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This just in: Donovan wins auditor suit
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan won a major court battle Thursday when a judge ruled that only the executive has the power to appoint a county auditor, not the freeholder board. Bergen County...
View ArticleThe week ahead
This is debate week in Bergen County four – count them – four debates on tap. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson and his Republican opponent Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, square off this morning at the Temple...
View ArticleThe County Auditor issue: you decide
This week, the Bergen County Freeholders are expected to decide this week whether they will appeal a judge’s decision with held that the board lacked the authority to appoint a county auditor. Instead,...
View ArticleBergen Beat Poll: drop the auditor lawsuit
The Bergen County freeholders took no action last week on whether to appeal a judge’s ruling that only County Executive Kathleen Donovan has the power to appoint a county auditor, not the freeholders....
View ArticleFlap over Freeholder meeting continues
The kerfuffle over Friday’s freeholder meeting continues. As you may have read in today’s Record, the Bergen County Freeholders held a closed session Friday afternoon where they authorized the board...
View ArticlePoll: Should the freeholders appeal auditor, referendum rulings
On Friday at a hastily-called closed session, the Bergen County Freeholders authorized their attorney to pursue appeals of two rulings in lawsuits brought against the board by County Executive Kathleen...
View ArticleBergen Beat readers: nix the freeholder appeals
Bergen Beat readers gave an overwhelming thumbs down last week to the Bergen County freeholders’ decision to appeal rulings in two lawsuits filed against the board by County Executive Kathleen Donovan....
View ArticleQuotes of the week: on campaigns, football & who wields what power in county...
The quotes just kept coming during a hectic week on the Bergen County beat that saw verbal sparring over campaign finance reports, a County Police contract and an Appellate Court triple-header. Here’s...
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