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Breast Cancer Month Roselle Residents Allege Animosity Between National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Roselle residents allege animosity between politicians By Elana Knopp Dansereau took over for Holley as mayor after Holley Staff Writer stepped down when he was appointed to the New Jersey Roselle residents are coming forward and speaking out General Assembly. about what they say is an abuse of power by several Roselle According to Johnson, councilmember Reginald Atkins, politicians. who she says is a close ally of Holley’s, moved a filing cabi­ According to many, the situation has gotten so bad that net from the office immediately next door to Dansereau’s at a group has been formed by residents, calling themselves, borough hall, and moved it into the doorway, entirely “Help Stand Up to Tyrants,” which was started in 2015 by blocking one of two doorways from the currently-empty citizens of Roselle who are saying that they have had office to Dansereau’s. The office, according to Johnson, enough. Members of the group say that they voted to would be used for an assistant for Dansereau — if the coun­ remain anonymous at this time, “due to the vindictive atti­ cil would ever agree to give her one. tudes of the present council.” Roselle resident Maria Hegener told LocalSource that Residents, many of whom regularly attend council meet­ she saw a filing cabinet in the doorway when she arrived at ings, say that since Roselle Mayor Christine Dansereau took town hall. Hegener said that she was there to volunteer as office in 2015, she has been abused by several members of Dansereau’s assistant after seeing the mayor turned down the Roselle town council, along with former Roselle mayor repeatedly at council meetings. When she arrived, said and current state Assemblyman Jamel Holley, and that Hol­ Hegener, Dansereau showed her the filing cabinet barri­ ley and councilmembers have been abusing their power and cading one of two doorways to the mayor’s office. “It was ignoring the needs of borough residents. the doorway leading to the adjacent office that is supposed An incident at borough hall last week, however, seems to to be the assistant’s office,” Hegener said. “Atkins said that be the last straw in what residents say is a laundry list of he wanted to use that as a meeting room for the council, but abuses against the mayor and residents at the hands of Hol­ that’s just another excuse why the mayor can’t use that ley and several councilmembers. room. The council already has a meeting room.” According to Cynthia Johnson, a longtime resident of According to Hegener, when she got to the office, she Roselle, Dansereau has been requesting a part-time assis­ physically moved back the heavy filing cabinet herself. “It tant since she took office and has been denied this request was a struggle to push it over,” she said. by the council each time they voted on the ordinance. “The Hegener said that she then placed a note on the cabinet that mayor asked for an assistant, but the council hired two read, “Please do not move.” She said, “The next day, the cabi­ clerks,” Johnson told LocalSource in a phone call. “They net was back blocking the door. To me, that’s harassment.” made it clear that she’s not getting an assistant. This is But according to Atkins, he moved the cabinet due to nothing but political retribution because she ran two can­ lack of space in the adjacent office. “The filing cabinet was didates against the councilmembers.” in a room that the old recreation director used to use,” A filing cabinet at Borough Hall placed in front A Roselle council member and several residents have Atkins told LocalSource in a phone call. “Before the cabinet of the mayor’s doorway, which leads to anoth­ confirmed that Dansereau supported two candidates who was moved, it was OK’d for us to move it. We put chairs in er office the mayor would like to use for an were running against councilmembers. See ROSELLE, Page 7 assistant. Vote-by-mail-ballot concerns addressed by county clerk ByBv Jennifer RuhinnRubino “t on rvffinn in \AInn4^I/\l/l nn J T7ll~„L 1 u 1 . .1 1 r .1 . _ _ “I have an office in Westfield and Elizabeth where peo­ ’At the end of the review period, all of the provisional Staff Writer ple can come see me to sign up for the vote-by-mail ballot,” ballots certified by the Board of Elections are tallied and Many residents remain leery about vote-by-mail ballots. County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi told LocalSource on the reported to my office,” Rajoppi said in a recent press According to an Oct. 17 press release from Union County, phone. “It’s a one-stop service where they come and fill out release. “I add these numbers to the vote-by-mail and written by Joanne Rajoppi, after the polls close on Election an application and ballot. They fill out the ballot in private polling place numbers, and I report the grand total to the Day, Nov. 8, vote-by-mail ballots are tallied and added to and drop it into a locked box which is picked up by the public as the official, certified results of the election.” the total numbers provided by each polling location. The Board of Elections each day.” Although some voters are concerned about voter results are then posted on the county clerk’s website. There is also some confusion about the difference fraud, vote-by-mail ballots actually provide more of According to the press release, personal information is between a provisional ballot and a vote-by-mail ballot. paper trail, which might reduce this from happening. never recorded on a mail ballot. They are placed in a “A provisional ballot is used by poll workers at the Another reason it’s becoming more popular is because of secure envelope with a detachable certificate, which polling locations,” Rajoppi told LocalSource over the its convenience. Traveling to poll locations and waiting includes the name, address and signature of the voter. phone. “It is managed under the Board of Elections and in line can take a substantial amount of time. For some The ballot isn't opened by the Board of Elections until this used for residents that have recently moved, or as an absen­ people, it isn’t always possible to squeeze this into their portion of the ballot is detached. This provides two pur­ tee ballot. The voter signs an affidavit and the boards schedules. Also, the penalties for voter fraud are pretty poses: one is to protect privacy and another is to record reviews the ballot to make sure it was completed by a regis­ severe, and most people wouldn’t consider it worth the the vote. tered voter.” risk. The press release also states that a vote-by-mail ballot According to the press release, the review process also Some voters have expressed concerns that party plays a can also be used as a backup in case a voter is unable to ensures that the voter hasn’t also completed a vote by mail role in who chooses to vote by mail. It is said that democ-' arrive to a polling location on Election Day. Polling loca­ ballot. The review process begins the day after Election Day rats are more likely to vote by mail, and this option could tions depend on the district in which the voter resides. and concludes within seven days. make them more likely to participate in the voting process. 2 — October 27, 2016 — Union County LocalSource SIDING & ROOFING • WINDOWS & DOORS • KITCHENS & BATHS MAGNOLIA ctOiNG, ROOFING WINDOWS J1'- Ay.-Z; -33 t a ^ P u v - v - *r§v / - - I l ■ r” V >— r^.xv r o 1 5 % FALL SAVINGS ify *> $1,500 or, any,fOb. 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Union County LocalSource — October 27, 2016 — 3 Stuyvesant Elizabeth schools on lead, transparency HAIRCUTTING By Elana Knopp there has never been an instance of a per­ bers, not Pat Politano who is paid to spin « Staff Writer son being ill from lead in the drinldng things since he’s also their campaign The Elizabeth School District is firing water in the city — from any source — and strategist,” Lorenz said. “It’s amazing how back at parents in the district who continue is available to direct parents who have con­ the board members get to drink bottled to criticize the district’s handling of elevat­ cerns.” water at board meetings, yet our kids ed water lead levels in most of the district’s Parent-advocate and BOE candidate weren’t even offered as much or given as 41 schools. Christina Moreira told LocalSource that much. So much for their ‘Children First' Lead testing results from the district’s the district only acted at parents’ contin­ rhetoric. Children are first alright — the 41 schools show that 37 of those schools ued urging to do so.
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