Robert Messler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mortimer slated to become Mountainside administrator

August 4, 2020 8:52 pm

Union County GOP Chairman Glenn Mortimer is expected to become the new Mountainside Borough Administrator. At a workshop meeting earlier tonight, the governing body voted 3-2 with one abstention to offer the job to Mortimer, who served as a councilman...

Mortimer retiring from Mountainside council

March 22, 2019 4:38 pm

Glenn Mortimer is not seeking re-election to the Mountainside borough council and will be replaced on the Republican organization line by Donna Pacifico. Mortimer has served as a councilman since 1998, when he defeated Democrat Michael Krasner by 326 votes. ...

Ex-Corzine aide joins Assembly race in 21st

February 7, 2019 9:34 amFebruary 7, 2019 12:34 pm

Ileana Montes, a former director of the New Jersey Division on Women under Gov. Jon Corzine, is seeking the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 21st district. She is the latest entrant into a crowded field of Democratic candidates...

Dildogate councilman makes debate gaffe

October 11, 2018 1:41 pm

The big issue in the race for Mountainside Borough Council is Dildogate, where allegations that a police officer waved a blue dildo dubbed “Big Blue” in the face of colleagues has rocked the race in this reliably Republican stronghold. Councilman...

Mountainside official drops re-election bid

September 3, 2018 10:08 pm

Mountainside Councilwoman Wendy Fech-Caccamo has withdrawn her bid for re-election. Glenn Mortimer, the Union County Republican Chairman and also a Mountainside Councilman, cited personal reasons for Fech-Caccamo’s decision not to run again. The local Republican County Committee will meet soon to...

Dildogate scandal put Mountainside GOP seats at risk

June 6, 2018 12:37 pmFebruary 7, 2019 8:56 am

The Mountainside Dildogate scandal might be putting two longtime Republican council seats in play. Ileana Montes, a former director of the New Jersey Division on Women, appears to have received enough write-in votes in Tuesday’s primary election to become the...

Mountainside administrator supports suspended cop

May 22, 2018 12:21 amMay 23, 2018 12:30 pm

The Mountainside borough administrator is showing some support for the owner of “Big Blue” – the suspended police officer who is accused of harassing five of his fellow police officers and a civilian with a blue dildo he keeps in...