Monday, May 21, 2012
The three Democrats running to represent New Jersey's 5th Congressional District held a debate in Teaneck Sunday.
The three 5th District Democratic candidates competing in the June 5 primary debated the issues in a forum at the Richard Rodda Community Center in Teaneck Sunday. Teaneck Deputy Mayor Adam Gussen, former Marine Jason Castle and Lyndon LaRouche supporter Diane Sare are all vying for the opportunity to run against Republican incumbent Scott Garrett for his seat in Congress in the November election. The economy was a main topic at the debate. Gussen said he favored creating incentives for businesses to create jobs and would like to help America have complete energy independence. "We have a tremendous opportunity to put America back to work," Gussen said. Castle said he believed he could help create partnerships between schools and employers …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Rivals in bitter inter-party fight to attend candidate forum May 23.
The two Democratic congressmen vying to represent the redrawn 9th District will meet in Teaneck in what will likely be their last joint appearance before the June primary, local reform group Bergen Grassroots said. Rep. Steve Rothman and Rep. Bill Pascrell have been engaged in a bitter inter-party fight after the 9th District was redrawn. Teaneck, once completely in the old 9th District, was split between the redrawn 9th and Republican-leaning 5th. The two will face written questions submitted by audience members during a May 23 forum at the Ethical Culture Society on Larch Avenue. “Because the Congressmen have served for the same period and have similar voting records, voters have had a difficult time differentiating between the two on …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Pascrell says he is running to stop Tea Party.
Former President Bill Clinton has endorsed Rep. Bill Pascrell over fellow Democrat Rep. Steve Rothman for congress in the 9th District. "Bill helped write President Obama’s health care law, he’s a leader protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare, and he never stops fighting for the middle class,” Clinton said in a statement. “Nothing is more important to Bill than creating jobs in New Jersey. I saw that in the eight years we worked together to build unprecedented prosperity for America.” “I am honored to have the support of Bill Clinton,” Pascrell said in a statement."Fighting side by side with President Clinton, our nation achieved tremendous prosperity and a balanced budget.” Pascrell took aim the Tea Party and Former …
Tommy P
3:57 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012
Not selective. I am not familiar with the $9m, but if it happened, yes. I am also bothered by the $2,300,000,000,000.00+ (trillion) lost by the military according to Donald Rumsfeld on Sept 10, 2001. more ›