Fifth Ward vet Belfiore says Cammarano has right temperament for Hoboken Mayor on PolitickerNJ.com. Here are the highlights of that article ....By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter
HOBOKEN - Perry Belfiore will sit out the municipal races next year in Hoboken, where a state monitor has taken over the city's embattled financial situation. He won’t run for mayor and he won’t run for any of the three at-large seats.
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Befiore ran against Peter Cunningham in the fifth ward last year. Cunningham beat him by 104 votes in a runoff election.
“You know, I look at that guy there on the council and I think, they should take him out two days before the council meeting because he’s not quite thawed,” cracked Belfiore, who serves as a consultant to the state Schools Development Authority.
The former candidate and city council chamber gadfly says he believes the 2009 mayor’s race will come down to Councilwoman Beth Mason, Councilwoman Dawn Zimmer, Councilman Peter Cammarano, Councilman Michael Russo and businessman Frank “Pupie” Raia.
He doesn’t think incumbent Mayor David Roberts will pursue a third term. “First of all, you can’t win a land war in Asia and when it comes to him, three times is not a charm,” said Belfiore. “How can you design a slogan around, ‘Dave, you just lost control of the finances of city, where are you going now?’ It’s certainly not Disneyworld.”
Befiore said he’s leaning toward supporting Cammarano, whom he believes is a good listener and has the right temperament to be mayor.
The talk in Hoboken is Zimmer could be close to securing the backing of the powerful Hudson County Democratic Organization if indeed she pursues a mayoral run. “Dawn is aptly named because her name rhymes with pawn,” said Belfiore.
Meanwhile, sources close to Russo say the third ward councilman is running a poll. If it shows he’s stronger than local businessman Raia, he intends to secure Raia’s support. If the poll reveals Raia to be the stronger candidate, Russo would back Raia.
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Belfiore says Cammarano has Right Temperament to be Hoboken Mayor
My Opinion and return mudpie: Mr. Perry "Chins" Belfiore lauds Mr. Cammarano for his temperment and how that would make him a good Mayor for Hoboken. Temperment is important if "Snotty Arrogant Yuppie" (this didn't come from just me) is what you are looking for, but Perry also seems to want to forget Peter Cammarano's voting record over the last 4 years. Peter Cammarano on all the big votes consistently rubber stamped Robert's budgets through year by year. Yes, he did vote against the stupid contract that had a cap on the sale price of the Municipal Garage ($25 million) but time after time he endorsed selling City assets to plug budget holes enabling Dave Roberts in his fiscal malfeasance. Peter Cammarano's nickname or true campaign slogan should be be "The Sequel" or "Robert's Third Term" . ◦
