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Ronald S. Frigerio Replaces Frank X. McDermott As Head Of Union County Republican Commitee By PAUL J. PEYTON

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

WESTFIELD — Stressing party unity, former Westfield Mayor Ronald J. Frigerio took over the helm of the Union County Republican Committeeasits day night. He replaces Frank X.

McDermott, also of Westfield, who had held the position for the past 11 years.

McDermott, an attorney, is a State Senate President and Gubernatorial candidate. He rently serves as Chairman of the New

Jersey Turnpike Authority. Mr. Frigerio is the owner of an insurance firm, Amalgamated eral Agencies in Westfield.

The Union County Republican Party is going through difficult times

days. The party has not won a countywide electionsince1994,and lost control of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders lowing the 1997 election. crats have held a 90 majority the

past three years. The County Clerk’s position was won by Democrat Joanne Rajoppi in

after being held for several decades by Republican Walter Halpin.

Tuesday night’s election, which was held in the Community Room of the Westfield Municipal Building,

attendedby mittee members representing Union County’s 21 municipalities.

In stark contrast to the 1998 elec tion, when Mr. McDermott beat An thony Di Giovanni of Union by just 29 of the 600 tallies cast, there was no other candidate for chairman this newChairmanTuesyear.

Mr. Frigerio told Republicans that any hard feelings generated from the nowconcluded GOP Primary “should long be forgotten.”

“We have to go forward in Novem ber and elect our people,” he said. curMr. Frigerio’s officer slate in

cludes: former Scotch Plains Mayor Joan Papen, staying on asVice Chair woman; Roselle Municipal Republi Gencan Chairman Alan McGarry, re

placing former Freeholder James Fulcommer of Rahway as Associate Chairman; Rahway Republican Chairwoman Maryanne Janusz, tak ing the place of Elizabeth Cox of Summit as Associate Chairwoman; folformer Roselle Park GOP Chairman

Demoand current Clark Republican Chair

man John DeSimone, staying on as Secretary; and Roselle Park Mayor Joseph DeIorio, who takes the place of Linden GOP Chairman William Palermo as Treasurer.

“We really need to energize this party,”Mr. FrigeriotoldTheWestfield Leader and The Times of Scotch PlainsFanwood.

“We all know that there are a vast severalhundredcomnumber of challenges confronting

us. I mean, I don’t know if we could go any lower on the elected pole than

we are now,” Mr. Frigerio told the Republican leadership.

He said the party will, in time, “reverse the trends” in the county that have seen Democrats sweeping Republicans in countywide races. Mr. Frigerio said this will be accom plished through a grassroots effort at the local level and include commu nications andcomputerhardwareand software support.

Among the list of changes Mr. Frigerio plans to initiate are opening up party conventions in which candi dates for county, state and federal offices are selected. Currently, only Republican Committee members are permitted to attend and take part.

Mr. Frigerio said that by allowing all Republicans to participate, the party will be able to “open up the pipeline” and have an “outreach pro gram” for all Republicans.

One of the controversies of the 1998 convention was whether Union County’s atlarge freeholder board should be changed to freeholder dis tricts to create twoparty representa tion on the board given the Demo crats 90 majority on the board.

Interestingly, Mr. Frigerio ex plained that he also favors freeholder districts.Hewants toreducetheboard from nine to seven seats, thus creat ing six freeholder districts and one atlarge seat.All nine freeholders are currently elected atlarge by all vot in the county.

“We’ve got to have freeholder dis in Union County,” Mr. Frigerio said. Essex County is the only one of New Jersey’s 21 counties that has freeholder districts.

Promisingto buildthecountyparty, new county chairman said Mr. DeIorio will continue to work on increasing membership.

Throughout the short program, leaders spoke in opti mistic terms. They said the party has a strong chance of winning this year

a ticket led by Bob Franks, the GOP United States Senate nomi nee, along with Presidential date George W. Bush.

State Senate President Donald T. Di Francesco, who is planning to run for Governor next year, urged Union County Republicans “to come gether.”

“Bob Franks is going to help win a victory for us in Ron’s (Frigerio’s) first year,” he said. “And we are

going to win these freeholder races.”

He also urged Republicans to sup port Seventh Congressional District nominee Michael A. Ferguson of Warren in his bid against Demo cratic nominee Maryanne S. Connelly of Fanwood.

Senator Di Francesco said differ ences Republicans may have on vari ous issues “cannot get in the way of the progress of the party.”

In his exiting remarks as County GOP Chairman, Mr. McDermott vowed to stay active in the party, noting he is not planning on moving or retiring from his law firm. Jok ingly, he said, it took him 11 years to understand the Republican zation “and it will probably take me

12 more years to forget.” In other business, Mr. Frigerio announced several municipal com mittee appointments. Former Cranford Mayor and current Com mitteeman Tom Denny was named Municipal Chairman in Cranford. Former freeholder candidate Rich Revilla will head up the Elizabeth GOP Committee and Diane Kurz, the wife of former Freeholder Henry Kurz, will head up the Roselle Park Republican Committee.

Assemblyman Alan M. Augustine has replaced Gabe Spera as Scotch Plains’ GOP Chairman. Mr. Spera, a former twotime Mayor in the 1980s, served 10 years as Republican Chair man. Ken Schreihofer was named to replace Mr. DiGiovanni as Union Republican Chairman.

As for the county committee, Mr. Frigerio namedNewProvidenceGOP Municipal Chairman Robert Dougherty as Finance Committee Chairman.

Also, Westfield Republican Chair man Robert Cockren was named Legal Counsel for the county com mittee.

Borough Considers Hiking Penalties for Dumping By KIMBERLY A. BROADWELL

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

MOUNTAINSIDE–Mountainside officials are considering more than doubling penalties for landscapers

dumping debris into the borough’s storm sewer system.

detailed discussion concerning the dumping of debris into the

borough’s storm sewers opened Mountainside’s agenda setting counfinally cil meeting on Tuesday evening.

Mayor Robert F. Viglianti relayed a story of how he recently caught a local landscaping company dumpA ing yard clippings into the sewers.

“I am really tired of some of these landscapers charging their customers for dumping and then clogging our public storm sewers,” he said.

He noted that currently the fines for this offense were $250-$ 1,000 for a first offense and $1,000-$ 2,000 for a second offense. The Mayor noted that because landscapers were “continually dumping lawn debris,” a third offense should be added to the borough’s code mandating a $5,000 fine and the confiscation of land scaping equipment.

CouncilmanThomasPerottaadded that he thought the minimum first offense should be raised to $500. It was decided that this would be dis cussed further at next week’s council meeting.

In other business, the governing body announced that it would be introducinga readingoftheborough’s $5.4 million bond ordinance at next week’s meeting. Mayor Viglianti announced that the bond was for borough repairs and stated that the timetable for the work was currently two years.

In the spring, the borough an$ nounced the bond for updating apDept. proximately60 roadsandfixingstorm drainage systemsandresealingsewer lines.

MayorViglianti had noted that BorKing oughEngineer MichaelDiskohadbeen doing a sixmonth study of the borough’s engineering needs and reSealy ported that about 75 percent of the borough’s 90streetswerein “direneed of repair as well as the repair of caved in drainage systems and sewer lines.”

Originally it was announced that thisbond wouldbeforapproximately $7 million, but was then cut due to grants and monies used from the borough’s Capital Surplus Fund for drainage and storm sewer improveStearns ments.

Mayor Viglianti noted that details of what was going to happen in the project would be outlined in litera ture and will be sent out to all resiDept. dents within the next few weeks. He also stated a public hearing on the ordinance was tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, July 18.

