Category Archives: Hunterdon County

Raritan Township bails as Lanza DUI cover-up drags on

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Curtis Leeds

By Curtis Leeds RARITAN TWP., NJ – Officials here on Friday agreed to comply with a court order to release details regarding DUI charges police filed against Freeholder John Lanza. The consent letter to Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone ends … Continue reading →

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TAPinto “disappears” Hunterdon’s investigative journalist

Posted on February 6, 2020 by admin

Curtis Leeds has been “disappeared” by TAPinto, the New Jersey news chain whose Flemington/Raritan franchise Leeds ran for the last four years. The well-known reporter and former editor of the Hunterdon County Democrat newspaper ran the TAPinto Flemington/Raritan online news … Continue reading →

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Freeholder John Lanza tells a whopper

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

At the September 3, 2019 Hunterdon County Freeholder meeting, the editor of this publication announced that ExMayor.com is offering for sale official recordings of freeholder meetings going back to 2017 — recordings that the freeholders have destroyed and are thus … Continue reading →

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Erased Hunterdon Freeholder meeting recordings now for sale

Posted on September 3, 2019 by admin

Digital audio recordings of public meetings that the Hunterdon County Freeholders refuse to publish on their website are now available for sale via instant download here on ExMayor.com. Dozens of recordings go back to 2017. The freeholders record their meetings, … Continue reading →

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Freeholder candidate Van Doren admits role in govt data breach

Posted on November 3, 2017 by admin

“They weighed about 40 pounds apiece.” said Tewksbury Township Committeeman Peter Melick about two boxes of confidential municipal personnel files he and someone else carried out of the government building on April 27, 2017. It was the biggest government record … Continue reading →

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Doherty Says: Jesus Agrees, Women Don’t Need Equal Pay

Posted on October 26, 2017 by admin

Hear that hollow ringing sound, women of Hunterdon County? That’s New Jersey State Senator Michael Doherty asserting you deserve equal pay — right after he voted against equal pay and told a female reporter to stop making him walk on … Continue reading →

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Mayor John Higgins to citizens: You’re not smart enough to participate

Posted on September 27, 2017 by admin

Who should decide Clinton Township’s future? Not its citizens, according to Mayor John Higgins. At a September 5 Hunterdon County Freeholder meeting, Higgins said: “I don’t know very many people in the township that have enough knowledge of … our land use … Continue reading →

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Hunterdon Freeholders to Millennials: Don’t listen to what we say

Posted on January 19, 2017 by admin

After lots of noise about initiatives for “economic development” to encourage Millennials to live and work in Hunterdon county, freeholders John Lanza, Matt Holt, John King and Suzanne Lagay turned off the sound — to protect good-old, 20th-century, back-room politics. … Continue reading →

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NHVSD Board President Beverly Thorne: (Oops! I did it again!) Ignores NJ Open Public Meetings Act

Posted on August 17, 2013 by admin

Subjected to questioning by the public about the letter she did or did not write, Bev Thorne couldn’t even get the Open Public Meetings Act right. How can the public trust her to manage public business? The special August 15, 2013 … Continue reading →

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North-Voorhees School Board: Why don’t you record public meetings?

Posted on August 14, 2013 by admin

This is an open letter sent to the North Hunterdon Voorhees School Board today, regarding the August 15 “special meeting” to be held at 7:00 pm at the District Office. (See Hunterdon Democrat, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Superintendent Shaddow could face calls … Continue reading →

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