Real Bergen Dems Retain Control
June 15, 2008 Filed in: Politics
In the June 3 Democratic Primary Election, incumbent
Englewood City Council members Ken Rosenzweig and
Scott Reddin handily survived well-financed
challenges from candidates backed by the Ferriero-led
Democratic County machine. The machine only needed to
take one of these seats, in the First or Third Wards,
to empower Mayor Michael Wildes. His veto of Council
actions can be overridden by four of five votes, but
not by three of five. (The Council did in fact, on
June 5, override two of his vetoes, which had been
issued and publicized before the Primary.) The
election numbers were: in Ward 1 - Rosenzweig 433,
Sniderman 253; in Ward 3 - Reddin 509, Jean
280.
An interesting sidelight was the election of Dr. Earl Marsan with 72 write-in votes in District 1 of the First Ward. Votes for the incumbent, Wallace Reid, whose name appeared on the ballot despite his recent death, had been ruled invalid.
On June 9, the 28 Englewood Democratic Municipal Committee members elected their new Chairperson, Dierdre Glenn Paul, by a close margin. Dr. Paul was a candidate in last year's Fourth Ward Council election and is one of the writers and editors of The Englewood Report.
As well, on June 3, there were many contests for seats on the Bergen County Democratic Committee chaired by Joe Ferriero. On June 10, Ferriero handily gained the votes of a majority of the 1100 county committee members who had been elected June 3 and, thereby, retained his position at the head of the BCDO for two years despite spirited opposition.
An interesting sidelight was the election of Dr. Earl Marsan with 72 write-in votes in District 1 of the First Ward. Votes for the incumbent, Wallace Reid, whose name appeared on the ballot despite his recent death, had been ruled invalid.
On June 9, the 28 Englewood Democratic Municipal Committee members elected their new Chairperson, Dierdre Glenn Paul, by a close margin. Dr. Paul was a candidate in last year's Fourth Ward Council election and is one of the writers and editors of The Englewood Report.
As well, on June 3, there were many contests for seats on the Bergen County Democratic Committee chaired by Joe Ferriero. On June 10, Ferriero handily gained the votes of a majority of the 1100 county committee members who had been elected June 3 and, thereby, retained his position at the head of the BCDO for two years despite spirited opposition.
