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Meeting on closing Passaic County Jail ends without a deal, savings projections
Thursday, July 14, 2011 BY ZACH PATBERG STAFF WRITER The Record // // // Print | E-mail The first formal meeting to close the Passaic County Jail produced no deals or firm savings projections Thursday, participants said. That left some elected officials unimpressed, while others attendees said they thought the counties had moved a step [...]
Democratic Passaic freeholders want bipartisan solution for county budget crisis
With layoffs looming and a budget showdown on the horizon, two Democratic incumbents were sworn to new terms as Passaic Countyfreeholders, promising to end bipartisan bickering. MICHAEL KARAS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Freeholders Pat Lepore, left, and Terry Duffy are sworn in to another term Thursday. Freeholders Terry Duffy and Pat Lepore were both sworn to three-year terms as [...]
Democrats cite big turnout of party faithful in retaining passaic County offices
Passaic County Democrats bucked the national trend by sweeping the sheriff’s race and two freeholder seats on Tuesday, and they did it by piling up big vote totals in Paterson and Clifton. The Democrats put 1,200 volunteers in urban areas and spent an estimated $100,000 on an Election Day drive to get out the vote. [...]
Life after Speziale.
Tuesday’s vote in Passaic County reinforces the well-worn truism: All politics is local. Voters, by and large, not only refused to ride the national Republican wave, but bucked a local trend back toward the GOP that served up county-level victories just one year ago. Instead, the local Democratic machine put together an efficient, well-run campaign, [...]
PASSAIC COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SLAMS REPUBLICANS FOR ATTACKS ON TEACHERS, MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
Lepore & Duffy are the right choice for the Passaic County Freeholder Board WAYNE, NJ – Today, Passaic County Education Association President Joseph Cheff criticized Republican Freeholder candidates Walt Garner and Tomas Gomez for not standing up to Governor Christie and his assault on the teachers of Passaic County and New Jersey. “Governor Christie [...]
FREEHOLDERS TERRY DUFFY & PAT LEPORE WIN DECISIVE DEBATE IN WAYNE
WAYNE – Tonight, Freeholders Terry Duffy and Pat Lepore had a decisive victory in their debate with GOP opponents Walt Garner and Tomas Gomez. The League of Women Voter’s Debate – hosted in Wayne – proved to every voter in Passaic County who is best positioned to serve on the Freeholder Board. “Passaic County can’t [...]
With Passaic County Bond Rating Improved, Freeholders to repair roads, refinance old debt
Full Story:Northjersey.com With the Passaic County government’s financial picture looking somewhat brighter, the freeholders have proposed a pair of bond issues totaling $48 million to fix the roads and bridges and to refinance old debt. In June, Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Passaic County’s bond rating to Aa3, the fourth highest of 18 ratings issued by [...]
Republican Garcia Raising More Cash Than Democratic Foe in Passaic County Sheriff’s Race
Full Story:NorthJersey.com Republican Felix Garcia has pulled ahead in the money race for Passaic County sheriff, and has raised nearly twice as much campaigning cash as his late-starting opponent, Clifton police Lt. Richard Berdnik. Campaign finance reports released by the state on Thursday show Garcia has raised $80,599 as of Monday. Berdnik, who entered the [...]
Bill Pascrell:Little Falls to determine open space uses for Peckman Preserve
Full Story:North Jersey.com LITTLE FALLS — The township will decide how one of the last tracts of undeveloped land in Passaic County will be used for open space, officials announced Tuesday. DAVID BERGELAND / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Buy this photo “Little Falls will decide, pure and simple,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. D-Paterson, at a news [...]
