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Axel Owen will manage campaign to pass marijuana legalization referendum

June 19, 2020 12:01 amJune 18, 2020 11:56 pm

The coalition advocating for passage of a referendum to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, has tapped a top state political operative to manage their campaign. Axel Owen, a former Democratic State Committee political director, will lead NJ CAN 2020, an...

NJEA president hosting Norcross-Murphy-Pelosi fundraiser

February 7, 2020 12:18 pmFebruary 10, 2020 12:52 pm

A $2,800-per-person fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) headlined by Gov. Phil Murphy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi includes the president of the state’s largest public employee union. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) president Marie Blistan...

Operating Engineers, Laborers, NAACP seek changes in Liberty State Park bill

January 11, 2020 9:10 amJanuary 13, 2020 12:00 pm

Two of the state’s most politically influential building trades unions and the NAACP New Jersey State Conference want the legislature to postpone a vote on the “Liberty State Park Protection Act” until changes are made in the legislation. The International...

Schaer praises NAACP for Dye ouster

September 2, 2019 1:53 pmSeptember 2, 2019 1:56 pm

Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) praised NAACP New Jersey State Conference President Richard Smith for removing Jeffrey Dye from his position as Passaic NAACP President. “Clearly under President Smith’s tutelage, the organization did what it felt it had to do,” Schaer...

Gottheimer calls on Dye to resign NAACP post

August 30, 2019 6:04 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) says that Jeffrey Dye needs to step down from his post as president of the Passaic NAACP after making a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino statements on social media. “He should resign,” Gottheimer told the New...

Swain, Tully applaud Dye firing by Murphy administration

August 28, 2019 5:45 pm

Two Democratic legislators from a district that includes part of Passaic County are applauding the Murphy administration’s decision to fire Jeffrey Dye from his job at the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. “Mr. Dye’s racially divisive comments and...

Pascrell says NAACP should oust Dye

August 28, 2019 4:22 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) wants the NAACP to remove Jeffrey Dye as president of the Passaic chapter. “Mr. Dye is an anti-Semite. His actions prove it. His words prove it,” Pascrell said. “His removal from any position of public life...