Wake-Up Call: Friday, September 5, 2008

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Bergen Dem chief faces investigation over alleged assault

Prosecutors are investigating allegations that Bergen County Democratic chairman Joseph Ferriero assaulted a woman who was a guest at a barbecue at his house, a law enforcement official and a source close to Ferriero said. (The Star-Ledger)

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/122058938212870.xml&coll=1

Andrews: 'Right thing' to run again

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews announced officially Thursday that he intends to run for re-election to Congress, a reversal from his pledge not to seek the seat if his primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg proved unsuccessful.  (Gloucester County Times)

http://www.nj.com/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1220598610297100.xml&coll=8

Delegates react to McCain's speech

Reaction from members of the New Jersey delegation after John McCain's acceptance speech in St. Paul: (The Star-Ledger)

http://www.nj.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/09/republican_convention_members.html

Republicans whoop it up in Hoboken

"Are there any Obama signs in here? Are you sure there aren't any Obama signs hidden in here?" (Carly Baldwin, The Jersey Journal)

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1220595938224720.xml&coll=3

Jersey GOP to use taxes as a weapon against Obama

Reenergized New Jersey Republicans charged out of the Xcel Center tonight as dedicated McCain-Palin mavericks. But they are more likely to tiptoe around some politically sensitive planks of the McCain-Palin platform on the campaign trail back home this fall.  (Charles Stile, The Bergen Record)

http://www.northjersey.com/politics/Stile_Jersey_GOP_to_use_taxes_as_a_weapon_against_Obama.html

New Jersey's $12.5 billion school construction program will reach a landmark in its recovery from years of waste and mismanagement next week when 15 new school buildings and additions are scheduled to open in time for the start of classes. (Dunstan McNichol, The Star-Ledger)

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/122058941312870.xml&coll=1

Councilman nabbed in underage sex sting

A councilman from Middlesex who created several web sites for the borough was arrested at his home today by Bergen County detectives who said he transmitted pictures of his penis to a presumed minor. (The Bergen Record)

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Councilman_nabbed_in_underage_sex_sting.html

Thirty-eight years later

Adrienne Coppola was a carefree freshman at Rahway High School when, half a world away, a pilot named John S. McCain III was shot down during a bombing run over North Vietnam in 1967. (Brian T. Murray, The Star-Ledger)

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/republican_convention_wall_twp.html

Matos to press claim against McGreevey

The attorney for former governor James E. McGreevey confirmed yesterday that Dina Matos, the former first lady, is pursuing her fraud claim that she did not know her husband was gay. (The Star-Ledger)

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/122058942012870.xml&coll=1

Bayonne mayoral hopeful emerges

Bayonne's Raymond Rokicki has become the city's first official candidate for mayor in the special Nov. 4 election. (Ronald Leir, The Jersey Journal)

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1220595961224720.xml&coll=3

Highway plan would double tolls by 2023

The cost of driving the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway would more than double by 2023 under a proposal yesterday to pay for road widening and a commuter rail tunnel to New York. (Jonathan Tamari, Philadelphia Inquirer)

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080905_N_J__highway_plan_would_double_tolls_by_2023.html

Trenton council pursues charges against bar

TRENTON -- Public urination, loud music and trash scattered throughout the streets are some of the concerns that prompted the city council yesterday to move forward with filing charges against a bar in the South Ward. (Lisa Rich, The Trenton Times)

http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1220587520277570.xml&coll=5

Mt. Arlington clerk suffers setback

A judge on Thursday refused to restrain a Mount Arlington councilwoman and a handful of other residents from posting comments on an Internet forum that one borough employee says malign and defame her. (Peggy Wright, The Daily Record)

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/COMMUNITIES35/809050338/1203

County gets a jump on budget

BRIDGETON -- Number crunching on the 2009 Cumberland County budget got off to an early start Thursday at a meeting of the Board of Freeholders Finance Committee. (Joseph P. Smith, The Daily Journal)

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/NEWS01/809050325

Wrap-Up: Thursday's political coverage from New Jersey and Minnesota

http://www.politickernj.com/editor/23166/wrap-thursdays-politickernjcom-coverage-minnesota-and-new-jersey

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