Wednesday, February 15, 2012
It was a passionate Valentine's Day meeting on Tuesday night, with many members of the public and the school board losing their cool.
Hoboken will be choosing its School Board representatives in November from now on. In an extremely heated meeting on Tuesday night—following yelling, screaming, threats and near fights—the measure to move school board elections from April to November passed in a 5-4 vote. "I can’t possibly vote to extend my own term," said Board Member Maureen Sullivan, who voted against the measure together with colleagues Peter Biancamano, Frances Rhodes Kearns and Carmelo Garcia. Sullivan's term is up this year, as is Ruth McAllister's and Theresa Minutillo's. One of the opponents' issues with the move, is that the public won't be able to vote on the school budget anymore. Hoboken is currently a minimum levy district, which means that, even if voted…
Monday, March 22, 2010
One slate of Board of Education hopefuls kicked off their campaign with a meet-and-greet at Wild Ginger.
Wild Ginger was decked out in balloons and posters as the Real Results team held their Board of Education campaign kick-off rally Sunday afternoon. Real Results—made up of candidates Kathleen Tucker, Liz Markevitch, Perry Lin and John Forsman—are all running for the first time for seats on the board with the slogan "Higher Standards, Lower Taxes." Forsman, who has lived in Hoboken for five years, works as a financial advisor and health care specialist for a private financial company. "The current board is over spending and under providing," he said at the rally. According to Forsman, Hoboken spends more than $800,000 to manage 18 athletic teams in the public school system, while the town of Madison spends a little less to manage 40 teams…
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Monday, March 8, 2010
The team seeks to hold their majority position on the school board, come election day on April 20.
Hoboken's Kids First campaign held a fundraiser rally at Maxwell's on Sunday afternoon, inviting the public to meet the candidates before the April 20th Board of Education elections. The team—comprised of current board president Rose Marie Markle, recent board appointee Irene Sobolov, and newcomers to the campaign Leon Gold and Jean Marie Mitchell—were joined by Councilmembers Michael Lenz, Carol Marsh and David Mello, Freeholder Anthony Romano and Mayor Dawn Zimmer at the event. "We've made great strides," said Markle, who has served as board president for 10 months, since Kids First won the majority. "But the problems won't be fixed overnight." Current board member Ruth McAllister, who previously ran with the Kids First ticket, compared …
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Scott M. Siegel
8:43 pm on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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