DONOVAN TEAM ANNOUNCES NEW ROUND OF ENDORSEMENTS

By | March 27th, 2006 - 6:40pm

For Immediate release: March 27, 2006

Contact: Michael Kaplan/(609) 306-8537

DONOVAN BANDWAGON ROLLS ON

Scores of current local elected officials and party leaders have added their names to the growing list of Republican leaders who have endorsed the county slate headed by County Clerk Kathleen Donovan.

With today's endorsements, well over 100 current Bergen Republicans leaders have announced their support for Donovan and her running mates including incumbent Freeholder Elizabeth Randall, Fair Lawn Councilman Ed Trawinski who is also running for Freeholder and Jae Kim who is the ticket's candidate for Judge of the Surrogate's Court.

Norwood Mayor Michael Kaplan said that the outpouring of support for Donovan, Randall and their running mates is keyed to two issues. "First, this ticket is the best qualified to run Bergen County government. Kathe Donovan has not only served as Chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a $5 billion agency which operates without public subsidy but she brought the County Clerk's office into the 21st century and has turned it into a profit center and consumer friendly agency," Kaplan said.

He continued, "But before you can govern you have to win and Kathe and Lisa are the best vote getters the Bergen Republicans have had in decades. They will win. Their ticket will win. And Republicans running on the local level will win with them."

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The Donovan Team

By | March 20th, 2006 - 5:02pm

For Immediate release: March 20, 2006

Contact: Michael Kaplan / / 609-306-8537

Grass Roots Support Grows for Donovan Team

The Bergen County Republican slate headed by Kathleen Donovan has picked up the endorsements of 28 more local GOP leaders.

Donovan, the long time County Clerk is running for County Executive on a ticket with incumbent Freeholder Elizabeth Randall who is running for re-election. They are joined on their slate by Fair Lawn councilman Ed Trawinski and attorney Jae Kim of Palisades Park. Earlier, the Donovan team was endorsed by eleven Republican mayors, ten municipal chairs and 27 local council members.

Norwood Mayor Michael Kaplan said that the latest round of endorsements, "Reflects the growing surge of support for Kathe Donovan and her running mates from throughout the county."

According to Kaplan, "The grass roots support that this ticket has attracted reflects the confidence that county Republicans have in the ability of the Donovan team to win in November. Kathe and Lisa Randall are the only Republicans elected countywide in years. They are proven winners who have also excelled as public officials. They truly are the best of the Republican organization. Local Republicans know that with US Senate candidate Tom Kean, Kathe and Lisa heading the ticket this is the year to reverse recent losses."

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New Endorsements

District 39 Chair Evelyn Olwell
Fort Lee Municipal Chair Nick Corbiscello
Harrington Park Councilman Thomas Betancourt
Bogota Councilman George Silos
Carlstadt Councilman Joseph Crifasi
River Vale Municipal Chair Debbie Romano
Westwood Councilman John J. Sciara
River Vale Mayor George Paschalis
Closter Councilwoman Victoria Amitai
River Vale Councilman Noel Matos
Emerson Councilman Carlo Camporale
River Vale Councilman Joseph Blundo
Closter Councilman John Glidden
River Vale Council President Robert Menville
Northvale Councilman Wayne Warrington
Westwood Councilwoman Cynthia Waneck
New Milford Municipal Chair Dolores Weisenbach
Franklin Lakes Councilwoman Maura DeNicola
New Milford Councilwoman Ann Subrizi
Mahwah Councilwoman Lisa DiGiulio
Franklin Lakes Councilwoman Paulette Ramsey
Elmwood Park Councilman Robert Kassai
Haworth Councilman John Smart
Closter Councilman John Kashwick
Upper Saddle River Councilwoman Darlene Viola
Emerson Councilwoman Carole Constantin
Hillsdale Councilman John Sapanara
Woodcliff Lake Councilman Jeff Bader

