Kevin O'Toole Archives - New Jersey Globe

New package planned for Port Authority nominations

May 21, 2020 5:31 pmMay 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Another deal is in the works for Gov. Phil Murphy to make his first appointments to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The package will include a commitment...

Coughlin, O’Toole to chair anti-hunger campaign

April 14, 2020 2:01 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole will co-chair a new program meant to prop up New Jersey restaurants while feeding the state’s needy. The FeedNJ campaign will seek to connect local restaurants suffering because of the...

Judges issues TRO on Camden Democratic slogan

April 2, 2020 12:19 pmApril 2, 2020 12:20 pm

A Superior Court judge today issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting progressive leader Sue Altman from using the “Camden County Democrat Committee, Inc.” slogan on the 2020 primary election ballot. Judge Kurt Kramer has scheduled a final hearing for April...

Progressive leaders now own Camden Democratic machine slogan

March 30, 2020 5:39 pmApril 2, 2020 11:59 am

Sue Altman took a page out of Kevin O’Toole’s playbook. The state director of New Jersey Working Families has filed incorporation papers with the state that gives her control of the “Camden County Democrat Committee, Inc.” slogan. “Game knows game,”...

O’Toole re-elected Port Authority chairman

February 13, 2020 1:15 pm

Kevin O’Toole was re-elected to another term as chairman the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, leaving the former Republican senator at the helm of the powerful bi-state agency two years into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s term. Murphy...

Al Barlas joins Mercury

February 11, 2020 3:24 pm

Essex County Republican Chairman Al Barlas has joined Mercury Public Affairs, a national public strategy firm that has established a strong presence in New Jersey over the last decade. Barlas was ranked as #32 on the 2019 New Jersey Globe...

Mike Carson, legendary Newark North Ward GOP leader, dies at 65

November 20, 2019 2:42 pm

Michael Carson, the beloved Newark North Ward Republican Municipal Chairman for 27 years who had close friends on both sides of the aisle, died on November 17. He was 65. Carson was a lifelong North Ward resident who became active...