John Rooney

ROONEY, VANDERVALK RENEW CALL FOR FARBER IMPEACHMENT AS NEW ALLEGATIONS SURFACE

Assemblyman John Rooney and Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk today renewed their call for the impeachment of state Attorney General Zulima Farber after it was reported that a state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) employee reinstated Farber's live-in boyfriend's driving privileges less than an hour after he was cited for traffic violations by Fairview police.

ROONEY INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ADOPTING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FARBER

ROONEY SAYS LATEST TWIST IN PRISCO PAROLE BOARD STORY SHOULD RENEW PUSH FOR LEGISLATION

CALLED FOR THE ASSEMBLY TO ADOPT LEGISLATION CREATING NEW PENALTIES FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH INTERFERENCE IN PAROLE DECISIONS

Paramus Republicans have chosen John Baldino, a 22-year-old rising star who ran a strong race for the State Assembly in the 38th district, as the new GOP Municipal Chairman. Baldino succceeds Patrick O'Brien, who is stepping down as party leader to seek a Borough Council seat. Paramus is considered a swing town in Bergen County, and Baldino, an aide aide to Assemblyman (and Donovan backer) John Rooney, backed the Bergen County Republican Organization slate in the recent primary, has close ties to both factions of the county GOP.

Several Bergen County Republicans are touting Washingtion Township Councilman Robert Schroeder, who self-financed a bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination last year, as a possible State Assembly candidate from the 39th district in 2007. There is continued speculation -- advanced last night by GOP Freeholder candidate Robert Yudin -- that longtime incumbents John Rooney and Charlotte Vandervalk, who backed the Donovan slate in the recent primary, will face a fight if they want party support for their re-election campaigns. In 2005, Rooney and Vandervalk held off primary challenges from Upper Saddle River Mayor Kenneth Gabbert and former Pascack Valley Board of Education member Jeffrey Hering, by a wide margin; after redistricting in 2001, they narrowly defeated another incumbent, Guy Talarico, now the Bergen County GOP Chairman. Rooney has been an Assemblyman since 1983 and Vandervalk has been in office since 1991.

ROONEY WANTS GOVERNOR CORZINE TO EXPLAIN ATTORNEY GENERAL FARBER'S PARTICIPATION IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RALLY

Assemblyman John Rooney is calling on Governor Jon Corzine to explain Attorney General Zulima Farber's participation in a recent rally in support of illegal immigration.

Rooney, R-Bergen, says Farber's participation in last week's rally in Newark sends the wrong message to the residents of the state and the nation and he wants the governor to explain how the state's highest law enforcement authority was permitted to address a crowd of immigrants, many of whom are in the U.S. illegally.