David Scapicchio Archives - New Jersey Globe

GOP leaders who fought Morris GOP line won’t have to pay legal fees from challenge, judge says

August 19, 2021 8:41 am

A Superior Court Judge has vacated an order requiring two party leaders to pay the legal fees in a court case earlier this year where they challenged the creation of a new Republican organization line in Morris County. In February,...

Rockaway councilman’s suit claims opponents improperly awarded Republican line

May 18, 2021 3:04 pmMay 18, 2021 9:46 pm

Morris County Republicans’ growing pains over the county line aren’t finished quite yet. A new suit filed by Rockaway Township Ward 6 Councilman Tucker Kelley charges the organization awarded other local candidates a spot on the party line in violation...

Court won’t hear former Morris GOP freeholders’ appeal

February 4, 2021 8:11 pm

An Appellate Court judge denied an application submitted Wednesday for permission to file an emergent motion made by two former Morris County freeholders seeking to block a convention the county Republican organization plans to hold Saturday for a vote on...

Former Morris freeholders appeal to block Saturday’s GOP convention

February 4, 2021 6:03 pmFebruary 4, 2021 8:12 pm

Update: Appellate Court Judge Richard Geiger summarily denied the application to file an emergent motion Wednesday evening. Two former Morris County GOP freeholders filed for an emergency appeal in an attempt to block the county’s Republican organization from holding a...

Still no ruling in Morris County line case

January 29, 2021 11:16 am

There’s still no ruling on a bid to dismiss suit lodged by two former Morris County Freeholders who claimed the county’s GOP committee violated its bylaws when it scheduled a Jan. 16 vote on whether Republicans in Morris should adopt...

Former Morris freeholders offer to drop suit if county GOP meets demands

January 21, 2021 4:39 pm

Two former Morris County GOP freeholders opposing the party’s bid to adopt a party line offered to drop their lawsuit against the Republican County Committee in exchange for seven demands Wednesday. David Scapicchio and John Sette, who chaired the county...

Morris GOP schedules Feb. 6 convention on adopting party line

January 20, 2021 3:41 pmJanuary 20, 2021 4:38 pm

Morris County Republicans will meet at 10 a.m. on Feb. 6 for a convention that will decide whether the county does away with open primaries and adopts a party line. The hearing was originally set for Jan. 16, but two...