CANDIDATE SELECTION DATES AND CONVENTION SIGN UP FORM
This newsletter includes all of the relevant dates applicable to the selection of the county and congressional candidates to be placed on the MCRO “organization line”, culminating in the county nominating convention. You should register for the convention through your local GOP municipal chairman. You can find a sign up form on the Middlesex County Republican Organization website at: www.middlesexgop.com/convention2010.html. This form, when completed, should be turned in through your municipal chairman by the noted deadline.
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES…
The school board elections are coming up in April. Although the school board races are, of course, non-partisan, I will be happy to mention in my newsletter, the name of any registered Republican who is running and who is also currently active in their local Republican organization, so you may take that fact into consideration, if you wish, when you make your decision. Any candidate, or any local chairman who knows of a candidate or candidates who meet both of these criteria, can send me their names and, time permitting, I will include them. We can start with Dan Kerwin, a former GOP Freeholder candidate, who is running in Old Bridge.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON QUOTES
In addition to Presidents Reagan, Lincoln, Washington, etc. President William Henry Harrison was also born in February, (February 9, 1773). Although he served less than a month, I found some interesting quotes from President Harrison:
* I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.
* There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
* The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government.
* We admit of no government by divine right.... The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
TIME TO SIGN UP TO RUN FOR COUNTY COMMITTEE POSITIONS
As many of you know, our GOP municipal committees and county committee is made up of one county committeeman and one county committeewoman in each election district in Middlesex County. These committee people are elected for two-year terms in the primary election this June. Someone must be a registered voter and actual reside in the particular election district to be eligible for the position. If you are interested in running for the position, contact your municipal chairman to see if there is a vacancy and for the details of how to file and run. Nominating petitions must be filed by no later than April 12th.
I will probably run a training session on the job of the county committeeman and committeewoman some time after the primary, so that any new committeeperson - and any current committeeperson - can learn how to do their job better.
BUY POPCORN AND HELP THE BOY SCOUTS
When you are buying presents - or presents for yourself, I would like you to consider buying popcorn and support the scouts at the same time. You can now buy on line by visiting www.orderpopcorn.com and when the home page comes up, there is a space that reads “Enter Order Key” In that space please enter TEV4T3E. This is my special order key that allows the tracking of the sales generated from my efforts. This will take you to a new page where you can purchase all varieties and types of popcorn and other edibles, such as Trail Mix, Chocolatey Crunch, etc.). If you forget my order key number, you can shop without a key. Just make sure that when you select a council to receive credit, you select “NJ” and then: “Dayton: Central New Jersey Council.” (The Central New Jersey Council includes most or all of Middlesex, Mercer, Hunterdon and Warren Counties, and small portions of Somerset and other adjacent counties.)
UPDATED CALENDAR
What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometime provide added information, change dates or cancel events, which information I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed.
February 23 (Tuesday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm) - Assemblyman Sam Thompson Cocktail Reception. Grand Marquis, 1550 Route 9 South, Old Bridge. $250.00 per person. For further information call 732-679-4391. Checks payable to “Sam Thompson for Assembly” should be mailed to 5 Lincroft Avenue, Old Bridge, NJ 08857.
February 24 (Wednesday 7:30 pm) - New Jersey Conservative GOP Meeting, Hopelawn VFW, 113 James Street, Hopelawn (Woodbridge Township) 08861. Please use entrance in the back parking lot. For further information contact: 732-596-2116 or njcgop@aol.com.
February 25 (Thursday) - Date by which names, addresses and phone numbers of proposed bonus voters to be placed on the MCRO Screening Committee are to be submitted to MCRO Chairman Joseph P. Leo, so that, pursuant to the MCRO by-laws, he may select the “bonus votes ... based upon the recommendations from the affected Municipal Committee.”
February 25 (Thursday) - Deadline by which people who want to be delegates to the MCRO Candidate Nominating Convention must be registered Republicans.
March 7 (Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm) - East Brunswick Community Day. Brunswick Square Mail, Route 18, East Brunswick. The East Brunswick Republican Club will have a booth. Drop by and say hello. All interested candidates are welcome to work the booth.
