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This is only the third letter that I've ever written to the New Jersey Herald. I'm very open to sharing my opinions and to hearing the opinions of others, but I rarely feel the need or desire to broadcast my thoughts to an audience of this magnitude.
A Republican congressional candidate seeking to reclaim the 5th District for his party in November 2018 has picked up endorsements from two of northwest New Jersey's most conservative state senators. The campaign for Steve Lonegan announced that state Sens. Steven Oroho, R-24th Dist., and Michael Doherty, R-23rd Dist., have endorsed the former Bogota mayor in his bid to replace U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist.
Calling her Democratic opponent's stances on raising taxes and a sanctuary state a "gift," the Republican nominee for governor rallied her base in Sussex County less than 48 hours before Election Day during a stop on her 21-county bus tour. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno said New Jersey "can't afford" Phil Murphy and his pledge to raise taxes by $1.3 billion during a Sussex County Republican Committee-sponsored rally at the Newton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5360 on Sunday afternoon.
Vernon Township is the busiest area of Sussex County on Tuesday, Nov. 7, as seven people will seek three seats on the Vernon Township Council and 10 people are seeking three seats on the township Board of Education. In the township, incumbents Patrick Rizzuto, Richard Wetzel and Jean Murphy will face challenges from former mayors Sally Rinker and Victor Marotta, firefighter and former DPW worker John Auberger and Corrections Officer Mark Van Tassel.
On Oct. 16, I attended the New Jersey Herald Assembly debate at Sussex County Community College. During the sometimes heated debate, the Republican candidates, Parker Space and former labor commissioner Hal Wirths, shouted to get their points across.
After kicking off his campaign Thursday morning, Republican Steve Lonegan said a congressional race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., boils down to one point. "I'm a conservative and he's a liberal," Lonegan said of his potential general election opponent in 2018.
West Virginia's Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says the Senate backs permanently extending health benefits for more than 22,000 retired miners and widows whose medical coverage is set to expire after April. Manchin says Wednesday the permanent fix will be included in the Senate measure to continue government funding with a vote likely Friday.
Guests arrived in costumes of the Roaring Twenties and were greeted at SkyView Golf Club by vintage cars provided by Vin DiPeppa and John Bucsko. One could just picture Gatsby tooling around in the Auburn Boat Tail of that era.