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  • WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

    Governor-elect Chris Christie and Lt. Governor-elect Kim Guadagno roared through Monmouth County towns last week, from Aberdeen to West Long Branch, steamrollering the Bozo-coiffed, now lame-duck Gov. Jon Corzine in an overwhelming majority of towns. One of our own will be going to Trenton.
    We are well aware of what [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:12pm EST

  • THE INSPECTOR GENERAL RESURFACES; also A MALLET GAFFE

    "...I'm afraid this could turn into a witchhunting tool."
    ...Freeholder Candidate John P. Curley

    It is alive!
    Just in time for Halloween, the Democrats on the Board of Freeholders have disinterred the Inspector General. Only this time they're not calling it the Inspector General.
    The Asbury Park Press [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:37pm EDT

  • ASBURY PARK PRESS ENDORSES CHRISTIE (And Other Random Stuff)

    "Pulling the lever for (Chris Daggett) as a protest vote will only ensure four more years of Corzine and his Democratic administration. That must be avoided at all costs."

    "...Christie is the only hope for change." Asbury Park Press editorial, Sunday, October 25, 2009.



    Today's Press' [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 11:48am EDT

  • THE DAGGETT FACTOR

    This year's gubernatorial race looks to have become a three man race, featuring the Bozo-coiffed incumbent governor Jon S. Corzine, our GOP standardbearer Chris Christie and Independent candidate Christopher J. Daggett.
    But is it a three man race?
    In fact, there are no fewer than twelve gubernatorial candidates this fall.' [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 6:58pm EDT

  • CONSOLIDATION OR CENTRALIZATION II


    Sen. Sean Kean has written an article on the Bozo-coiffed Gov. Corzine and Education Commissioner Davy's attempt to centralize power. Click here!' [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 12:30am EDT

  • CONSOLIDATION OR CENTRALIZATION?


    Various forms of municipal consolidation have been proposed by both parties for New Jersey as cost saving measures. These range from shared services between existing municipalities and school districts to the actual merging of small towns into large ones.
    Back in May, DynamoBuzz ran a [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 9:59am EDT

  • COZY WITH THE UNIONS

    D'ya really wanna go there, Flippy?
    County Commissioner (neé Freeholder) John D'Amico, Jr. has accused Sheriff Kim Guadagno, candidate for Lt. Governor, of being too cozy with the unions.
    The Honest Abe Research Foundation took a look at Sean Byrnes (Lil' Flippy), Democratic candidate for County Commissioner (neé Freeholder),' [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 10:24am EDT

  • NJ NEEDS CHRISTIE - GUADAGNO

    The arrest last week of 44 offenders by the FBI strongly reinforces New Jersey's need for the team of Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno. An outgrowth of the big Operation Bid Rig, the latest roundup nabbed a motley bunch of legislators, mayors, supposed men of the cloth and various hangers' [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 4:16pm EDT

  • CORZINE PICKS WEINBERG

    The Bozo-coiffed Governor Jon Corzine has named a veteran Trenton insider, liberal State Senator Loretta Weinberg (pronounced WHINE-burg), D-Bergen as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor. She would be on the ballot opposite Kim Guadagno.
    We don't know how well Corzine is going to hold up with all this "ethnicity".' [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 11:21pm EDT

  • FLIPPY SPEAKS OUT ON GUADAGNO

    Yesterday (July 21, 2009), County Commissioner (nee Freeholder) John D'Amico, Jr., a/k/a "Flippy", expressed his opinion about Sheriff Kim Guadagno's bid for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. Flippy took the Sheriff to task on her dealing with public employee unions.
    It was reported in the Asbury Park Press.
    Here are [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 2:19pm EDT

  • INSPECTOR GENERAL UPDATE

    Tina Renna at The County Watchers has an update on the Union County Inspector General. Read about it here!
    Is this what John D'Amico, a/k/a "Flippy" has in mind for Monmouth County?' [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 10:17am EDT

  • STILL FLIPPIN'



    "...D'Amico, who has now completely reversed his May support of the Red Bank route..." The Asbury Park Press, Wednesday July 14, 2009, article by Larry Higgs.
    He's doing it again. County Commissioner (neé Freeholder) John D'Amico, Jr. has flip-flopped again. He can't stop it. [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 3:08pm EDT

  • COUNTY JOB OPENING!

