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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Amended Report Raises Serious Questions

Just to bring you up to speed, you remember last month we pointed out a $610 donation that the Monmouth County Democratic Women’s Caucus reported making to the 2015 Nicolay for Council campaign.  Not only was the donation unmentioned in Nicolay’s reports, a violation of state election law, the donation itself was also in violation […]

I Always Vote Column “A”

The challengers to Doherty and Fulton for the Freeholder nominations are only doing it because Bernie needs a column. From the story: Because Clinton has secured county lines across New Jersey, she will automatically be bracketed with freeholder or other county candidates, something which would put her automatically in column ‘A’ if the Sanders campaign […]

Dem Candidates’ First Report

Belmar Democrats are already starting to pool some money together.  Pre-primary contributions are considered to be towards the primary but are then rolled over into the general election campaign.  Click on the image to go to the report.

Remember, If You Smell Gas…..

Doherty grandstanding on 10th Ave yesterday.  Click image to read about it. “As mayors, we have to balance our budget every year and we always have to live within our means,” said Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty, who is running for Monmouth County freeholder. “We’re called upon today to do more with less. Under Doherty the […]

Pringle To Sue Over Returned Petitions

Want To Open A Casino In Jersey City?

Maybe Maggie can help!  

Trump: Como Police Takeover “Catastrophe”

More Urging For The Merging

From Mayor Wilton: “Make cuts to reduce the budget” = lay off all the police.  Why doesn’t he just say it?  Everybody is for budget cuts, but maybe not at the expense of losing their entire police department.  If this is truly an informational letter and not a campaign piece he should have shared that […]

Another Mailer For The Merger

I know, I know, it’s not a merger it’s a takeover, but merger sounded better. Anyway, a reader in Lake Como sent this in: Note that the taxpayers of Belmar have not been promised any sort of property tax reduction. The return address of the mailer is worth noting: 1700 Main Street is a large […]

Well…It Depends

Does it matter who our local candidates support in the presidential race? It does! March 24:   It doesn’t! April 9: