Translate
Jul
18
Presidential campaign inspires two local activists to step up
Filed Under Election 2008, In The News | Leave a Comment
Obama, McCain backers plan town events
The John McCain-Barack Obama presidential race is turning a pair of ordinary Union County residents into community-based political activists.
Cynthia McGill of Hillside has found “reason and purpose” in the campaign after surviving a brain aneurysm and is holding a Women for Obama house party at her home, at 239 Fitzpatrick St., at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Roger Stryeski of Roselle, a former X-ray technician, is seeking to revive the Republican Party in his borough and organize volunteers for the McCain campaign at a 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday in a First Presbyterian Church building at 111 West Fifth St.
McGill said 40 women are expected at her rally, which is to include remarks by Hillside 2nd Ward Councilwoman Shelley-Ann Bates and Kimberly Hurdman, co-chairwoman of Union County for Obama. The homemaker said her political involvement is providing fulfillment in a personal quest.
“I had a brain aneurysm 10 years ago and was going through guilt about how I survived it,” she said. “I was asking what was my purpose? Then I overheard Barack Obama on the TV my husband was watching, and was mesmerized.
“It clicked that this was my purpose, and I decided to form a group,” added McGill. “I was amazed at how many women signed up, and then Councilwoman Shelley-Ann Bates joined.”
Jul
8
Ledger: Mayor, Council still split in Hillside
Filed Under Election 2009, Gerald Freedman, Jerome Jewell, John Kulish, Joseph Menza, Karen McCoy Oliver | Leave a Comment
Reorganization fails to resolve divisions
Star-Ledger Staff
Hillside municipal government reorganized July 1 with no sign of an end to the bitter stalemate between the mayor and township council.
Both sides remained en trenched in their positions, with the township council rejecting resolutions submitted by Mayor Karen McCoy Oliver and the mayor boycotting the reorganization for a second consecutive year.
Council members Gerald Freedman and Shelley-Ann Bates, both non-aligned in the mayor and council warring, found themselves left off committees for the new fis cal year. Read more