Seven members of the Jersey City Democratic Organization, along with the Hudson County Progressive Alliance, are asking two local Dem leaders not to fund the re-election of Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano after he abstained on a resolution denouncing the January 6th insurrection last week.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
” … Last Wednesday, Jersey City Councilperson Richard Boggiano was the only council member to abstain on a resolution condemning these attacks and calling for the impeachment of President Trump,” a letter sent to JCDO Chair Barbara Stamato and Hudson County Democratic Organization Chair Amy DeGise this morning says.
“In his statement on the vote he said that he feels Jersey City Council has no place condemning the President. This is wrong. A threat on democracy at the national level is a threat on democracy at every level of government. This builds on his career that has included introducing right-wing conspiracy theories at council meetings, standing a
Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield has announced she will run for state senate.
The Republican assemblywoman will challenge incumbent state Sen. Dawn Addiego for the 8th Legislative District senate seat up this November, she announced last week.
Addiego has filed the paperwork to seek reelection, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Right now, New Jersey is really on the brink of crisis in so many ways, Stanfield said. And I don’t feel Dawn Addiego is stepping up to the plate and representing her constituents the way she could and should.
Before becoming an assemblywoman, she served 18 years as the elected Burlington County sheriff. She was elected to the state s general assembly alongside fellow Republican Ryan Peters in 2019.
ELEC Staff Already Reviewing How Operations Might Change After Virus Crisis Ends By Jeffrey Brindle | January 13, 2021, 8:51 am | in Edward Edwards
The COVID-19 pandemic may permanently change the way government will go about its business.
That is why government officials, including those of us here at the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), already have begun to assess potential changes in the post-COVID-19 era.
Last spring, necessity forced state government, including ELEC, to begin allowing employees to work from home. Permitting employees to work remotely had government managers scrambling to implement hastily devised telework plans never before utilized throughout state government.
Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“That’s a pleasant, I don’t know what to say, thank you I guess?,” Ramos said with a laugh after being voted to lead the governing body in 2021 by a 5-3 vote. Council members Jim Doyle, Phil Cohen, and Emily Jabbour, all supporters of Bhalla, voted no.
Councilwoman-at-Large Vanessa Falco was absent.
“Thank you council president and Councilwoman [Tiffanie] Fisher, that’s a nice surprise I guess so I appreciate your confidence and I’ll do the best I can.”
Ramos seemed legitimately surprised that he received the nomination and the votes, asking Giattino to chair the rest of the annual reorganization meeting since she was already leading the meeting via Zoom.