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John Curley

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Monmouth Republicans Sweep County Races

Freeholders Curley and DiMaso defeat challengers William Shea and Kevin Lavan; incumbent French best Steinhorn in county clerk bid.

The Monmouth County Republicans will retain a 5-0 majority on the Board of Chosen Freeholders. With 99 percent of districts reporting, Freeholder Director John Curley and Freeholder Serena DiMaso led their Democratic opponents William Shea and Kevin Lavan by over 25,000 votes, according to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Board of Elections. "We are gathered here tonight to make sure that what you have entrusted in us remains and creates the greatest county in the state of New Jersey," Curley said during Monmouth County Republican Committee’s election party at South Gate Manor in Freehold Tuesday night. Curley, a Middletown resident, had 134,510 votes to Shea’s 105,356. The win gives Curley a second full term on the county …

Sal

12:04 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has been under total and complete Republican control for over 20 years now and unfortunately we have the highest property taxes in the entire nation___plus our County now has over $5 billion of County bond debt.   more ›

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Curley Calls for Resignations From Brookdale Board of Trustees

Freeholder director repeated call for resignations after former Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham pleaded guilty to official misconduct charges.

Tuesday's guilty plea from former Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham has some calling for more financial accountability from the college's board of trustees. Burnham, 68 of Colts Neck, pleaded guilty on Tuesday before Judge Thomas F. Scully to two counts of official misconduct and one count of theft by deception. Prosecutors say Burnham used credit cards issued to him by Brookdale to purchase more than $10,000 worth of items. According to News 12, Burnham made $216,000 in his position at Brookdale. Freeholder Director John Curley, who became the community college's liaison in January, 2011, said he was the one to call attention to personal spending with college money from Burnham's office. Curley called for Burnham, and …

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Former Brookdale President Pleads Guilty to Official Misconduct Charges, Freeholder Calls for Resignation of Brookdale Board of Trustees, Attorney (in Freehold Patch), Colts Neck Man Sworn In As Brookdale Trustee (in Marlboro-ColtsNeck Patch), and 1 more ›

J. Markowitz, Ph.D.

10:12 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Now - Get Lillian Burry's big bum out of the Fort Monmouth redevelopment project! That's a CONFLICT OF INTEREST! SO was the fact that BCC Board Member Birdsall's WIFE is her CAMPAIGN MANAGER - If it walks like a little, ugly phoney duck - it's a little, ugly, phoney duck...   more ›

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