    At last week's freeholders' meeting, County Commissioner John D'Amico (a/k/a Flippy) announced that the county was taking applications for the position of In-House County Counsel. The job announcement is on the county's website. This three-year appointment would replace the current outside curmudgeonly county counsel, Malcolm V. Carton.
    John P. Curley, [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 2:12pm EDT

  • HOWELL BACK TO NORMAL

    Things in Howell had been pretty quiet until recently.
    A group of independents, primarily a Republican faction (with some Dems) which opted to bypass the primary process, has held all seats on the Township Council. This group has had the backing of the Howell Democrats for the last few election [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 1:16pm EDT

  • SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACCEPTED INTO 287 (g)


    "If you are an illegal alien and commit a crime in Monmouth County, you will be identified, turned over to federal authorities and deported if appropriate."
    ...Sheriff Kim Guadagno

    We have covered illegal immigration and Sheriff Kim Guadagno's yeoman efforts to do her' [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 9:48pm EDT

  • FREEHOLDERS FOUND ON WEST COAST!

    While researching Freeholder John D'Amico's (Flippy) attempts to morph the Board of Chosen Freeholders into a Board of County Commissioners, the Honest Abe Research Foundation found some unrelated yet interesting and intriguing information.
    Washington State has Freeholders!
    That's right. Now, they don't run the counties, no, Washington has County Commissioners [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 4:17pm EDT

  • HERE IT IS

    Some readers may wonder why we keep calling Flippy D'Amico and the other Democratic freeholders, "county commissioners". It's because Flippy wanted to be called that. He brought it up at the September 11, 2008 Work Session, and it seemed to have fallen flat. (insert rimshot) So, we thought you, our [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 11:42pm EDT

  • AND MORE!

    Friday we wrote about Independence Day. Today, The Washington Times has a great editorial about the Declaration of Independence. Read it here! [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 2:09pm EDT

  • INDEPENDENCE DAY

    On this Independence Day 2009, let's stop and reflect on the events of 233 years ago. We all know that the Declaration of Independence was ratified on July 4th, 1776, but that was actually a result of the Resolution of Independence approved by the Second Continental Congress on' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:46pm EDT

  • ABOUT THAT INSPECTOR GENERAL...

    (This will) "be used for two things: as a weapon against internal enemies, and as a public relations tool."
    ...Tina Renna, Union County Watchdog Association



    Remember when John "Flippy" D'Amico wanted to create a new county Department of the Inspector General? And remember that he said that' [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 7:31am EDT

  • LITTLE FLIPPY

    As our readers know, we have affectionate names for Democratic politicians. Freeholder Director Barbara McMorrow is "Figurehead", and freeholders John D'Amico and Amy Mallet are known as "Flippy" and "Hammerhead", respectively. Their losing running mates include "Silent Steve" Schueler and "Very Silent" Glenn Mason; it may be the very silence' [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 2:38pm EDT

  • BYRNES' FINANCES

    The Honest Abe Research Foundation has been given the task of investigating Middletown Township Committeeman Sean Byrnes, this year's Democratic candidate for County Commissioner (neé Freeholder). Although they've only just begun to scratch the surface, Byrnes' ELEC reports are interesting.
    On his primary '07 report, we have a $2,500.00 contribution [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 9:46pm EDT

  • THE BIDEN LEVELS OF DUMB
























    Thanx to Knowledge is Power. [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 10:32am EDT

  • FORE!!! NEVERMORE?

    We all know about County Commissioner (neé Freeholder) Amy "Hammerhead" Mallet, who wanted Monmouth County to accept juvenile detainees from Gloucester County. Our sources, imbedded deep in the Hall of Records, have uncovered another Mallet scheme, one which has heretofore never seen the light of day.
    Not content with [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2009, 1:17am EDT

  • HE'S BAAAAAAAAACK!!!

    Yesterday (Wednesday), Art Gallagher over at More Monmouth Musings wrote about Codey.org, a weBSite purported to support the drafting of former Gov. Dick Codey to replace the Bozo-coiffed Gov. Jonathan Stevens Corzine on the ballot. Art found that the site is linked to none other [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 7:59pm EDT

  • DINNER MEETINGS TO RETURN?

    Tina Renna of The County Watchers had an interesting post back in March where she reported that Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow defended the all-Democratic Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders' Sunshine-Law violating dinner meetings.
    Since Monmouth County's Democratic freeholders take direction from the Union County Democrats, and [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 2:13pm EDT

  • Will New Jersey Elect a Pro-Life Catholic Governor?

    by Deal W. Hudson, InsideCatholic.com
    4/27/09 As of a few days ago, a pro-life Catholic held the lead in the New Jersey governor's race. Chris Christie has been steadily polling ahead of the current Democratic governor, Jon Corzine, and the other Republican candidate for the nomination.
    Christie's eleven [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 11:37am EDT

  • HOLIDAY WISHES (Belated)

    The Monmouth County Republican Blog takes pride in our commitment to the celebration of diversity. Therefore, we were kind of embarassed that we missed a holiday that is very important to a large segment of our population.
    We Republicans as well as other Americans look at July 4th as a [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 11:47am EDT

  • MALLET HIT

    "It seems all the Trenton Democrats need to do in Monmouth County is say, "jump,' and our Democratic freeholders respond, "how high?' "
    ...Freeholder Lillian G. Burry

    County Commissioner (neé freeholder) Amy "Hammerhead" Mallet (Biden with boobs) just pulled a live one. In the Asbury Park Press she and [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 6:58am EDT

  • COUNTY EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS

    No, campers, not here in Monmouth County. Not PBA Local 240 or PBA Local 314. Not the Monmouth County Youth Detention Center.
    It's in Union County, where the Monmouth County Democrats get their wheeled money and their marching orders.
    Read what The County Watchers have to say (in several posts)' [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2009, 4:11pm EDT

  • McMORROW'S FLORIDA FRIENDS

    A few years ago we highlighted some contributors to Barbara McMorrow and Rebecca Aaronson's 2005 campaign. We still don't know what the reason is for all the Florida money. Since it looks like McMorrow is running for reelection this year, we thought it only fitting to refresh everyone's' [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 1:06am EDT

  • VERY SILENT GLENN APPOINTED

    Yet another losing Democratic county commissioner candidate was rewarded with a patronage job Thursday night when, in a 3-2 vote, Very Silent Glenn Mason was appointed as the county's Emergency Management Coordinator. He joins Silent Steve Schueler (Assistant County Counsel) and Rebecca Aaronson (MVC Agent) on the public dole. Read' [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2009, 9:52am EDT

  • CHRISTIE IS PRO-LIFE

    We at the Monmouth County Republican Blog have expressed concern about gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie defining himself beyond his crack record as a Federal Prosecutor. Our concern is rooted in the fact that all too many candidates backed by the state GOP establishment or "moderate" wing of the party have [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 8:58am EST

  • EYE ON THE PRIZE

    If you haven't read Art Gallagher's post, "Eye on the Prize", read it. You might learn something. [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2009, 11:49pm EST

  • DEM CAMPAIGN FINANCE

    OK, campers, it's time once again to take a trip down The Rabbit Hole to a land where up is down and down is up and wheeling isn't wheeling. That's right, we're going to take a look at the Monmouth County Democrats' 2008 4th quarter ELEC report! Along the way,' [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 11:51pm EST

  • LINCOLN DAY '09

    Last night's Lincoln Day Dinner (my favorite event!) was a huge success. With nearly 500 in attendance, it exceeded those of the past few years. We were also honored with the presence of President Abe Lincoln, as well as past Holmdel municipal chair Addy Lubkert, a relative of the 16th' [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 9:32am EST

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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 12:27am EST

  • WEEKEND RANDOMNESS

    A top Monmouth County news item this past week was the flipping of former freeholder candidate Jeff Cantor, who put his knees in the breeze, cowboyed up and rode a donkey into the sunset world of the Democratic Party. We're not yet sure whether that move now makes him a' [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2009, 11:11am EST

  • FLIPPY FLIPS AGAIN

    He's doing it again. County Commissioner (neé Freeholder) John "Flippy" D'Amico has flip-flopped again.

