the section that Ciattarelli and Republicans are attacking.

In the May interview with Kramer, Sherrill was asked how she would fund some of her proposals: “I think what we have to do, right now, is to consider all options on the table.”  Sherrill has used a similar line from Ciattarelli as justification for statements suggesting that Ciattarelli wants to raise the sales tax.

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Republican Jack Ciattarelli is up on the air today with two new TV ads using a clip from an interview Democrat Mikie Sherill gave to CBS News in May, where she stumbled over a question asking her to name a piece of legislation she’d like to pass.

Ciattarelli has slammed Sherrill for her interview with veteran political reporter Marcia Kramer, where she found it challenging to name one thing she’d like to do.

In “Good Question,” headlines are used as Sherrill ponders her answer: Property Taxes In NJ Are Still The Nation’s Most Expensive; N.J. Schools Rank Among Worst In U.S. in Key Area; New Jersey’s Electric Bills Tripled This Summer; and “The Average NJ Property Tax Bill In 2024 Was Record High.”  The ad ends with the words: “Mike Sherrill for Governor? You’re kidding me, right?”

Script: “(Marcia Kramer) If you could pass one piece of legislation, what would it be? (Mikie Sherrill) Wow. I would love. That’s a really good question, because there’s so many that are coming to mind right now. But right now, I would love at this point to pass legislation to, um, as a just send a federal block grant back to states, back to the state of new Jersey to run some really key programs and innovate on them.”

The ad is part of a $1.3 million ad buy that began last week and includes New York and Philadelphia broadcast TV and some statewide cable.
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A second ad, “Wow,” includes a shorter version of the Sherrill interview clip, followed by Ciatarelli, in a bar, blasting his Democratic opponent for being unable to answer the question – or at least for not mentioning “skyrocketing electric bills and a state people can’t afford.”

Script: “(Marcia Kramer) If you could pass one piece of legislation, what would it be? (Mikie Sherrill) Wow. I would love. That’s a really good question, because there’s so many that are coming to mind right now. But right now, I would love at this point to pass legislation to, um. (Jack Ciattarelli) As a you’re kidding me, right? You want to be governor and you can’t answer that question. We have skyrocketing electric bills and a state people can’t afford. We need to fix New Jersey. I will.”

To see Sherrill’s clip in full context, click HERE to watch the full ten-minute interview.   But CBS News has removed the section that Ciattarelli and Republicans are attacking.

In the May interview with Kramer, Sherrill was asked how she would fund some of her proposals: “I think what we have to do, right now, is to consider all options on the table.”  Sherrill has used a similar line from Ciattarelli as justification for statements suggesting that Ciattarelli wants to raise the sales tax.

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