David Crabiel

There is considerable speculation that Middlesex County Freeholder John Pulomena will resign his post in the near future to become the new County Administrator.  The 48-year-old former South Plainfield Council President was re-elected to his fourth term as a Freeholder in 2006.

Pulomena's seat on the Board of Freeholders would be filled by the Middlesex County Democratic Committee at a Special Election Convention within 7 to 35 days of his resignation.  There would be a Special Election in November 2008 to fill the remaining fourteen months of his term.

Middlesex County Freeholder Camille Fernicola will retire at the end of this year

Middlesex County Freeholder Camille Fernicola says she won’t seek re-election to a fifth term this year. Fernicola, 66, spent fifteen years as a Piscataway Councilwoman before her election to the Board of Freeholders in 1997. Her running mate, 78-year-old Freeholder David Crabiel, has not yet announced his plans for 2008.

The Star-Ledger’s Diane Walsh makes an interesting point: that four of the seven Middlesex County Freeholders are “at or above” retirement age: Stephen "Pete" Dalina “will be 80 when he finishes his seventh term in 2010,” and David Crabiel turned 77 last spring.  Blanquita Valenti “turns 74 at the end of the month,” and Camille Fernicola in 65.

                                          

Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel will again serve as Campaign Manager for the county Democratic candidates seeking re-election this year. His appointment was announced by Sheriff Joe Spicuzzo, who is seeking re-election to that office and who also serves as the county’s Democratic chairman.