November 8,2011 (Harrison, NJ). In the only contested races in Harrison, Third Ward Councilman Francisco Nascimento and former Second Ward Councilman Victor Villalta won their respective races today. Villalta will join Councilman Anselmo Millan in the Second Ward having defeated Councilwoman Maria McCormick. Millan defeated McCormick's husband, Steven McCormick, in his election last year. Today's election put an end to the first husband and wife councilmember team.

The Election Results were as follows:

Harrison Ward 1 Council

Caroline MANDAGLIO 191 98.45%
Personal Choice 3 1.55%

October 21,2011 (Kearny, NJ). Kearny resident Camille Gaeta wrote a letter to Time Magazine in response to an October 17, 2011 article by Joe Klein entitled "When He's Good and Ready" about Governor Chris Christie's decision not to run for the President of the United States. The letter was published in the Inbox section of Time Magazine under the Headline "Christie's Decision".



Courtesy Time Magazine.

The letter stated: "Joe Klein has missed the mark in writing that New Jersey's Chris Christie 'showed he has real respect for the office [of President] and the public.' Christie line-item-vetoed funding for sexually and physically abused children and cut millions from needed programs for the elderly and the sick. Hundreds of teachers, police officers and firefighters were laid off. He botched New Jersey's chances for Race to the Top funding and thumbed his nose at a federally funded tunnel under the Hudson River that would have provided jobs for many. But he continues to assure billion dollar corporations and millionaires that we will not increase their taxes. The upside to Christie's decision not to run is that he spares the American public his bullying persona; the downside is that we in New Jersey are stuck with him."