When the campaigning for the May Hoboken mayoral race was coming to a close and after an editorial board session with The Jersey Journal, this newspaper endorsed Peter Cammarano after much internal debate. Cammarano won the subsequent June runoff by 161 votes.
The Jersey Journal now calls upon the mayor to resign the office.
His once promising political career has quickly turned to powder. There is no one to blame except the mayor.
To read the rest here is the full story
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/07/editorial_hoboken_mayor_must_r.html
My Comment:
The Jersey Journal has a pretty consistent track record of endorsing machine politicians as they endorsed Dave Roberts in his second term in 2005. Maybe if those on the staff of the Jersey Journal had attended a few City Council meetings to see Peter Cammarano's arrogant and condescending manner come out again and again they might have seen his candidacy in a different light.
I respect the many years Augustin Torres has put into covering local politics and he is a far better writer than I. I disagreed with his endorsement when it first came out but I am glad to see that the Jersey Journal is making the right call now. It is time for Hoboken to turn to "home rule" (Cammarano phrase) and have the citizens of this City who actually live here shape the political opinion rather than outsiders that have no skin in the game. I hope that doesn't sound too harsh but I feel that is why blogs have sprung up all over to cover local events and not just have the citizens rely on institutional reporting. ◦
