Thursday, April 4, 2013
Board member Angelica Allen-McMillian will not seek reappointment.
The Montclair Board of Education will have at least one new face in May. Three members of the board have come to the end of their three-year terms: Board President Robin Kulwin, and Board members Angelica Allen-McMillian and Deborah Wilson. Of the three, Allen-McMillian has related to Mayor Robert Jackson she will not seek reappointment. “There will be one new member,” said Jackson, “and I’m looking at the other spots as well.” Under Montclair’s form of government, the mayor appoints all seven Board of Education members. When asked about the other incumbents, Jackson said he was undecided about whom he would choose for the positions. “I appreciate the need for some continuity, but sometimes fresh eyes are good, too,” said …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Speculation about Newark mayor's plans swirled for months
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- Paul Milo
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Newark Mayor Cory Booker ended months of speculation Thursday when he announced that he was considering a run for US Senate. “[ I ] will complete my full second term as mayor. As for my political future, I will explore the possibility of running for The United States Senate in 2014,” said Booker in a statement released shortly before noon. Political observers in the state and beyond have speculated whether Booker, 43, a Rhodes scholar and Bergen County native, would run for governor against Chris Christie in 2013 or seek the Senate seat now held by Booker’s fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg. Lautenberg, at 88 the Senate’s oldest member, has not announced any plans to step down when his term expires in 2014. In his statement, Booker’s …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Mayor would go for Lautenberg's seat in '14, paper says
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- Paul Milo
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Newark Mayor Cory Booker appears likely to seek the US Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg. At a July appearance in Bergen County, Booker confirmed long-held suspicions he might be seeking higher office, announcing his interest in running either for Senate or against popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Earlier this month, Booker vowed to make his decision before Christmas. In an October poll, Booker had the strongest showing among a hypothetical field of Democrats against Christie, with the mayor coming within a few percentage points of the first-term governor. But a subsequent poll, taken after Christie’s widely praised performance during Hurricane Sandy, …
Mary Beth Rosenthal
10:42 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
Robin, Deb and Alicia have worked so very hard for all of our children during their tenure on the BOE. I am very grateful for their service, and for the fact that they are so willing to invest their intelligence, creativity and commitment to our schools. It's easy to be a critic, especially when you can just post anonymously on a web site. But these women -- and the rest of their colleagues on … more ›