Letter from a New Jersey DEP Employee Voting ‘NO’ on Open Space Ballot Question

(Note: The author of this letter – a New Jersey DEP employee with a thorough knowledge of the fiscal impact of SCR84 on NJ State Parks and Historic Sites – has ask to remain anonymous.)

I ask that you read this email so you might fully understand the potential impacts of a ballot initiative that […]

Two words: Freakin’ awesome!

This is what honesty, hard work, and thoughtful public policy gets you! Congrats Jimmy & Marie – so proud of you guys tonight! Onward, friends!

In Byram Township, a clear choice on November 5th

“Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.” — Matthias Burnett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norwalk, An Election Sermon, Preached at Hartford, on the Day of the Anniversary Election, May 12, 1803

Byram residents have the right and responsibility to go […]

It’s crunch time in Byram Township

Oscovitch & Raffay for Byram Township Home page

There’s an important election coming up here in my home town, and I’m proudly, strongly supporting my two friends, incumbent Mayor Jim Oscovitch and incumbent Deputy Mayor Marie Raffay. While they each have two competitors, there is no other candidate who even comes close to […]

If elections have consequences, shouldn’t NOT participating in them have consequences too?

DiMeo voting record, a PUBLIC document(Click image to embiggen)

Giovanni DiMeo is running for the Byram Township Council. Yet since moving to Byram in October of 2009, he has never voted in a Township Municipal election, or Board of Education Election.

NEVER.

In fact looking at his voter profile (a public document obtained […]

Byram’s Mansfield Trail Dump Superfund Site: The Challenges Are Far From Over

“It is important that we find the polluters and that they pay for the cleanup.” — Congressman Rodney Freylinghuysen, September 16, 2013.

Me (kneeling), Congressman Rodney Freylinghuysen, Mayor Jim Oscovitch, and Deputy Mayor Marie Raffay at the Mansfield Trail Dump Superfund Site Tour on September 16, 2013

Last Monday, September 16th, I had […]

Four more years, please!

I just received this press release from my good friends and fellow Byram Township elected officials Jim Oscovitch and Marie Raffay, and I am thrilled beyond words. Two of the most honest, sincere, hard working people you could ever meet! I’m proud to call them my friends and look forward to supporting their efforts in […]

Happy 9th Anniversary, NJ Highlands Act

To celebrate, the NJ Sierra Club has issued their annual report card on the Highlands, and it’s not looking too good. Here’s their press release:

For Immediate Release August 9, 2013 Contact Jeff Tittel, 609-656-7612

NJ Sierra Club Highlands Report Card F Grade Weakenings and Rollbacks Continue Under Gov. Christie and Current Council

This weekend […]