State Senator (D-33)/Union City Mayor Brian Stack’s legislative running mates, Assembly Majority Whip Raj Mukherji and Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro, are joining the brigade of Hudson County officials who won’t support County Executive Tom DeGise’s re-election.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“County Executive Tom DeGise enjoys a distinguished and admirable record of public service, but it’s time for a change,†the two state legislators said in a statement.
“We join Mayor and Senator Stack and Mayors Fulop, Bhalla, and Roque in seeking to usher in a new era of leadership in New Jersey’s most densely populated county, which has the potential to be the economic engine of the region.â€
Their announcement is no surprise, given that they have both run on Stack’s ticket multiple times, three times for Mukherji and twice for Chaparro, and their district includes the Jersey City Heights, Hoboken and Weehawken.
In the midst of today’s nor’easter, Stack and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop created a snowball effect among Hudson politicos by announcing they would not back DeGise for another term.
They have since been joined by Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and West New York Mayor Felix Roque.
While things appear to be getting worse before they get better for the former Jersey City Council president, DeGise has already announced he will continue his re-election bid.
Jersey City Freeholder Bill O’Dea (D-2) has been heavily rumored as DeGise’s opponent for the June 2019 primary, though state Senator Sandra Cunningham (D-31) and Hudson County Clerk E. Junior Maldonado also remain in the conversation for now.
Oh glad to see Chaparro taking on DeGise. She’s a real advocate for the taxpayer. She advocates that taxpayers should keep her in affordable housing while she and her significant other earn over 250 grand.
Chaparro for County Exec! Make room for Ravi- he hates Hoboken already.
^^ Imposter
Chaparro is doing a great job, no issue there.
Who better than AA rating Dawn Zimmer?
She can take her brilliant strategies, concepts and good governance county-wide and stop the county from ravaging Hoboken
#ZimmerForCountyExec
Anyone jumping ahead of Menendez is an IDIOT.
Bob is with deGise and if Bhalla thinks that won’t come back to roost he’s sadly mistaken.
Only two months in and he’s managed to be out of town more than in.
Washington Street has no end in site
More stores closed in the last two months than Zimmer’s last 6.
Focusing on self enrichment and ignoring the council will only spell disaster
Ravi is the next Rudy Garcia. Got too big for his britches too soon and the county guys came and took him out.
They’ll give him a cabinet seat in Trenton as a soft landing and Jen will be put in as a consensus builder.
Bhalla has had too many blunders.
He’s no Dawn