Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The deadline for filing petitions for the June primary shows some interesting developments in Woodbridge ward council races this year.
One way or the other, there will be changes in the makeup of the Woodbridge Township Council come November, at least among the ward seats which are all up for grabs. Two longtime ward councilmen - Charles Kenny and Bob Luban - will not be returning to their council seats. Kenny is making a run for Middlesex County freeholder on the Democrat ticket, while Luban will be running on the Republican slate for the State Senate seat for the 19th District. Kenny has held his First Ward, which includes Woodbridge Proper and Sewaren, since 1998. Luban has represented Colonia in the Fifth Ward for 28 years. The challengers who will be running for the First Ward are Nancy Drumm, a marketing and membership director for the YMCA. Drumm, who is a …
Monday, January 21, 2013
Judge Spencer B. Robbins lives in Chatham but voted from his law office in Woodbridge for 12 years
Woodbridge Judge Spencer B. Robbins, who moved to Chatham in 1998 but continued voting from his Woodbridge law office for 12 years, was reappointed to another three-year term as a municipal judge. Robbins' reappointment was buried in a New Year flurry of resolutions that the council voted on at their reorganization meeting earlier this month. He makes approximately $77,000 in the position, according to a Home News Tribune report. The trouble came about when it was learned that Robbins, who owns a law practice in Woodbridge, had been voting from his office address since 1998, four years after he was appointed to a judgeship here. He was stopped after Christopher Struben, the Republican candidate for mayor who lost in the 2011 election, …
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Democrat incumbent and his Republican challenger are days away from their electoral contest. Learn what makes them tick.
Mayor John McCormac and his Republican challenger, Christopher Struben, will be battling in an election contest on Tuesday, when the mayor's seat will be up. Both politicians have very different views on how the mayorality in Woodbridge should be handled. Here is a summary of what they think, what they are proud of, what they hope to accomplish - and why they think you should vote for them. Mayor John McCormac (Democrat, incumbent) Even years before the unexpected death of former Mayor Frank Pelzman in 2006, Woodbridge politics had been a wild rollercoaster ride for most of the first decade of the new century, and current Mayor John McCormac has been in the thick of it. Born and raised in the Menlo Park Terrace section of the township, …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Republican mayor candidate Christopher Struben and his team of council candidates say they are a good bet to win on Election Day against Mayor McCormac and the Democrat incumbents.
After witnessing Republican Bob Turner win in former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's traditionally Democratic district in New York City, Republican mayoral candidate Christopher Struben firmly believes “the tides are turning.” "Woodbridge is similar to Turner’s new district because, like there, for every registered Republican, there are three Democrats," he said. With November township elections less than six weeks away, the Republican candidates for mayor and town council argue that it is time for a change in Woodbridge. Struben, along with his council at-large candidates Eduardo Ascolese, Walter Kaczmarek, Jr., and Debra Reinhart held a 'meet and greet' event at a wine tasting fundraiser at Joe Canal’s on Route 1 in Iselin last week. The …
Tom Maras
8:46 am on Thursday, April 4, 2013
Is it Party time again? The voters in Woodbridge Township will, in a few months, have an opportunity to tell their elected government if they want chance or more of the same. For me, the answer is easy: CHANGE! But not for change sake alone. My feelings about the McCormac administration, its tactics, policies, bonds, taxing, SPENDING, more taxing, bonding and more SPENDING shenanigans are well … more ›