Tuesday, February 21, 2012
House parties will be held across the country on Feb. 22.
This Wednesday, volunteers are getting together at Women for Obama house parties across the country — and there's one in South Orange for locals to check out. The party will include a special message from Michelle Obama. The house parties are a part of the Obama camp's efforts to invigorate grassroots support — a tactic used by the 2008 Obama campaign to great effect. Do you know anyone who's attending the South Orange house party? Drop us a line at mary@patch.com and let us know! Those interested in participating can RSVP at: http://my.barackobama.com/Women-for-Obama-Parties
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The BOT says its unfair to move it during an election cycle, plus Board of School Estimates still needs to be worked out.
On Wednesday, the South Orange Board of Trustees (BOT) declined the opportunity to join their Maplewood counterparts in moving the Board of Education elections to November for 2012. The BOT decided that it wasn’t a good time to move the elections with the current election cycle already started. In addition, the BOT’s preference was for the BOE to move the elections by their own resolution, not forced by the municipalities. According to the New Jersey School Boards Association, since Gov. Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill No. 4394, allowing municipalities to move their Board of Education elections from May to November, into law on Jan. 17, more than 40 percent of New Jersey school boards with April budget and board-member elections have…
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wayne Eastman, Madhu Pai and Jeff Bennett announce that they will run as a ticket.
One incumbent and two newcomers have announced that they are running for the Board of Education of South Orange-Maplewood on a joint ticket that focuses on rigor and enrichment, and questions the implementation of de-leveling. Wayne Eastman — who has served on the Board of Education for 6 years — is joined by Madhu Pai and Jeff Bennett. The other two incumbents up for re-election are Mark Gleason and Jennifer Payne-Parrish. Both have told Patch that they are still considering whether or not they will run again. Terms are for three years each. There are nine seats total on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education. Information about filing for nomination can be found here. The deadline to file is Feb. 27. Elections currently are slated …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Newark Councilman Ron Rice, Jr. will be running in the 10th New Jersey congressional district.
Democratic Newark Councilman Ronald C. Rice officially announced he is running for U.S. Congress via Facebook and a YouTube video on Thursday. Rice will be running in the primary against U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Sr. (D-NJ), who has long held New Jersey's 10th congressional district seat since 1988 and was the state's first elected African-American congressman. "In January, after much prayer and consultation, I began exploring a bid for Congress because our Congress is broken," says Rice, who represents Newark's West Ward, in the YouTube video. "We need new ideas and new leadership to finally tackle age old problems that have persisted in our nation for far too long." The congressional district is a reliable Democratic Party bastion and …
Monday, December 12, 2011
Christie-hosted fundraising reception at Hilton Parsippany draws hundreds.
The smiles were big and the crowds even larger as Republicans from across the state—though relatively few from Morris County—gathered at the Hilton Parsippany Monday night to meet the man many say will be the 2012 GOP presidential nominee—Mitt Romney. Gov. Chris Christie was the host of the event, and many of those in attendance said it was their respect for Christie that enticed them to hear what Romney might have to say. Most media were not allowed into the highly restricted event, and therefore, not permitted to have contact with the candidate or with Christie. Both were brought into and out of the hotel via a back entrance and were not seen save by staffers and those with tickets. A representative of Romney for President who declined …
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Newark Mayor takes jabs at Romney, Christie during trip to University of New Hampshire.
In New Hampshire campaigning for President Obama on Friday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker fired a few jabs at Mitt Romney and his campaign surrogate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Asked if he thinks now is the time to fight, as Obama recently stated, Booker replied that yes, sometimes that's the only way to get the message across. "I like to punish people with facts," Booker said. "They are irrefutable about what happened. I look at Mitt Romney's first ads – blatant lies. We can't let people get away with that." He also took issue with Christie. He joked with the crowd, saying "There's a very shy governor of my state – you probably haven't heard of him because he's very soft spoken. He's up here, he's a very pugilistic man, he's punching at …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
With the election over, lawn signs can be recycled.
With the votes tallied and the results final from Tuesday’s elections, one big question still remains. What do we do with all these lawn signs? Most campaigns give supporters big lawn signs to show support for their preferred candidate. Some elections can have thousands upon thousands of lawn signs posted. After the election, most supporters are stuck having to dispose of these signs. Now the simple answer would be to throw them away. However, most lawn signs are made of corrugated polypropylene plastic, which is recyclable. Corrugated polypropylene plastic is the same material used for plastic milk containers and detergent bottles. So to recycle your old lawn signs, just remove the metal stakes (also recyclable) and bring them to …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Democratic incumbents sweep in Essex County.
Incumbent candidates retained their seats overall in Essex County. The Democratic team, led by former Gov. Richard Codey, retained control of the 27th Legislative District. Sheila Oliver, the first African-American speaker of the house, who has battled with Gov. Chris Christie over the last year, retained her seat in the Assembly. And Republicans Joe Pennacchio, Alex DeCroce and Jay Webber, kept their seats in the Morris County-dominated 26th District. In Newark, State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sen. Ron Rice retained their seats, along with their Democratic counterparts in the Assembly. Montclair's Nia H. Gill, also a Democrat, also kept her post, as did Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, who represents the 28th District. Turnout was light in Tuesday' …
School is not only a polling place for adults — but hosts student elections on Nov. 8.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Clinton School in Maplewood was not only host to polling booths where registered voters cast their ballots for township, county and state elections. Clinton students were also busy electing their student government officers for 2011-2012. An experienced and effective body, Clinton’s student government has been an important part of this elementary school for many years. Under the guidance of Lindy Rollo, Clinton’s social worker, the student government consists of four fifth grade officers (President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary) and two class representatives from each fourth and fifth grade class. The group meets regularly and tackles topics ranging from recess to fitness to bullying. A few years back the …
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Incumbents win handily, newcomer Len Luciano appears to squeak by Joseph Chiusolo in the 4th District, in a race that may be contested.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Incumbent freeholders held onto their seats in Tuesday night's election, with voters overwhelmingly returning Democrats to the Freeholder board. Newcomer Brendan Gill of Montclair, beat out Republican Steve Rogers, of Nutley, in the 5th District. But the hottest race in the county - between Republican Joseph Chiusolo of Cedar Grove and Democrat Len Luciano of West Caldwell, may be too close to decide. With about 97 percent of the votes reported, Luciano appeared to be winning by a margin of 27 votes, but Chiusolo did not concede yet. It was not immediately clear if he would challenge the election results. Rolando Bobadilla, who was filling in an unexpired term in District 1, which represents sections of Newark, was handily elected to a …
Richardo Douglass
11:27 am on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Michelle Obama will be an amazingly important spokesperson for womens issues the world over! With an image of a great mother while also being a successful Harvard educated lawyer she is well poised to represent the diversity and concerns of modern women the world over - I cannot think of anyone else in the USA today who could so well represent global women's issues including the vital issues of … more ›