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Christie Punts On The Ground Zero Mosque. Throws A Block For Pallone By Art Gallagher Governor Chris Christie copped out on Monday when he declined to take a position on the building of the Cordoba House mosque at Ground Zero. His point, that we cannot paint all of Islam with a jihadist brush, is true. Certainly there are some who are [...]

By Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, R-Monmouth and Mercer, 12th Legislative District Nearly every day we learn of another public official cashing out an exorbitant amount of unused sick or vacation time at retirement: $132,223 for the Freehold Regional schools superintendent, $153,790 for the Keansburg police chief, and of course, the infamous $741,000 retirement package to the Keansburg schools [...]

In our recent interview, Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger mentioned that the township’s revenue from newspaper recycling was down by $400,000 this year. Maybe if the Asbury Park Press put out a better product we could lay off a few less people. If the Neptune Newsies would stop being such dolts, more people would buy the paper and [...]

By Tommy DeSeno, Southern Monmouth Correspondent For years, Frank Pallone ignored Asbury Park – because he could. This reliable little City would traditionally give him enough of a victory margin to wipe out the Republican victory in several Monmouth County towns. That meant while Asbury Park kept other towns at bay, all Pallone had to do was waltz [...]

Mr. H. James Wasser is the poster boy for New Jersey’s taxpayer abuse. According to an article is the Asbury Park Press the once esteemed superintendent of the Freehold Regional High School System who was forced to retire early due to the outfall of the scandal over his diploma mill doctorate, is cashing in $132,000 in unused vacation and [...]

John Costigan. Photo credit: Rhoda Chodosh Howell Township GOP Municipal Chairman says he will seek the chairmanship of the Monmouth County Republican Organization at the party’s statutory reorganization on June 15, 2010. He will be challenging incumbent Chairman Joe Oxley who has said he will seek a second two year term. Costigan, who has in recent months publicly [...]

Spring Lake Councilwoman Janice Venables will compete with Vincent Solomeno of Hazlet to be Freeholder John D’Amico’s running mate in this year’s Monmouth County Freeholder race. Venables, a practicing attorney in Manasquan, has served on the Spring Lake council since being appointed to fill a vacancy in 1999. She was elected to a full term in 2000 and [...]

That John Curley is shaking things up in Freehold should be no surprise to anyone. His tactics (detractors would say antics) are perfectly consistent with his past performance as a councilman in Red Bank and perfectly consistent with his performance on the campaign trail during the two previous elections. We got the Freeholder we nominated twice [...]

Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre spent over an hour with me last week in a “job interview” for the “party lines” to be awarded this month by the various GOP county committees in the 12th Congressional district. Since the mainstream media doesn’t pay attention to this critical process, my intention is to provide those who will vote [...]

As a businessman and Monmouth County Freeholder, John Curley is gravely concerned over the dire economic climate in New Jersey and Monmouth County. The Freeholder states, “the reports from Trenton are discerning with dramatic cuts in state aid to counties and municipalities being cut by as much as 15%.” The Freeholder believes that under the present operation [...]

Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-13), the presumptive incoming Middlesex County GOP chairman, endorsed Scott Sipprelle for the GOP nomination to challenge Rush Holt today. “Scott Sipprelle represents the Republican Party’s best chance to send Rush Holt into retirement this November,” said Thompson. “I have been impressed by his plans to fix our economy and create jobs, as well [...]

CD 12 candidate Scott Sipprelle is exhibiting a disturbing reluctance to answer tough questions and engage with his opponents. As we are about to enter the county convention/screening season where “the line” will be awarded for the June primary, Sipprelle is playing it safe. He is avoiding unscripted appearances and has performed poorly in the few [...]

Art Gallagher wrote a new blog post: Sipprelle: Running Out The Clock

CD 12 candidate Scott Sipprelle is exhibiting a disturbing reluctance to answer tough questions and engage with his opponents. As we are about to enter the county convention/screening season where “the line” will be awarded for the June primary, Sipprelle is playing it safe. He is avoiding unscripted appearances and has performed poorly [...]

  1 year, 11 months ago · View

Twelve hours into the MoreMonmouthMusings poll, “Who would be the best running mate for Rob Clifton this year?,” “Someone Else” is leading the poll, followed closely by Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso. For those first time readers who might not know what this poll is about, Rob Clifton is a Monmouth County Freeholder seeking his third term this fall. [...]

Art Gallagher wrote a new blog post: Someone Else

Twelve hours into the MoreMonmouthMusings poll, “Who would be the best running mate for Rob Clifton this year?,” “Someone Else” is leading the poll, followed closely by Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso.
For those first time readers who might not know what this poll is about, Rob Clifton is a Monmouth County Freeholder seeking [...]

  1 year, 11 months ago · View

Freeholder John Curley, known as a plain spoken maverick during his tenure as a Red Bank Councilman, has returned to form as a Monmouth County Freeholder. Curley broke with fellow Republican Freeholders Lillian Burry and Rob Clifton at yesterday’s meeting by voting against the introduction of the county budget, against the appointment of Terry O’Connor as County [...]

Art Gallagher wrote a new blog post: Curley The Maverick

Freeholder John Curley, known as a plain spoken maverick during his tenure as a Red Bank Councilman, has returned to form as a Monmouth County Freeholder.
Curley broke with fellow Republican Freeholders Lillian Burry and Rob Clifton at yesterday’s meeting by voting against the introduction of the county budget, against the appointment of Terry O’Connor as [...]

  1 year, 12 months ago · View

The Asbury Park Press editorial board wants the Monmouth County Freeholders to reconsider its decision to close the Youth Detention Center. Message to the GOP Freeholders: Don’t look back. This issue has been studied and restudied in 2008 and 2009. The Democrats chose to keep the center open last year and fore sake the savings the closure will [...]

Art Gallagher wrote a new blog post: Don’t Look Back On YDC Closure

The Asbury Park Press editorial board wants the Monmouth County Freeholders to reconsider its decision to close the Youth Detention Center.
Message to the GOP Freeholders: Don’t look back.
This issue has been studied and restudied in 2008 and 2009. The Democrats chose to keep the center open last year and fore [...]

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Finally. Bob Jordan at the Asbury Park Press reports that the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders voted 3-2 along party lines to close the Youth Detention Center. The three Republican Freeholders voted for the closure, while the two Democrats voted against. Monmouth will send its roughly 25 detained youth to Middlesex County’s kiddy jail at a cost [...]