Finally, it was reported that counDay cil was awarding Salutatorian JenniPRICE fer Hauser andValedictorian Marissa DeAnna of the Deerfield School with a $300 and $200 savings bond during their Wednesday, June 21 graduation and would be presenting them with resolutions at next week’s meeting.

In past years, the Borough Council had awarded students with $150 and $100 bonds, respectively.

Volunteers are Sought For Transportation Of Disabled Adults

candiRetired Senior Volunteer Program

(RSVP) of Union County is seeking individuals age 55 and older who are willing to transport developmentally disabled adults to necessary appoint$ toments.

RSVP volunteers are reimbursed for mileage while traveling to and from volunteer activities. They may also be eligible for certain insurance policies during project hours.

Interested persons may call the RSVP office at (908) 3543040, excaught tension nos. 303 and 319.

Huge Margins Carried Ferguson to Primary Victory

By PAUL J. PEYTON

Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times

As the dust settled this week following reporting of unofficial results in the Seventh District publican Primary, candidates that

were unsuccessful on June 6 must now evaluate the future of their political careers.

While the Seventh District GOP nominee, Michael Ferguson, be gins preparation for an aggressive fall campaign, his three Primary opponents areplottingtheirfutures.

Mr. Ferguson’s victory was cided by huge margins in Somerset organiand Middlesex Counties. In

Middlesex, Mr. Ferguson won with a convincing 1,738599 win over Tom Kean, Jr., capturing 55 cent of the vote.

The Republican nominee nered 4,354 tallies (56 percent) to Mr. Kean’s 1,665 (21.5 percent) in Somerset County, Mr. Ferguson’s home county.

In Union County, where more than half of those who voted side,” Mr. Ferguson finished a spectable second, with 4,229 to Mr.

Kean’s 4,495. The Primary winner captured several towns in his nents’ backyards, such as Union,

which falls in Assemblyman Joel Weingarten’s legislative district.

Mr. Ferguson finished second to Mr. Kean in Westfield by about 400 votes, and in Scotch Plains to Mr. Kean by around 130 tallies.

Mr. Weingarten will return his focus to the state Assembly, where he has represented the neighboring 21st District for the past five years. His Campaign Manager, Jordan Lieberman, said Mr. Weingarten intends to seek a fourth Assembly term next year.

It is not so easy, however, for Patrick Morrisey. At 32, he still has a lot of opportunities before him. During a previously planned vaca tion, he will evaluate where he goes from here.

Mr. Morrisey, who like all the candidates was gracious in defeat, realized he was in trouble when many of the data base of voters he Rewas counting on apparently failed

to show at the polls. The weather was lousy and probably did have at least some impact on the race.

The now former candidate had been counsel to the House ComMr. merce Committee had run an isformer suedorientedcampaign.However, he simply lacked a solid base that

deis crucial to win a Primary.

Mr. Kean has said he will remain active in the party and, despite some negative attacks claiming he moved to Westfield just to run for

perCongress,” he intends stay put and

support the Republican Party, inthese garcluding the candidacies of federal,

county and local nominees such as the mayoral hopefuls in Westfield and Clark.

Healsohas offeredtohelpUnited States SenatenomineeBobFranks, his former boss, in his campaign. reMr. Kean’s priority, however, will

rebe to complete his doctorate dis1995,

sertation. The GOP race came down to oppoSomerset and Middlesex Counties

versus UnionCounty.Mr.Ferguson won both Somerset and Middlesex. Mr. Kean and Mr. Weingarten batwas ted for the vote in Union County where Mr. Ferguson finished secers ond.

At Kean headquarters on Pritricts mary night, some speculated that Somerset Republican voters wanted a Congressman from their county. This assessment, factored with Mr. Kean’s and Assemblythe manWeingarten’s splitoftheUnion County vote, gave Mr. Ferguson his decisive victory.

However, Dan Quinonez, CamRepublican paign Manager for Mr. Ferguson, pointed to what he said was his boss’sstrongorganizationthroughthrough out the district.