    Read the editorial in today's Asbury Park Press. It points out that the Freeholders have appointed 22 attorneys and firms to represent the county in legal matters, above and beyond the two in-house lawyers' [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 2:40pm EST

  • ARE WE THE WHIGS?

    Most of us have heard of the Whig Party, a U. S. political party of the 19th Century, but not many know much about it. Some even believe it was an early name for the Republican Party, but that's wrong.
    The Whigs began about 1833 as a successor to the' [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 6:32pm EST

  • ON THE CUTTING OF COUNTY EXPENSES

    Monmouth County's Democratic County Commissioners (neé Freeholders) claim to want to cut waste in government. That's debateable, but we'll reserve that battle for another day.
    I believe their reduction of board member salaries is an excellent start.
    In the spirit of reduction, I would like to help them, and I' [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2009, 2:26pm EST

  • The FIGUREHEAD, HAMMERHEAD and FLIPPY

    Sounds like a child's fairy tale, doesn't it. It isn't.
    The Democrats are now in charge of Monmouth County. Bergen County with beaches. Cherry Hill Shores. Whatever. Let's take a look at the players here.
    The Figurehead. That's Director Barbara McMorrow. A nice lady by anyone's opinion. That's why she's [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2009, 10:47am EST

  • DON"T FORGET!



    Of course we're participating! Blogging out Hunger was begun several weeks ago by Deb Smith at Jersey Bites, and heartily promoted by Art Gallagher at More Monmouth Musings.

    Help out the Community Food Bank of New Jersey any way you can.' [...]

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    Posted: December 23, 2008, 5:59pm EST

  • SITYS

    "You heard it right: If you want to work in Monmouth County, you have to ask Union County first."
    ...Freeholder Robert D. Clifton

    SITYS. See, I Told You So.
    Readers of this blog will know that for the last few years I have been writing about the Monmouth County [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2008, 9:51am EST

  • CAMDEN. IT'S CLOSER THAN TOU THINK

    A look at County Commissioner-elect Amy "Hammerhead" Mallet's November 24 ELEC report shows a November 3 contribution of $3,000.00 from the Election Fund of Assemblyman Louis Greenwald. That's Greenwald, D-Camden.
    So, we were correct about her George Norcross ties.
    She also got $350.00 from Carteret Mayor Dan Reiman's fund. Carteret's [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2008, 10:08am EST

  • MALLET WINS

    The Asbury Park Press has declared county commissioner candidate Amy Mallet the unofficial winner by 328 over freeholder candidate John Curley. The results are expected to be certified on Thursday.
    This hands control of the county to the Democrats, and can be considered a [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2008, 8:51pm EST

  • FREDERICK von NIEDA



    Eric Sedler guessed right!
    Frederick von Nieda (1868 - 1950) was the last Republican Mayor of Camden. That's right, Camden had a Republican Mayor. And not just one, either. Mayor von Nieda was no fluke, rather, he was the last of a' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2008, 12:49pm EST

  • G-MAN CHRISTIE RESIGNS

    The Asbury Park Press reports that U. S. Attorney Christopher Christie has resigned his federal post effective December 1.
    A former Morris County Freeholder, Christie has served as U. S. Attorney for New Jersey since 2002. Among other achievements, Christie has convicted over 130 corrupt politicians of both parties, [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 5:37pm EST

  • DON'T IT MAKE MY RED STATE BLUE, OR, WHO LOST NEW JERSEY?

