Mayor Theresa Berger and Councilwoman Evelyn Malsbury O’Donnell were sworn into their second terms in office in Howell Township on Tuesday night in a virtual reorganization meeting.
Republican Deputy Mayor Evelyn Malsbury O’Donnell picked up 11 new votes during the Democrat requested recount of the Howell Township Council electtion and Democrat Andre de Garmeaux picked up 1 vote.
Allan Roth, Esq, a Democrat Commissioner and the Secretary of the Monmouth County Board of Elections, took it upon himself to tally the interim results of the Howell Township Council election recount on Tuesday night after all the other Commissioners and recount observers had left the building, prompting outraged Howell Republicans to alert Judge Linda Grasso Jones of Roth’s allegedly improper conduct via a letter from Attorney Jason Sena.
Republican Deputy Mayor Evelyn Malsbury-O’Donell pulled ahead of Democrat Andre de Garmeaux on Monday in the race for a seat on the Howell Township Council which will determine partisan control of the governing body.
Political mailers by the Howell Democrat candidates for mayor and council, paid for by the NJ State Democratic Party, that prominently point out that development sites are owned by Jewish organizations and charge that the Republican candidates are offering special deals to Lakewood developers have prompted Republican elected officials and Party leaders to condemn the Democrats’ tactics as anti-Semitic and racist.
Mayor William Gotto and Deputy Mayor Rob Nicastro, both Republicans, held a press conference in Howell to condemn the Democrats mailings, according to reports on The Asbury Park Press and News12. Howell Republican Chairman Juan Malave posted a letter condemning the Democrats mail on facebook.
