Over 400 Monmouth County Republicans and guests from throughout New Jersey gathered at Bar A in Lake Como on Wednesday night for the 9th Annual Summer Kickoff hosted by Sheriff Shaun Golden, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon.
U.S Senate nominee Bob Hugin and NJ GOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt were on hand to celebrate Hugin’s decisive victory (and Senator Bob Menendez’s poor performance) in the primary the previous day.
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Posted: June 7th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2018 Elections, Monmouth County News, Monmouth GOP | Tags: 2018 elections, Bob Hugin, Christine Giordano Hanlon, Doug Steinhardt, Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Monmouth County News, Monmouth GOP, New Jersey, NJ GOP, Senator Declan O'Scanlon, Shaun Golden, Sue Kiley, Tom Arnone | Comments Off on 400 + Enthusiastic Monmouth Republicans Rally At Bar A
By Monmouth County Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, PhD
The proposal to change the title “Freeholder” to “Commissioner” is an affront to every taxpayer in this state.
New Jersey residents are being suffocated by an onerous property tax system, companies like Gerber are leaving the state and taking hundreds of jobs with them, a host of taxes are being raised or created and this is what the legislature is wasting its time on? If this ridiculous proposal goes through, it will cost the counties tens of thousands of dollars to change letterhead, stationery, signage – not to mention the reams of documents in which the term freeholder is embedded. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 25th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News, Opinion | Tags: Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Gerry Scharfenberger, Monmouth County News, Opinion | 19 Comments »
State Senator and honorary volunteer firefighter Vin Gopal finds the term “freeholder” offensive and, for Monmouth County voters in particular, confusing.
Gopal co-sponsored a last minute change–a substitution– in legislation that passed in the Senate last week which, if passed in the Assembly and signed by Governor Murphy, will mandate that the name of the office of Freeholder be changed to County Commissioner. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 20th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Declan O'Scanlon, Freeholder, Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Freeholder v Commissioner, Gerry Scharfenberger, Honorary volunteer firefighter, Monmouth County News, Senator Declan O'Scanlon, Senator Vin Gopal, Vin Gopal | 9 Comments »
Bob Hugin, center, with Freeholder Pat Impreveduto, left, and Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberg, right
The Monmouth County Republican Committee is holding a convention tonight, March 15, VFW Post 2179 on Rt 36 in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. The purpose of the convention is to endorse candidates for the United States Senate and for the House of Representatives in the 6th Congressional District.
Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone, Deputy Director Lillian Burry, and Freeholders Patrick Impreveduto and Gerry Scharfenberger issued the following joint statement endorsing Bob Hugin for the Republican nomination to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 15th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bob Hugin, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Republican Committee | Tags: 2018 elections, 2018 U.S. Senate election, Bob Hugin, Deputy Freeholder Director Lillian Burry, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone, Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Freeholder Patrick Impreveduto, Monmouth Republican Committee | 4 Comments »
Rick W. Hibell was appointed to the Middletown Township Committee on Tuesday, February 20. He replaces Gerry Scharfenberger who resigned from the Committee upon being selected to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
A native of the Belford section of the Township, Hibell is a former Fire Chief and a member of the Planning Board. He is the owner of E-Z Docks Marine Construction.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: Middletown, Monmouth County News | Tags: Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Gerry Scharfenberger, Mayor Stephanie Murray, Middletown, Middletown Township Committee, Monmouth County News, Rick Hibell, Rick W. Hibell, Tony Perry | 2 Comments »
Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger takes the Oath of Office on Feb 3.
Republican Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger was fired from his job in the Murphy administration this afternoon. PoliticsDW broke the story.
“I paid the price for not attending the press conference,” Scharfenberger said when reached by MMM. The freeholder was referring to Governor Murphy’s event in Marlboro last week to promote his scheme to convert property taxes into charitable donations as workaround to the new federal tax law which caps the deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Murphy claimed bi-partisan support for the scheme, but only five Democrat mayors from Monmouth County showed up to support the governor.
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Posted: February 12th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Gerry Scharfenberger, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Phil Murphy | Tags: Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger, Gerry Scharfenberger, Monmouth County News, Murphy fires Scharfenberger, New Jersey, news, Phil Murphy | 14 Comments »
Over 400 Monmouth County Republicans and guests from throughout New Jersey gathered at Bar A in Lake Como on Wednesday night for the 9th Annual Summer Kickoff hosted by Sheriff Shaun Golden, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon.
