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Freeholder Mohamed Jalloh is being dumped. |
Freeholder Mohamed Jalloh is expected to be dumped by Union County Dems when the municipal chairs meet as the screening committee this Wednesday evening.
Newly elected UCDC chairperson Nick Scutari sent an email to all municipal chairs today noting his choices for the three Freeholder slots that are open in this year's Democratic primary.
Jalloh -- who supported Fanwood mayor Colleen Mahr in the contest for the county chair last month -- was not on the list. Sources say that Freeholder Bruce Bergen will step down, leaving Alexander Mirabella as the only incumbent to be carried forward.
Bergen and Jalloh are expected to be replaced by former Councilwoman Andrea Straten of Roselle and Kim Palmieri-Mouded of Westfield, both of whom supported Scutari in last month's contest.
Plainfielders have seen this movie before, when Mayor Al McWilliams sought a third term without the blessing of Assemblyman Jerry Green. McWilliams nevertheless went to the screening meeting, where he was the only one of 21 municipal chairs to vote for giving him the line in the 2005 Democratic primary for mayor.
Scutari's move to ice Jalloh is sure to raise eyebrows among those who thought his graciousness in making Mahr his first vice chair signaled a conciliatory approach to leadership of the County Committee.
Newly elected UCDC chairperson Nick Scutari sent an email to all municipal chairs today noting his choices for the three Freeholder slots that are open in this year's Democratic primary.
Jalloh -- who supported Fanwood mayor Colleen Mahr in the contest for the county chair last month -- was not on the list. Sources say that Freeholder Bruce Bergen will step down, leaving Alexander Mirabella as the only incumbent to be carried forward.
Bergen and Jalloh are expected to be replaced by former Councilwoman Andrea Straten of Roselle and Kim Palmieri-Mouded of Westfield, both of whom supported Scutari in last month's contest.
Plainfielders have seen this movie before, when Mayor Al McWilliams sought a third term without the blessing of Assemblyman Jerry Green. McWilliams nevertheless went to the screening meeting, where he was the only one of 21 municipal chairs to vote for giving him the line in the 2005 Democratic primary for mayor.
Scutari's move to ice Jalloh is sure to raise eyebrows among those who thought his graciousness in making Mahr his first vice chair signaled a conciliatory approach to leadership of the County Committee.
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