WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s actions on behalf of Dr. Salomon Melgen were “appropriate and lawful,” his spokeswoman said today. The spokeswoman, Tricia Enright, was responding to reports by CNN, citing people briefed on the case, that Menendez would soon be indicted on corruption charges. UPDATE: Menendez to speak about alleged corruption charges Menendez (D-N.J.)… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey’s two U.S. senators say the number of Hurricane Sandy cases currently in federal court doesn’t begin to represent all the victims harmed by the government’s “unfair” process to recover insurance claims after the storm. Those victims, lawmakers say, are entitled to FEMA settlements. On Friday, Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker wrote to… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A current aide and a former counsel to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez are refusing to testify in front of a grand jury about alleged favors the senator did for a political donor by citing a constitutional clause, according to a report. According to court documents obtained by the New Jersey Law Journal, the aides… Read the rest of this entry »
Just across the Hudson River from Manhattan lies Union City, New Jersey. With 68,000 citizens it’s gritty, working class and a beautiful piece of Americana. For decades it had the largest concentration of Cuban-Americans outside of Miami. Some came to the town before the Cuban revolution in 1959 that put Fidel Castro and his Marxist government… Read the rest of this entry »
SAYREVILLE — U.S. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) today blasted President Obama’s decision to begin re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and easing economic restrictions imposed on the communist country. “I think it stinks,” Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants and the outgoing Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, said at a press conference on new financial help for Hurricane… Read the rest of this entry »Congressman Chris Smith’s International Child Abduction Bill Awaits President Obama’s Signature
Sean Goldman, 14, celebrating the passage of a child abduction bill named for him, with Congressman Chris Smith. Photo and graphic via Bring Sean Home Foundation’s facebook page
Legislation that will give the State Department tools to apply pressure on foreign government to return abducted American children that Congressman Chris Smith as been pushing through congress for five years has finally passed both the House and Senate.
The Sean and David Goldman Act first passed the House unanimously last December. With the help of Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the bill passed the Senate with some changes on July 16. On Friday, the House passed the Senate version.
Sean Goldman, of Tinton Falls, was four years old in June of 2004 when his mother Bruna told her husband David that she was taking the boy to her native Brazil for a two week vacation to visit her parents. Instead, Bruna divorced David in a Brazilian Court and married another man, keeping Sean in her native country.
Posted: July 28th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Monmouth County | Tags: Child Abduction, Congressman Chris Smith, David Goldman, HR 3212, Sean Goldman, Senator Bob Menendez, The Sean and David Goldman Act | Comments Off on Sean and David Goldman Act Passes House and Senate
Menendez calls for hearings into post-Sandy flood insurance ‘low-balling’ (via NJ.com)
MIDDLETOWN – Constituents have told Sen. Robert Menendez that the National Flood Insurance Program is feast or famine – high premiums feast on Jersey Shore residents, while low payouts force tough decisions on homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy…
Menendez to urge Congress to delay increases in flood insurance premiums (via NJ.com)
BRICK — Though Peggy Molloy’s home in Point Pleasant Borough did not sustain water damage during Hurricane Sandy, she said a looming increase in flood insurance rates may force her to walk away. The 56-year-old resident said she faces paying premiums…
Winners
January 2013 seems like a long time ago.
The years are supposed to go by faster as we get older. 2013 missed the memo, at least for me. President Obama’s second Inauguration and Freeholder John Curley’s second swearing in seem like a long time ago.
Selikia Joshia Gore started us off in 2013 with a timeless call to renew our humanity; the ongoing struggle of saints and sinners to love one another regardless of standing, status or creed. It is a winning message that works only by embracing our failures without resigning to them.
The Governor. Governor Chris Christie started the year lambasting House Speaker John Boehner and the Congressional Republicans for playing politics with Superstorm Sandy aid and ended the year as the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. In between he built a bi-partisan and multi-cultural coalition that reelected him with over 60% of the vote in Blue Jersey. Christie had the best year of any politician in America. Only Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin had better years globally.
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. Menendez started the year on the losers list. Embroiled in a sandal of allegations of his cavorting with teenaged girls in the Dominican Republic and using the powers of his office to benefit the businesses of the donor who arranged the party, speculation was that he would resign as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, if not his Senate seat. Menendez seems to have survived an FBI investigation into his relationship with Dr. Saloman Melgan unscathed.
At the end of the year, Menendez’s position seems secure. He is the leading, and most powerful, critic of President Obama’s foreign policy. His approval ratings are net positive 22 points in the last Monmouth University Poll. He got engaged to be married earlier this month.
Given where he started, Menendez may have had the best 2013 of any New Jersey public figure, other than Christie.
The Gramiccionis. The Wall Township power couple had a very good year. In March, Christopher, the Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor and U.S. Naval Reserve Officer, received orders to report for a 9 month tour of active duty in Afghanistan effective in August. Those orders were canceled in July, keeping Chris on the job fighting crime in Monmouth County and home for the holidays. Deborah was appointed by Governor Christie to be the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The job pays $289,657.
Monmouth County Republicans. Sheriff Shaun Golden, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Serena DiMaso were always expected to be reelected on the strength of their records and due to the fact that Monmouth County Independent voters usually vote Republican. They make the winners list by virtue of fact that they ran as if they were behind, not taking any votes for granted. More importantly, they ran a positive campaign based on reducing spending, holding the line on taxes, and improving services, in the face of yet another negative campaign on the part of the Monmouth County Democrats.
Monmouth County’s Legislative Delegation. Each member of Monmouth County’s Legislative Delegation deserves more recognition than space will allow.
Posted: December 28th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey | Tags: "LaHornicca", 2013, Amy Handlin, Bayshore Tea Party Group, Caroline Casagrande, Christoper Gramicconi, Cindy Burnham, Deborah Gramiccioni, Declan O'Scanlon, Eatontown, Frank LaRocca, Governor Chris Christie, Jennifer Beck, Joe Kyrillos, Jon Hornik, Kevin Gonzalez, Marlboro, Mary Pat Angelini, Mike Halfacre, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Patrick Deblasio, Red Light Camera Program, Richard "Duke" Robinson, Sean DiSoma, Selika Josiah Gore, Senator Bob Menendez, Serena DiMaso, Shaun Golden, Tom Arnone, Vin Gopal | 8 Comments »
Alicia Mucci, photo via facebook
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is engaged to be married to a former bartender he met at a political fundraiser, according to multiple media reports.
Menendez, 59, popped the question to Alicia Mucci, 45 of Paramus, yesterday afternoon in the Capitol Rotunda before heading to the White House for the annual congressional holiday ball and then out to dinner with friends.
Mucci is the widow of restaurateur Robert Mucci who died in May of 2012. Menedez is a divorced father of two, including a daughter named Alicia. The happy couple has been dating for over a year, according to the senator’s spokeswoman.
Posted: December 10th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bob Menendez | Tags: Alicia Mucci, Senator Bob Menendez | 3 Comments »© Copyright 2024 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved