Freeholder Director Lillian Burry and Deputy Director Gary Rich took a first ballot victory over Howell Councilman Bob Walsh at the Monmouth GOP Convention this morning.
The unofficial results are:
Gary Rich 294
Lillian Burry 227
Bob Walsh 199
In the race for the U.S. Senate nomination, there was no first ballot winner. Murray Sabrin and Rich Pezzullo qualified for a second ballot which is now being taken.
The first ballot Senate numbers were are follows:
Rich Pezzullo 164
Murray Sabrin 105
Brian Goldberg 72
Robert Tukevage 44
Posted: March 22nd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bob Walsh, Gary Rich, Lillian Burry, Monmouth GOP Convention, Murray Sabrin, Rich Pezzullo | 13 Comments »
RED BANK: LIBRARY PUTS STAFF ON NOTICE (via
redbankgreen)
A meeting of the Red Bank library board in the former living room of the Eisner family last month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Red Bank Public Library has put its entire staff on notice of possible layoffs in the face of a looming budget…
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Posted: March 11th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Red Bank, Uncategorized | Tags: Accumulated sick pay, Red Bank, Red Bank Library | 2 Comments »
Ukraine mobilises army as West warns Russia (via
AFP)
Ukraine warned Sunday it was on the brink of disaster and called up military reservists after Russia’s threat to invade its Western-leaning neighbour risked sparking the worst crisis since the Cold War. US President Barack Obama and his Western allies…
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Posted: March 2nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: News, Uncategorized | Tags: Obama, Putin, Russia, Ukraine | 1 Comment »
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce announced this morning that the 77th annual Walk To Washington and Congressional Dinner is being postponed due the forecast of a severe snowstorm in New Jersey and Washington, DC and on the recommendation of Amtrak.
The Walk will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Posted: February 12th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: NJ Chamber of Commerce, Walk to Washington, Walk to Washington Postponed | Comments Off on NJ Chamber’s Walk To Washington Postponed
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich did not endorse Governor Chris Christie’s reelection. Many think that decision led Christie staffers and Port Authority appointees to shut down his town’s access to the George Washington Bridge. The controversy over the GWB lane closures has enthralled the national and local media for the last month and put the governor’s presidential prospects in jeopardy.
Christie said he knew nothing about the lane closures until he heard about them in the media. David Wildstien, the former Port Authority official who order the lane closure says that “evidence exists” that Christie knew about the lane closures “while they were happening.”
The Democratic mayor believes Christie and not Wildstein, according to a report at Bloomberg.com.
“I’m the guy giving the governor the benefit of the doubt, and I take him at his word,” Sokolich said today in an interview. “I’ve said it 100 times, I’m not rooting for the highest elected official in the state of New Jersey to be involved in this. I’m not. But I don’t know, it seems like all sorts of things are happening.”
“I’m not a Wildstein fan, I’ve made no secret of that,” Sokolich said. “Anything that emanates from his camp has to be taken with a grain of salt.”
Posted: February 3rd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Uncategorized | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, David Wildstein, Geroge Washington Bridge, GWB, Mark Sokolich | 6 Comments »
Judge Lawrence M. Lawson
Monmouth County Assignment Judge Lawrence M. Lawson has ruled that “no rational fact-finder could find a conflict of interest” in Freeholder Lillian Burry’s March 2013 vote to fund the purchase of the development rights to former Manalapan Mayor Andrew Lucas’s Burke Farm.
In an opinion dated January 8, Lawson said that Burry did not have a conflict of interest, “real or apparent,” “potential” or “actual” in the controversial farmland preservation purchase that has been a political football in Monmouth County and Manalapan since 2010.
In a Summary Judgment, Lawson dismissed the suit with prejudice, brought by Holmdel attorney Lawrence Luttrell, a Democratic freeholder candidate at the time that he, his wife and mother-in-law formed R.A.G.E (Residents Against Government Exploitation), a non-profit corporation, for the sole purpose of bringing suit against Monmouth County over Burry’s vote on the Lucas farm deal.
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Posted: January 23rd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Andrew Lucas, Andrew Lucas farm, Burke Farm, Judge Lawrence M. Lawson, Lawrence Luttrell, Lillian Burry, Manalapan, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Court, Monmouth County Democrats, R.A.G.E., RAGE, Residents Against Government Exploitation, Serena DiMaso, Tom Arnone | 8 Comments »
By Greg Kelly
Friday, January 24
• Guitarist Sigi Schock (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
• Open Skating (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Open Evening Swim (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• Almost Maine by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• Admit One at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• The Underpants at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Almost Maine by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• Play Mah Jongg (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Roving Park System Naturalist at Holmdel Park – MORE INFO
• College Women’s Basketball: Monmouth U vs. Iona (WLB) – MORE INFO
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Aberdeen) – MORE INFO
• Glitzy Girlz Glamore Party Hour (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
• Yoga for Adults (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Nick Hexum Quintet at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• The Wizard of Oz (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• Kids Night Out! (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
• James Durbin in Concert (Freehold Twp) – MORE INFO
• Open Skating (Middletown) – MORE INFO
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Posted: January 22nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County, Uncategorized | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend: January 24-26, 2014
“Our dreams are the same: a good job, a great education for our children, safe streets in our neighborhood and core values which give our lives real meaning. Those dreams are not unique to any one group in our state. “
Governor Chris Christie has released the following excerpts of his second Inaugural Address:
“The people of this state know that the only way forward is if we are all willing to take on what is politically unpopular. If we are all willing to share in the sacrifice. If we are all willing to be in this together…
“I do not believe that New Jerseyans want a bigger, more expensive government that penalizes success and then gives the pittance left to a few in the name of income equity. What New Jerseyans want is an unfettered opportunity to succeed in the way they define success. They want an equal chance at the starting; not a government guaranteed result.
“Why? Because through hard work, and being rewarded for hard work, they know they are part of their own success.
“We should make sure that government pursues policies that believe in the effort, talent and optimism of New Jerseyans, not in the power of almighty government to fix any problem, real or imagined.”
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Posted: January 21st, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Uncategorized | Tags: Chris Christie, Second Inaugural Address | Comments Off on Christie Will Call For Smaller Government, Opportunity and Unity In Inaugural Address
Freeholder Director Lillian Burry and Deputy Director Gary Rich took a first ballot victory over Howell Councilman Bob Walsh at the Monmouth GOP Convention this morning.
In the race for the U.S. Senate nomination, there was no first ballot winner. Murray Sabrin and Rich Pezzullo qualified for a second ballot which is now being taken.