March 10 (Wednesday 7:00 pm) - MCRO Screening Committee Meeting. George Bush Senior Center, Old Bridge Municipal Complex, Route 516 at Cottrell Road, Old Bridge.
March 11 (Thursday 7:00 pm) - Backup date for second MCRO Screening Committee Meeting, if needed to complete unfinished business. George Bush Senior Center, Old Bridge Municipal Complex, Route 516 at Cottrell Road, Old Bridge.
March 13 (Saturday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm) - Registration forms and fees for MCRO Candidate Nominating Convention delegates are to be turned in to the Registration Committee at MCRO Headquarters, 530 Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge.
March 14 (Sunday 11:00 am - 2:00 pm) - Middlesex County Republican Organization “Salute the Winners” Brunch. Buttonwood Manor, Route 34, Matawan. $125.00 per person or $1,000.00 per table. For further information call 732-634-2922.
March 18 (Thursday 7:30 pm) - Monroe Township Republican Club Meeting. Garvey's Restaurant, 405 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road, Monroe. Guest Speaker: Ingrid Reed from Eagleton Institute.
March 22 (Monday, 8:00 pm) - MCRO Credentials Committee convenes to hear any appeals of MCRO Candidate Nominating Convention delegate eligibility determinations. Location: MCRO Headquarters, 530 Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge. (Anyone ruled ineligible must bring written proof from the Middlesex County Board of Elections that he or she was a registered Republican voter as of February 25, 2010).
March 27 (Saturday, Registration 8:00 am - 10:00 am, Start 10:00 am) - MCRO Candidate Nominating Convention. Middlesex County Vocational School at East Brunswick, 112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 (Next to the Brunswick Square Mall)
March 27 (Saturday 7:00 pm) - South Plainfield GOP Victory Dinner Dance. Crown Plaza, 2055 Route 27, Edison. $75.00 per person. Checks payable to Friends of Anesh & Bengivenga and may be sent to P.O. Box 371, South Plainfield, NJ 07080. For further information: April Bengivenga 908-753-0247 or aprilnbob@aol.com.
April 10 (Saturday 7:00 pm) - South River GOP selling $56.00 tickets for $45.00 to the Devils Hockey Game: NJ Devils vs. NY Islanders at the Prudential Center, Newark. (A portion of the proceeds will benefit the South River Food Bank.) For more information, contact Suzanne Buffalino 732-387-5378.
April 12 (Monday 4:00 pm) - Candidate petition filing deadline for Primary Election
April 12 (Monday 7:00 pm) - Poll Clerk Training at Edison High School (Note: all Poll Clerk training sessions start promptly at the scheduled time.)
April 15 (Thursday 7:00 pm) - Poll Clerk Training at Woodbridge High School
April 17 (Saturday 9:00 am) - Poll Clerk Training at East Brunswick Vo-Tech
April 20 (Tuesday) - School Board Elections
May 11 (Tuesday) - Municipal Elections (in Perth Amboy & Spotswood)
June 5 (Saturday) - South Plainfield GOP Comedy Night with Uncle Floyd. American Legion, South Plainfield. $50.00 per person, including dinner. E-mail aprilnbob@aol.ocm for tickets or more info.
June 8 (Tuesday) - Primary Election
October 17 (Sunday) - South Plainfield GOP Cocktail Party. (Additional information added when available.)
November 2 (Tuesday) - General Election
Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individual, who you think might be interested in seeing it. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republican who would like to receive periodic e-mail reports about NJ Republican State Committee meetings and other information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever want to be removed from my e-mail list, send me an e-mail and I will remove you.
Donald Katz, Esq.
Republican State Committeeman - Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization
dkatzlaw@aol.com
Office:
Huff, Moran & Orron
1246 South River Road
Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
(O) 609-655-3600 x 27 or 732-521-3666 x 27
(F) 609-655-5825
Home:
17 Buffalo Run
East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816
(H) 732-251-3804
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