Hornik will seek fourth term as Marlboro mayor

Marlboro Mayor Jon Hornik

Jonathan Hornik will run for a fourth consecutive term as Mayor of  Marlboro Township.

The mayor announced his candidacy on the Tommy G Show Tuesday afternoon during MMM publisher Art Gallagher’s guest appearance on popular drive time radio show.

First elected in 2007 when he defeated incumbent Republican Dr. Robert Kleinberg in a race that got statewide attention when Kleinberg incurred the pubic wrath radio personality Jim Gearhart and Asbury Park Press columnist Bob Ingle by falsely claiming Gearhart’s endorsement.  Kleinberg then went on the air with Gearhart the day before the election to argue with the host and defend his campaign mail.

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Pearl Lee considering LD 11 Assembly bid

Pearl Lee

Pearl Lee, the Republican candidate for Red Bank Mayor last month, told MMM that she reached out to Monmouth Republican Chairman Shaun Golden to express her interest in challenging Democrat Assembly Members Eric Houghtailing and Joann Downey in the 11th legislative district next year.

Lee, 64, a retired small business owner, had never sought elected office before securing the Republican nomination for Red Bank Mayor last year as a write-in candidate in the June primary.  She sought the nomination after learning that  the local party failed to field a candidate to challenge Democrat Mayor Pat Menna.

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Tune into the Tommy G Show 3PM on Tuesday

Art Gallagher is back on the Tommy G Show on Tuesday afternoon, December 4 at 3 PM.

Tommy’s show is always good for laughs and provocative conversation about local, state and national news.  On the agenda on Tuesday afternoon is a discussion about the horrific murders in Colts Neck late last month and some of the big changes coming to New Jersey courtesy of Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal.

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Paul Caneiro Pleads Not Guilty, Will Remain In Custody

Asbury Park Press pool photo

Paul Caneiro pleaded not guilty to murdering his brother Keith, sister-in-law Jennifer, nephew Jesse and niece Sophia in Monmouth County Superior Court this morning.

Through his attorneys, Robert Honecker and Mitchell Ansell of Ansell, Grimm and Aaron, Caneiro stipulated that the State has probable cause to detain him through trial and he waived his right to a detention hearing,  He did not contest the prosecution’s motion to keep him in custody through the completion of his trial.

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Gone For The Weekend Almost Sold Out

Andrew Bane, movie star

MMM ran into Andrew Bane and Troy Burbank outside of Atlantic Cinemas this afternoon as they were entering to prepare the theater for tomorrow night’s “work in progress” premiere of Gone For The Weekend,  a romantic comedy shot entirely in Monmouth County that Burbank has been working on for two years.

Bane said that 180 tickets are already sold for the 260 seat showing at 8:30 on Saturday night followed by an after party at On the Deck in the Atlantic Highlands Marina.  Tickets can be purchased online or at the door if there are any left.

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Gramiccioni: Colts Neck Murders Are The Most Brutal Of His Career

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said that the Colts Neck murders of Keith Caneiro and his family were the most brutal he has witnessed in his career and that he would prosecute the case as a Captial Crime if New Jersey had the death penalty.

Paul Caneiro, 51 of Ocean Township, is charged with four counts of murder, aggravated arson and weapons charges, in the deaths of his brother Keith, Jennifer Caneiro, Keith’s wife, and the couples children, Jesse, 11 and Sophia 8, on November 20 at their home in Colts Neck.

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Paul Caneiro Charged With Colts Neck Murders

Paul Caneiro

NJ.com is reporting that Paul Caneiro has been charged with the murder of his brother, Keith Caneiro, Keith’s wife Jennifer  and the couple’s children, Jesse and Sophia.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has a press conference scheduled for 11 am this morning to update the media on the Caneiro murders which occurred last Tuesday.

Paul was charged last with aggravated arson for the fire that occurred at his own home in Ocean Township at 5:01 am in November 20.  His wife and two adult daughters were in the Tilton Dr home when the fire was set.

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Welle does not vote for Pelosi

Josh Welle is full of surprises

Josh Welle did not vote for Nancy Pelosi to become the next Speaker of the House yesterday because he wasn’t invited to the Democrat Caucus meeting in Washington.

Since losing to Congressman Chris Smith on November 6, the sanctimonious semen has been spotted at Alice’s Kitchen in Sea Bright and at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City during the NJ League of Municipalities Convention where he and his former campaign staffers got into some late night drunken texting with Jim Keady, the front runner for the 2020 Democrat nomination in CD-4.

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County This Weekend, November 30-December 2, 2018:

By Greg Kelly

Courtesy of Teddy Bears by the Shore

Friday, Nov. 30

• A Christmas Carol: The Musical at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• Scrooge (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• Luann de Lesseps at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• August Wilson’s King Hedley II at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• “Holiday Model Train Display” at Monmouth Museum (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• “Magic of Lights” at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

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Guadagno: Legalizing prostitution would be better than legalizing pot

Former Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno photo via NJ.gov

In an interview with Bill Spadea on NJ101.5 yesterday, former Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno said legalizing prostitution would be less harmful than legalizing recreational marijuana and that doing so would benefit the women who work in the world’s oldest profession.

“Now that I’m not running for office anymore, if they need revenue that badly, let’s legalize a victimless crime and tax it up the wazoo.  What to I mean by that? Let’ legalize prostitution,” Guadagno said.

“It’s better for women cause they’ll get good medical care. We’ll cut off the middleman, if you know what I mean, and it’s between two consenting adults.”

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