    Our State of New Jersey is often characterized as a "blue", or Democratic state. And, to be truthful, the Democratic Party has dominated the state in recent presidential elections, most recently with President-elect Barack Hussein Obama's carrying the state over Sen. John Sidney McCain III. Many pundits speak of this' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 6:53pm EST

  • TRIVIA

    Who was Frederick von Nieda? [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 11:33am EST

  • WHY McCAIN LOST

    By Michael Reagan

    Barack Obama is president-elect of the United States because the Republican Party and John McCain handed him the presidential election on a silver platter.

    The Republican Party and the Bush White House walked away from Republican ideals and they walked away from Republican values.

    [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2008, 11:57pm EST

  • WAITING...

    The sharks are circling.
    Since election night, both Republicans and Democrats have been awaiting the answer. Will John Curley take a seat on as part of a GOP majority on the Board of Chosen Freeholders in January, or will Amy "Hammerhead" Mallet form a part of a new Democratic majority [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2008, 2:07pm EST

  • BEST OF LUCK, SENATOR

    Barry Goldwater, of The Voice of Reason, joins Monmouth Bull Moose's Teddy Roosevelt in retiring from the Monmouth GOP Blogosphere.
    Sen. Goldwater appeared on the scene about a year and a half ago, and has run a very effective blog, credited with exposing Sen. Ellen Kärcher as just' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2008, 1:54pm EST

  • IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER


    Most of us Republicans don't have much time for blogging right now. We're busy walking, or calling, hoping to get in that one more block or one more call before it gets too late and people start getting pissed off.
    The major GOP blogs here [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2008, 5:59pm EST

  • HAMMERHEAD and VERY SILENT GLENN


    Is Camden County Amy Mallet's idea of "where Democrats are doing a better job governing than Republicans?" Gloucester? Middlesex? Last month Barry Goldwater wrote about county commissioner candidate Amy "Hammerhead" Mallet and her campaign finances. The good senator raised some issues that should be' [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2008, 10:05pm EDT

  • THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FIASCO V

    "I don't know how you can put a price tag on the lives on Monmouth County residents."
    ...Sheriff Kim Guadagno


    Illegal aliens are not in the shadows, they're in our face.
    Nowhere in Monmouth County was that more evident than in front of the Sheriff's office yesterday, where' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2008, 4:25pm EDT

  • JOE THE PLUMBER IN '10?



    Click here! [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2008, 12:19pm EDT

  • WHEELING IN MIDDLETOWN

    Art Gallagher posts a press release by Middletown Township Committee candidate Tony Fiore exposing wheeling* by Middlesex County based engineering firm CME Associates through a bogus Ocean County PAC (OC-PAC) into the Middletown Democratic Executive Committee, led by party boss Joseph "King" Caliendo.
    So, I [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2008, 12:41am EDT

  • ANOTHER UNION COUNTY CONNECTION

    Is Union County the Democrats' idea of "where Democrats are doing a better job governing than Republicans?"
    Apparently the Matawan Democrats believe so.
    Recently the Voice of Reason has run a series on the fiasco that the Democratic council majority has transformed that borough into. Read it here, [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2008, 10:03am EDT

  • THOSE PRESS ENDORSEMENTS II

    "We believe voters would be better served by retaining the 3-2 Republican majority..."
    ...Asbury Park Press Editorial


    We knew they could do it. Today, the Asbury Park Press endorsed Director Lillian Burry and John Curley for freeholders over Democrats Amy Mallet (Who is like a shark) [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2008, 9:21am EDT

  • THOSE PRESS ENDORSEMENTS

    OK, campers, once again the Asbury Park Press has begun its series of candidate endorsement editorials, and so far it's a mixed bag.
    They began on Sunday the 19th with an endorsement of Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. and his faithful sidekick Robinette, which was basically just a rehash of [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2008, 10:29am EDT

  • ABOUT THE DEMS' CAMPAIGN BUCKS...


