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March 27, 2009 - 3:15pm

Former Orange City Council member pleads guilty to faking meal expenses

By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

A former president of the Orange City Council pleaded guilty today in state court to fraudulently billing the city for meal expenses.

Vivian Gaunt, 71, admitted that she billed the city for meals that she never ate during her travels to conferences as a representative of the city over a six year period.

A press release issued by the State Attorney General’s office did not say the specific amount that Gaunt billed the city for, but it did say that she has agreed to pay $250 in restitution.

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June 5, 2008 - 9:03am

Perkins stays as acting mayor in Orange

By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

ORANGE - The City Council last night voted 5-2 to retain Council President Lisa Perkins as the city’s acting mayor.

Councilmen Ed Marable, Jr. and Hassan Abdul-Rasheed voted to replace Perkins with Mayor-elect Eldridge Hawkins, Jr., due to her close relations with former Mayor Mims Hackett, who left office on the day he pleaded guilty to attempted extortion.

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June 4, 2008 - 3:23pm

Orange Council alliance will try to vote mayor-elect into office today

By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

ORANGE - City Council allies of Mayor-Elect Eldridge Hawkins, Jr., intend to try to vote him into office as acting mayor at a special meeting tonight, a month prior to his swearing-in ceremony.

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