Derek Armstead Archives - New Jersey Globe

Good government coalition wants Scutari off Judiciary Committee

March 4, 2020 12:35 pm

The Good Government Coalition New Jersey called for State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) to withdraw from the Senate Judiciary Committee amidst news of state and federal probes into his record as Linden’s municipal prosecutor. “We call on Senator Scutari to...

Lisa Ormon fined for campaign law violations

January 4, 2020 6:02 pmJanuary 4, 2020 6:03 pm

Linden Councilwoman Lisa Ormon was fined $800 for failing to file campaign finance reports with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The commission charged Ormon with four counts of election law violations after alleging that she didn’t file the...

Judge orders Linden to pay $110k in legal fees over fight to seat councilman

November 20, 2019 3:40 pmNovember 20, 2019 6:12 pm

The city of Linden has been ordered to pay $110,236 in legal fees related to a four-month legal battle that began when mayor Derek Armstead refused to allow the choice of the local Democratic Party to fill a vacancy on...

Scutari sues Armstead, others for libel

October 30, 2019 6:00 pmOctober 31, 2019 8:56 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari sued Linden Mayor Derek Armstead and members of the City Council for libel Thursday. “even elected officials can be sued for libel when the statements they make are outright lies and are slanderous,” said Geoffrey Arlen,...

Armstead denied admission to Union Democratic breakfast

October 27, 2019 11:06 amOctober 28, 2019 10:37 am

There was some drama this morning at the annual Union County Democratic pre-election breakfast when Linden Mayor Derek Armstead was refused admittance because he is supporting an independent mayoral candidate in Dover. Armstead, who is also the Linden Democratic Municipal...

Armstead contribution to independent candidate leads to call for resignation

October 23, 2019 7:55 pmOctober 24, 2019 2:38 pm

Update: Councilman Brown contacted the New Jersey Globe to say that reports that he worked in the Dover Tax Assessor’s Office were untrue and threatened litigation if the reference was not removed from the story. The Globe called the Tax...

Linden considering Jim Devine for local PR contract

June 18, 2019 6:00 pm

The Linden City Council will vote tonight on Mayor Derek Armstead’s proposal to award a public relations contract to a company run by controversial political consultant Jim Devine and his life partner, perennial candidate Lisa McCormick, according to the council...