Already Endorsed

Municipal Chairs:
Edgewater Susan Jester
Hillsdale Ralph Dalo
Ho Ho Kus Phil Rorty
Lodi Meg Van Arsdale
Northvale Martha Rooney
Oakland Bill Fuchs
Rutherford John Daub
Emerson Dot Romaine
Lyndhurst Rich Dilascio
East Rutherford Peter Melchionne

Elected officials:
Norwood Mayor Michael Kaplan
Bergenfield Mayor Richard Bohan
East Rutherford Mayor James Cassella
Elmwood Park Mayor Richard Mola
Hasbrouck Heights Mayor Ronald Jones
Ho-Ho-Kus Mayor Thomas Randall
Lodi Mayor Gary Paparozzi
Lyndhurst Mayor Richard DiLascio
Northvale Mayor John Rooney
Oakland Mayor John Szabo
Rockleigh Mayor Nicholas Langella
Elmwood Park Councilwoman Karen Tyburczy
Hillsdale Councilwoman Donna Chapman
Ho Ho Kus Councilman Kevin Crossley
Ho Ho Kus Councilman Gordon Hamm
Ho Ho Kus Councilman John Mongelli
Ho Ho Kus Councilman Douglas Troast
Ho Ho Kus Councilman Hugh Turk
Ho Ho Kus Councilwoman Mary Ellen Lennon
Mahwah Councilman Gary Paton
Mahwah Councilwoman Brenda Calandrillo
Norwood Councilman Peter Altenbach
Norwood Councilman James Barsa
Norwood Councilman Anthony Guercio
Norwood Councilman Barry Scott
Norwood Councilman Michael Knigin
Oakland Council President Matt Kazmierczak
Oakland Councilwoman Betsy Stagg
Oakland Councilwoman Karen Marcalus
River Vale Councilman Dwight Destefan
Fair Lawn Councilwoman Jeanne Baratta
Garfield Councilman Louis Aloia
Lyndhurst Commissioner Thomas DiMaggio
Lyndhurst Commissioner Robert Giangeruso
Lyndhurst Commissioner Brian Haggerty
Lyndhurst Commissioner Joseph Abruscato
Closter Councilwoman Sophie Heyman
Hasbrouck Heights Councilwoman Maryetta Saccomano

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Kaplan & Kirk For Freeholder

By desnuda | October 26th, 2005 - 2:07am

Kaplan, Kirk Seek Donut Tally From Democrats
How Much Taxpayer Money Will Ganz, McPherson
Spend on Election Day Treats For Poll Workers

Ganz and McPherson have raised taxes by $41 million over the past three years, but they never seem to run out of ways to spend more taxpayer money.’

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Kaplan & Kirk For Bergen Freeholders

By desnuda | October 18th, 2005 - 5:12pm

GANZ AND McPHERSON LYING AGAIN
CLAIM TO HAVE INSTITUTED ETHICS REFORMS
IS DISPUTED BY RECORD EDITORIALS
"that’s the biggest lie in politics since Bill Clinton said he didn’t have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.�

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For Ferriero, maybe another fight

By desnuda | October 11th, 2005 - 12:02pm

Bergen County Democrats were not supposed to be defending their 6-1 majority on the Board of Freehodlers this year, but suddenly it is possible that they must do exactly that. A new poll conducted for the Bergen GOP by Rick Shaftan's Neighborhood Research shows the county race in a statistical dead heat between Democratic incumbents Bernadette McPherson and David Ganz and Republican challengers Michael Kaplan, the Mayor of Norwood, and Ramsey attorney Kelly Kirk. If Kaplan and Kirk were to win, that would reduce the Democratic majority to 4-3.

The problem for Democratic County Chairman Joseph Ferriero is that one of the four Democrats is Valerie Vainieri Huttle, who has had no trouble declaring her independence from Ferriero and the Bergen Democratic organization. Huttle is headed to the Assembly (probably in a few weeks) but remains a Freeholder, if she wants to be, until at least January 2007. Huttle plus three Republicans could effectively remove control of the Bergen Freeholder Board from Ferriero; that could make her -- and State Senator-elect Loretta Weinberg (who gets senatorial courtesy over Bergen appointments as soon as she takes office) -- considerable powers in Bergen County politics.

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