Gordon Johnson

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

McKEON / COUTINHO / JOHNSON / CRUZ-PEREZ BILL TO PROMOTE INVOLVEMENT ON LOCAL BOARDS NOW LAW

Law Gives Towns Leeway to Set Strict Attendance Policies, Makes it Easier for Interested Residents to Put Names Up for Consideration

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assembly members John McKeon, Al Coutinho, Gordon Johnson and Nilsa Cruz-Perez sponsored to ensure members of local authorities live up to their responsibilities and to also make it easier for residents to put their names forward for appointments has been signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

“Civic participation is the cornerstone of our society, yet many qualified residents find it hard to put their names forward to serve their communities,” said McKeon (D-Essex). “We are making it easier for residents who truly have both the desire and time to serve on the various boards and authorities that are a vital part of every municipality.”

HACKENSACK -- If it comes down to a battle between Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) to succeed state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), Johnson thinks it will remain civil.

“I’m not going to allow my ambitions to override my friendships,” he said while waiting in line for Gov. Corzine's rally with President Obama. 

The prospect of Weinberg moving into the State House as lieutenant governor might have seemed far fetched three months ago, when the massive corruption sting helped convince Corzine to choose Weinberg as his No. 2 based on her reformist credentials.  

At the time, Christie commanded a lead that many polls put in the double digits. But since then, those poll numbers have tightened to a dead heat, and the idea of a Lieutenant Governor Weinberg seems much more realistic. 

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

WHERE IS GOVERNOR CORZINE, SENATOR WEINBERG, DISTRICT 37 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ON MTA (TUNNEL AND BRIDGE) INCREASES?

If U.S. Rep. Steven Rothman (D-Fair Lawn) decides not to seek re-election next year, possible candidates for his seat include: State Sens. Robert Gordon (D-Fair Lawn) and Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge), retiring Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes, Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood), Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood), and Bergen County Freeholder Bernadette McPherson.

If State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) loses her bid for Lt. Governor, she could emerge as a strong candidate for Congress.  If Weinberg wins, Huttle is the favorite to take her State Senate seat.  Sarlo, the Senate Judiciary Chairman, has not expressed a huge desire to go to Congress; he is a possible candidate for Senate Majority Leader next year, or to chair the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. 

Wildes, who is not seeking re-election after two terms as mayor, has long been interested in Rothman's congressional seat.  A strong fundraiser, he has $642,983 sitting in a federal campaign account, just in case.

Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero testified that he "was not happy" after Bergenfield hired a Republican as their top lawyer in January 2001, The Record reported today.   Ferriero said he recalled speaking with then-Mayor Robert Rivas in December 2000, but indicated that he did not recall meeting him for lunch.

Ferriero's displeasure with Rivas likely played into the 2001 race for State Assembly in District 37.  The incumbent, Ken Zisa (D-Hackensack) was giving up his Assembly seat to run for Bergen County Sheriff, and Rivas wanted the Democratic nomination.  Instead, Ferriero picked Gordon Johnson, a career law enforcement official from Englewood.  Rivas ran against the organization in the primary, and lost to Johnson 7,653 to 1,662.  The top vote-getter in that primary was Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), who received 7,976 votes.