    Great research has been done by Art Gallagher and Barry Goldwater into the campaign finances of Democratic freeholder (or is that county commissioner?) candidates Amy Mallet and Very Silent Glenn Mason. They aptly point out the money wheeled* from such sources as Assemblyman [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2008, 1:31pm EDT

  • REMEMBER HOWELL?

    There was a time that the mere mention of Howell Township on this blog would elicit a "Howellanche" of comments. Indeed, there were those who would even steer a totally unrelated thread to Howell topics. Lately, Howell seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.

    Actually, Howell [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2008, 9:34am EDT

  • PURCELL'S BAAAAAAAAAACK...


    Not too long ago, Courier publisher and Democratic Party operative Jim Purcell stopped blogging at The Inside Clamdigger; he also discontinued his column in his paper. Seemingly as a result of strong criticism by Art Gallagher of More Monmouth Musings. The blogging is now [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2008, 10:03am EDT

  • HOW DID WE ALL MISS THIS ONE???

    Please read this Star-Ledger article from back in May about a former Marlboro mayor's guilty plea in Federal Court for income tax evasion. No, it's not Matthew Scannapieco this time, it's a mug named Morton Salkind, who was that township's Democratic mayor some 35 years ago, and is said [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 7:23pm EDT

  • DEMOCRATIC EVIL WIZARD


    Monmouth County's Democratic Party has a number of high-profile power-brokers. Chairman Victor Scudiery and Middletown Party Boss Joseph "King" Caliendo come to mind. But did you know that they have an evil wizard, too? OK, not some guy with a gown and a wand, the [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 6:12pm EDT

  • "PLUGS" ROBINETTE

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    Posted: September 22, 2008, 12:35pm EDT

  • DON"T SAY OBAMA

    This is over a year old, but it's funny as hell.

    [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 1:41pm EDT

  • MIDDLETOWN: THE NEW HOWELL

    Middletown Township is Monmouth County's largest municipality in population; it's also right up there in land area. It stretches from the tip of Sandy Hook all the way to Lincroft, nearly on the doorstep of Western Monmouth.
    Politically, it is a must-win in order to carry the county.
    But all [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 10:28am EDT

  • PURCELL DISSES MONMOUTH's DIVERSITY

    In his column in last week's (August 21st) Courier, publisher Jim Purcell laments Monmouth County's lack of "diversity."
    Say what?!
    What does he mean by the PC term diversity anyway? Monmouth County has about as much diversity as the next county. Yes, it's a predominantly white county, but not exclusively.
    [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2008, 4:03pm EDT

  • Biden: My State Was a Slave State

    Robinette in his own words:

    [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2008, 12:23pm EDT

  • SPEAKING OF APOLOGIES...

    The vast editorial staff here at the Monmouth County Republican Blog has been following very intently the controversy a-brewin' over More Monmouth Musings' Art Gallagher's attempt to start a discussion on race relations. Recently, Art ran a post in which he reprinted an article by Jeffery Lord in The [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2008, 10:20am EDT

  • HOW DID WE GET HERE?

    Joe Oxley has been the County Chairman for nearly a month and has been getting good reviews pretty much across the board. Some readers may wonder how we, the Monmouth County Republican Party, got to where we are today.

    Here's how.

    Our great party has a [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 4:18pm EDT

  • "OXLEY - CLEAN"

    Well, after two years, I finally get to use that slogan. Former Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley was unanimously elected Monmouth County Republican Chairman last night. No shenanigans were evident.

    This is the first unanimous chairman's election since 2002, when William F. Dowd was elected to his final term. Dowd [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 6:08am EDT

  • CANDIDATE WEBSITES

    With the Primary over and done with, the Candidate Websites have been updated once again.
    John McCain, our presumptive presidential nominee, remains at the head of the list, followed by Dick Zimmer for U. S. Senate. Two out of three Monmouth County congressional campaigns are linked, Rep. Chris Smith in [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 7:02pm EDT

  • MCRC Republican Chairman's Convention Location Update




    THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2008
    MCRC Republican Chairman's Convention Location Update

    Please be advised that the location for the Monmouth County Republican Committee's County Chairman's convention location has changed!

