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Former school board member Angela Garretson won a seat to the township council in June, opening a seat on the school board. The nine-member board unanimously selected [George Cook III] to fill that vacancy on Thursday.
“The reason I originally ran for council was because I wanted a better relationship between the council and board of education,” said Cook. “I still want to better that relationship.” MORE
The township Planning Board has introduced its updated Master Plan after years of delays, according to a report in the Local Source.
June Korzeneski
At the Board of Education’s annual organization meeting Monday at Hillside High School, board members installed retired teacher and guidance counselor June Korzeneski as president and the newly re-elected Angela Menza as vice president.
For the first time since 2004, the Hillside Democratic Committee will not have majority control of the school board after reform candidates swept all three seats in last Tuesday’s election for the second year in a row.
The Democrats now have just three members on the panel: Nagy Sileem, Ralph Humphrey and Angela Garretson, who’s running for a seat on the Township Council in next month’s municipal election.
The campaign manager for mayoral candidate Joseph Menza has lodged a complaint against the Hillside Democratic Campaign Committee’s school board slate, claiming they failed to file required finance reports with the state.
In a letter to Election Law Enforcement Commission executive director Frederick Herrmann, Menza campaign manager John O’Shea says the HDCC’s Committee For Sensible School Spending “completely defied the statutory requirements of campaign reporting” despite spending “well in excess of $15,000.00.”
DISTRICT VOTE BREAKDOWN AFTER THE JUMP
Voters returned incumbent school board member Angela Menza to the Hillside Board of Education but denied veteran member Elbert Smith a fourth term in tonight’s school board election.
This is the fourth in a series looking at the campaign literature put out by candidates in this spring’s school board and municipal elections. We’ll take a critical look at the messages and rhetoric and invite readers to comment. Here’s part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Election day is today, which means Hillside voters have been barraged since Friday with last-minute mailings and leafletings by candidates desperately seeking votes. But how much of it should you believe?
We found one piece of literature in particular — from the slate topped by incumbent Elbert Smith — in need of special attention for an inaccuracy and a somewhat disingenuous message.
Voters on Tuesday will pick from six candidates to fill three three-year seats on the Hillside Board of Education.
Incumbent school board members Elbert Smith and Angela Menza each head a slate of three candidates.
Voters will also get to decide on a $25.8 million school tax levy that would raise school property taxes on average by 3.5 percent.
Running with Smith on a platform to “change our children’s future” are Diane Murray and Jamar Cherry. Shelby Robinson and Danny Santos are running with Menza on a platform of “Progress — moving forward.”
Few qualities are more important for a candidate to possess than the ability to let politics take a back seat while maintaining a genuine desire to provide the best possible education for local children. In Hillside, incumbent Angela Menza and candidates Shelby Robinson and Daniel Santos fit this profile and we urge voters to support them when they go to the polls Tuesday. MORE
This is second in a series looking at all the campaign literature put out by candidates in this spring’s school board and municipal elections. We’ll take a critical look at the messages and rhetoric and invite readers to comment. Here’s part 1 and part 2.
UPDATE — May 2: Added Andre Daniels’ Web site.
The Internet has become a new battleground for votes among candidates seeking statewide and national offices.
But on a local level — Hillside included — campaigns are still playing catch-up.
This is second in a series looking at all the campaign literature put out by candidates in this spring’s school board and municipal elections. We’ll take a critical look at the messages and rhetoric and invite readers to comment. Here’s part 1.
We’ve only managed to pick up one piece of literature from each of the two slates of school board candidates.
School board candidates Angela Menza, Shelby Robinson and Danny Santos had their wine and cheese fundraiser this afternoon at the real estate office of mayoral candidate Joseph Menza, who’s Angela’s cousin.
Seen there during the hour The Hillsider stopped by: school board member Nathalie Yafet and her husband, Steven, who said hello-goodbye and were off to hit the pavement; former school board member John O’Shea, who’s managing Joe Menza’s campaign; school board member June Korzeneski, who’s managing the school board slate’s campaign; and council candidates George Cook and Jean Miller.
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