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• Sunday NJ Talk Shows 12/20

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  On the Record has Zach Fink talking with Former Assemblyman Guy Gregg - (R) Flanders, Senator Loretta Weinberg - (D) Bergen County and Assemblyman Reed Gusciora - (D) Princeton about Marriage Equality.

  Over [...]

  Posted: December 20, 2009, 10:26am EST
  

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• Polifrone says he'll seek GOP nod for Sheriff

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  Dominick Polifrone, a former federal law enforcement agent known for his takedown of a high profile mob hit man, confirmed today that he intends to pursue the Republican Party's support to run for Bergen County sheriff. Polifrone, a 63-year-old Norwood resident, sent a letter of intent to Bergen County Republican [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• Emerson police chief says he'll seek GOP sheriff nod

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  On the ballot next year, Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire will be sandwiched between county executive and freeholder candidates in what are expected to be tight, hotly contested races. But McGuire says the sheriff's race will be different. "The office of the sheriff, as a constitutional office, is not [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 4:05pm EST
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• Donovan on verge of county executive candidacy

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  Bergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan is sounding a lot like a candidate for county executive. The five-term Republican sent a letter yesterday to members of her party that strongly signals she intends to run for the Republican nomination for the county's top post, though she says that she will not [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 1:09pm EST
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• In Bergen, potential Republican freeholder candidates emerge early

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  After snapping a six year dry spell by winning two freeholder seats last month, Bergen County Republicans are having no trouble recruiting candidates for freeholder next year, when they’ll have an opportunity to take control of the freeholder board. Bergen County Republican Chairman Bob Yudin said that six people have [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:14pm EST
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• Bergen Dems consider O'Brien for '10 Freeholder race

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  Bergen County Freeholder Julie O'Brien, who just narrowly lost re-election, remains in office until next month.  But her name has already surfaced as a possible candidate for the seat of Freeholder Tomas Padilla, who will not run again next year. "I've heard people throwing my name out there, too," said [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:48pm EST
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• Sarlo proves himself a worthy object of ridicule

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  On Tuesday morning, PolitickerNJ's Wally Edge reported that a Democratic Legislator from Bergen County was worried that Paul Sarlo lacked the intellect and temperament to handle the job of Chariman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Sarlo responded by sending Wally Edge an arrogant, sarcastic email. In [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:56pm EST
  

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• Yudin: Sarlo should oppose Spicuzzo nomination

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  Bergen County GOP Chairman Robert Yudin says that State Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) should vote against the nomination of Joseph Spicuzzo to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority when it comes up for a vote by the full Senate.  Sarlo voted to release Spicuzzo's nomination last week. "Gov.-elect Christopher [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:58pm EST
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• Trawinski won't run for Bergen County Executive

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  Fair Lawn Councilman Ed Trawinski officially took himself out of the running for Bergen County Executive next year. “It’s going to sound like baloney, but it was really humbling to me that I was elected to a third term – albeit not the third consecutive term – in a town that [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:03pm EST
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• Newark activists ask Booker to lobby Sarlo on marriage equality

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  The Newark Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Commission (LGBT) wants Mayor Cory Booker to lobby Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) on marriage equality when he headlines a fundraiser for the Bergen County Democrat tonight in Hackensack.  "We hope that Mayor Booker uses this opportunity to share with Senator [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:59am EST
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• A Wake-Up Call

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  Wow.  What an election.  The Statehouse.  The Freeholder Boards.  The Borough  Halls. Across the State and across the board, Democrats lost big at the ballot box as New Jerseyans voted overwhelmingly for change.  

  This is particularly true here in Bergen County, where we Democrats [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:31pm EST
  

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• Hayden files Ferriero motion

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  Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joe Ferriero’s attorney has filed to have Ferriero's corruption conviction overturned. Defense lawyer Joseph Hayden said he filed about a dozen arguments in federal court, chief among them challenging Ferriero's conviction for conspiracy to defraud Bergenfield of co-defendant Dennis Oury’s honest services.  Oury, who was Bergen [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:03pm EST
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• Bergen County prepares for the unusual: Republican Freeholders

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  Incoming Bergen County Republican freeholders Rob Hermansen and John Driscoll will be outnumbered by Democrats 5-2 on the board, but they plan to propose some bold initiatives as soon as they are sworn in - ideas that will probably be met by a tough crowd. Driscoll and Hermansen want [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:12am EST
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