    The convention will now be held at the Colts Neck High School,
    at [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 10:45am EDT

  • 2008 CHAIRMAN'S ELECTION


    WEDNESDAY May 28, 2008
    MCRC County Chairman Convention

    The convention for the next Monmouth County Republican Chairman will be held on

    June 10, 2008 at the Lincroft Inn

    700 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft

    7:00 p.m.

    For more information contact Kathleen [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2008, 5:38pm EDT

  • STABILITY NEEDED

    With the confirmed withdrawal of Adam Puharic from consideration for a second term as County Republican Chairman, the Monmouth County GOP finds itself faced with the prospect of electing yet another new chairman. Events have moved rapidly in the two weeks since it was revealed that Adam's house was [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2008, 8:45pm EDT

  • INTERESTING POST

    Sen. Barry Goldwater at Voice of Reason has an interesting post on Long Branch, the erstwhile vacation spot of presidents (Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson) that has now become a major battlefield in the war [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2008, 12:33pm EDT

  • PUHARIC MOVING

    A day or so ago we received a tip that County Chairman Adam Puharic put his house up for sale. So we went to work and found that he had in fact listed his house with Weichert Realtors in Aberdeen. He's asking $369,400.00.
    At this point we don't know [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 11:11am EDT

  • I'M BAAAAAAAAACK!!!


    After being MIA for nearly a month, the Monmouth County Republican Blog is back on line. Between a vacation and coming back to computer malfunctions here at The Blog Cabin, your host has had little opportunity to blog other than the occasional comment on other [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2008, 12:02pm EDT

  • ESTABROOK NOT RUNNING

    PolitickerNJ.com reports that Anne Evans Estabrook is dropping out of the race for U. S. Senate for health reasons. She had suffered a mini-stroke on Monday.
    This leaves State Sen. "Jersey Joe" Pennacchio and Prof. Murray Sabrin as the only declared names in the field, with Pennacchio the [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2008, 11:06am EST

  • HOLLYWOOD AL NOT RUNNING

    The Asbury Park Press reports that retired Superior Court Judge "Hollywood Al" Lehrer will not be a Democratic candidate for freeholder this year. Lehrer, a former county prosecutor, was most recently noted for lobbying the Board of Chosen Freeholders to reappoint curmudgeonly County Counsel Malcolm Carton. [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 1:47pm EST

  • CONDOLENCES

    Our condolences go out to former County Chairman Bill Dowd on the loss of his brother, Hector P. Dowd. [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2008, 11:17am EST

  • ROMNEY ENDORSES McCAIN

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will endorse Sen. John McCain today in his drive for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, according to reports on The Rush Limbaugh Show. It is also reported that Romney will release his delegates to support McCain so as to give the Arizona Senator enough votes [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 2:18pm EST

  • WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR THINKING???

    So what is up with the Bozo-coiffed Governor Jonathan Stevens Corzine? Why does he do the things he does? He's a Wall Street financial whiz, isn't he, who brought his sharp business acumen to Trenton to fix the mess that New Jersey is in, isn't he?

    Not quite.

    [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 2:39pm EST

  • !PUHARIC PUSHES KYRILLOS FOR U. S. SENATE!

    Say what?


    Chairman Adam Puharic is pushingMonmouth County State Sen. Joe Kyrillos for U. S. Senate, PolitickerNJ.com reports. Kyrillos would ostensibly be competing for the nomination against Anne Estabrook, "Jersey Joe" Pennacchio and Murray Sabrin, who are already in the race.
    Puharic serves on Estabrook's exploratory committee; Estabrook is [...]

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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 2:09pm EST

  • THEN THERE WERE THREE

    This just in:
    It was just reported on the Rush Limbaugh Show that Willard Milton Romney has officially withdrawn from the Republican presidential race. This leaves John Sidney McCain III, Michael Dale Huckabee and Ronald Ernest Paul to compete for the nomination.
    It is not certain at blog time [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 1:15pm EST

  • McCAIN!

