Brendan Gill Archives - Page 9 of 9

Brendan Gill’s Amateur Hour

April 27, 2018 12:36 amApril 27, 2018 5:52 pm

Winner Losers BRIAN STACK BRENDAN GILL The Union City Mayor draws a crowd of more than 3,000 people for an incredible spectacle of grandeur and pageantry that put his massive hometown popularity on display for statewide officials. He’s unopposed in...

Gill backs off threat to Dem legislators

April 26, 2018 3:40 pmApril 27, 2018 5:52 pm

Brendan Gill has walked back comments he made to The (Bergen) Record columnist Charles Stile suggesting that a non-profit group formed to advance Gov. Phil Murphy’s agenda was going to target Democratic legislators with online and television ads. Stile reported...

Coughlin bashes threat of ads by Murphy group

April 26, 2018 1:32 pmApril 27, 2018 5:52 pm

The dispute between Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democratic legislative leadership is about to deepen amidst reports that a non-profit group is about to launch a campaign to pressure legislators into supporting the governor’s agenda. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin wants...

GOP calls for investigation of payments to Gill

February 16, 2018 4:22 pm

Republican State Chairman Douglas Steinhardt says the state should investigate whether side-payments made to top campaign staffers for Gov. Phil Murphy violated New Jersey campaign finance laws. Brendan Gill, who was Murphy’s campaign manager, received an additional $61,400 from the...

In show of force, Ramos runs

January 18, 2018 6:36 pm

Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. announced his re-election bid for a fourth term on the Newark City Council Thursday to a packed crowd at the Waterfront, a gleaming new recreation facility that he helped bring to fruition. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Sheriff...