    Arizona Senator John McCain took all of New Jersey's 52 Republican National Convention delegates in yesterday's Superduper Tuesday Presidential Primary.


    Although still short of the delegates needed to win the Presidential nomination, nationally McCain has opened up a lead over his nearest challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 1:31pm EST

  • SPEAKING OF APOLOGIES

    The Trentonian ran a powerful editorial yesterday addressing the recent Democrat - led apology for slavery and that party's own sordid history in race relations.
    Read it. [...]
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    Posted: February 02, 2008, 10:15am EST

  • PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY PREFERENCES

    Art Gallagher of More Monmouth Musings has a post today about the upcoming February 5th Presidential Primary.
    In it he points out the trouble a-brewin' over Adam Puharic's allowing only the Mitt Romney campaign the exclusive use of County G. O. P. resources like the mass e-mail system.
    For [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2008, 3:46pm EST

  • OVID TUZENEU DAY


    Art Gallagher of More Monmouth Musings has a great idea:

    "We could use some of the old Tuzeneu spirit. The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders should declare February 4, the day that Corzine comes to Monmouth County, Ovid Tuzeneu Day and everyone should [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2008, 9:48am EST

  • SHUNPIKING

    shunpike

    Main Entry: shun·pike
    Pronunciation: \ˈshən-ˌpīk\
    Function: noun
    Date: 1862
    : a side road used to avoid the toll on or the speed and traffic of a superhighway
    — shun·pik·er \-ˌpī-kər\ noun
    — shun·pik·ing \-kiŋ\ noun

    Source: The Merriam - Webster Online Dictionary.
    [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 6:09pm EST

  • DIRECTOR BURRY!

    Happy New Year!

    History was made yesterday afternoon with the unanimous selection of Lillian Beneforti Burry as the first woman to serve as Director of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. She is also the first Italian - American to lead the Board.

    Director Burry's selection also [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 9:03am EST

  • Presidential Primary Ballot for February 5, 2008

    An eMail was sent out by Chairman Adam Puharic today announcing the ballot order for candidates in the February 5th Presidential Primary. Adam also reiterated his support for Gov. Mitt Romney for president, and pointed out that the Romney state campaign chairman was Sen. Joe Kyrillos of Monmouth County. [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2007, 1:20pm EST

  • ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MCRC





    SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2007
    Re-organization Day for the Monmouth County Government!


    I'm inviting all good Republicans to please join us for the reorganization of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Thursday, Jauary 3, 2008. We will be swearing [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2007, 9:36am EST

  • GANGSTA COPS A PLEA

    Last week, we saw the guilty plea of gangsta developer Anthony Spalliero; he pled guilty to bribing former Marlboro Mayor Matt Scannapieco to the tune of $100,000.00. Other charges were dropped as part of the plea deal.
    Spalliero is to be sentenced on March 17, 2008; he will remain on [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2007, 12:58pm EST

  • DEVINE BUSTED


    James J. Devine, Union County's Democratic, goose-stepping, oompaloompaesque publisher, was arrested Tuesday for being $20,000 behind on his child support obligations. In 2005, Devine became infamous for the now-defunct Handlin-Thompson.org weBSite.
    Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. (That's what we call Schadenfreude.) [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2007, 12:58am EST

  • SILLY SEASON!

    Well, "Silly Season" is now over, and now it's time for...
    Silly Season???
    Yes, campers, Election Season '08 is upon us faster than Santa can slither down a KY Jelly-slathered chimney. With the early Super Duper Tuesday Presidential Primary slated to go off on February 5th, there'll be no [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2007, 11:43am EST

  • MAYHEM IN MARLBORO

    UPDATE!!!
    Barry Goldwater at The Voice of Reason has offered a rebuttal to the below account. In fairness to all involved, I recommend reading his post. Simply click the linc.

    *****
    This just in.
    Our sources report that at a recent Marlboro Republican Club meeting, County Chairman [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2007, 5:07pm EST
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