What are the educational credentials of the current mayor? He was one of the "appointees" as opposed to the initially "elected". What is his full time job that keeps him from attending to the citizens of Wayne? Bloomingdale, a town of about 7000 is about to have a full time mayor, yet Wayne does not.

I am very much disappointed that the current Republic Leaders are just a bunch of spenders. They tax, spend, tax again, spend again, tax more, spend more, ....

All I know about this Repblic government is tax, spend, tax again, spend again, tax more, spend more,... Can this Republic government do something different from what it has been doing? I call meself a Republic, but I have to vote for a Democratic candidate. Sad.

Adam, you keep repeating yourself..we got it.

Someone mentioned Waks earlier. RIP. I found him to be forthcoming and honest both as a mayor and jurist

I just hope the victims of the past floods remember what Vergano didn't do for them. While Dave Waks was in office. He was out there trying to comfort the victims. When they were flooded. No Mayor can stop the floods. But some Mayors showed some compassion to the victims. I use to be one of those victims.

I appreciate Mayor Vergano's service to the town. I did not realize he had been around for so long in so many positions. Nevertheless, there comes a time when a new face is needed. Considering Wayne's size and population, it is high time that we have a full-time Mayor, paid commensurately to make it worthwhile for a competent and motivated individual. As with the school board, it seems to me that party affiliation at the local level ought to be quite irrelevant; local issues are rarely, if ever, partisan or ideological in nature. At this point in our history, it is clear that something has to give. The town's finances are the no. 1 priority for most people it seems. Being in the private sector, I have been dismayed that all levels of government have been unrealistically resistant to the economic winds of change. Private sector no longer offers job security, pensions or wildly rich benefits - so why should the public sector continue to do so? Why should a police officer with 25 years in be allowed to retire with a generous pension before they even turn 50 - when their physical ability to do the job is still intact? The fact is, we as residents either have to do more with less or just do with.....less. There are many areas that could be cut or at least reduced. There has been no talk of these things in public at least. I will vote for Del Vecchio partially just for a change of scenery, but also hopeful that something can be done to cut costs.

Bottom line: If you like what ya have, then stay the course. If you don't like what we have, vote against it...SIMPLE

The two largest expenses in the town are the school and the police force. Makes sense and most would agree are our most important resources. Nevertheless, there seems to be incredible waste in the schools while class sizes are going up. There must be a way to run the schools more efficiently, and I wish the BOE had hired a superintendent with top credentials from a top school system. Perhaps we skeptics will be proven wrong. I am going to keep a close eye on these issues going forward. But I was stunned to learn that the budget for salaries increased by $2.2 million from last year - which reeks of inappropriate administrative hiring. Seems hard to believe that this amount could be due to school staff cost of living increases. I bet there are a lot more financial boondoggles lurking in that budget. I am all for spending the top amount possible on the schools, provided they are teaching the skills to prepare them for the future, which means spending on science, math and software skills primarily. I suspect a lot of money is going to waste in places people don't realize or that aren't transparent. In the meantime, at the township level, there has to be some programs which can be eliminated, reduced or combined. I'd like to hear a detailed plan from Del Vecchio outlining HOW spending will be curtailed and where she thinks priorities lie. Sadly, Vergano and the town council have not articulated any such measures and probably need to be reviewed and replaced.

Leanbean. Do you remember Russo? Wasn't he a council for Hoffman's?

I just cannot fathom why the mayor has not signed on to this list of sponsors:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml
surely he cannot BE FOR illegal weapons can he? I mean really?

@stewart. He might be afraid of losing some votes if he does.

We now know what Ms. Del's husband does..What does the mayor's spouse do?

The Republicans will soon be busy planting roses in order to use the peddles as a walkway for the annointed Chris Vergano as he makes his way to the chair protecting the Golden Egg. But in the shadows, our newly announced mayoral candidate is also busy, making friends with "other" mayors in surrounding towns such as Pompton Lakes, Peaquannock, Little Falls and Totowa, Faifield and West Paterson. Her ambitions are different. She sees the value in compromise, as her future is dependent on trust and loyalty.
Personally I think it would be fun to have a Democrat Mayor rowing in the same boat along with a mostly republican town council and school board. I look forward to her slamming the planning board for just the thought of entertaining 7-11 moving into the Preakness Chevrolet property, and will applaude her for finalizing the rebirth of the Wayne Hills Mall property, and the buy-outs of the properties of Wayne Dodge, Maroon Kia, and others along the river that seem to be on the secret " not on the buy-out " list.
These are only some of the tasks that can be ful-filled by a stranger, because friendships get in the way.
Still, I like Chris. I've known him since kindergarten. He's honest, he's sincere, and reminds me a lot of the guy on Mooshiner's- the one that makes George Washington's Secret Recipe.

Mayors Against Illegal Weapons.com reveals that as of this morning Mr Vergano still has not signed on, this mind you as the NJ legislature passed over 20 laws yesterday over Republican objections, with NJ.com reporting that Mr Christie was 'surprised'.
In other gun safety related news VP Biden spoke in Danberry yesterday explaining that he had met with 250 groups over the issue, and that nationwide, Police report a 37% increase in assault weapon related crime since the assault weapons ban that VP Biden authored expired in 2004.
*Over 1900 people have been killed in gun violence since the Sandy Hook massacre, the equivalent of almost 100 Sandy Hooks.

Jck-o you have a knack for putting things in the most simple terms because you are intellectually lazy judging for your assertion or you are attemtpring to pull a fraud when in fact Biden did meet with the entertainment groups which include:

•Branded Entertainment
•Comcast Corporation
•Directors Guild of America
•Film & Television Alliance
•Motion Picture Association of America
•National Association of Broadcasters
•National Association of Theatre Owners
•National Cable and Telecommunications Association

By the way, there is an alternative to one party rule here in wayne, and shocker? it is called a partisan race.

Reality, what a concept huh?

The reason the Mayor hasn't been around is because he is only a PART TIME Mayor. He might be out somewhere cutting a ribbon on a new massage parlor or shaking someones hand saying that he is going to lower taxes like he's said for the last few years. Why don't you call his office at town hall ? Oh sorry, heard his secretary left too so there is no one there to answer his phone. Can't wait to hear from Francine, maybe she will do what our Mayor has been promising for years, bring in business and STABILIZE our taxes.

Stewart, you keep a thesaruas nearby?

With rod in hand she will raise her arms and the flood waters will recede I guess. Otherwise she can't do anything better.

Steve,give her a chance. Our present Mayor meets all his political buddies at the flood gates and says we will fix this. Maybe with your rod in hand, your can go there and fix it yourself ?

God NOSE this town needs some good people to step up Chicken.

Day 3, and the mayor is still not listed as being against illegal weapons:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

Nose Wayne- not my job.

Here's the link to kenneth Del Vecchio's wikepedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_del_Vecchio

If you've got Cablevision/Optimum, he's got a movie On Demand right now, "An Affirmative Act", a pro-gay marriage courtroom drama starring Charles Durning and some others.

Del Vecchio's background is beyond impressive. There's certainly nobody like him in Wayne. The word on him though is that he can be very tough to deal with and has a gigantic ego, though I've heard at the same time that he's the nicest guy and charming. More important is that his wife (who is the one running for mayor) by all accounts is a lovely lady with an equally impressive background, with an Ivy league doctorate, being a college professor, and working in producing roles in her husband's films and with his film festival. Here's the link to her IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1570281/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

She seems to be a very strong woman with a host of accomplishments where she's no career politician, and somebody who won't get pushed around by political bosses because she has an entirely separate successful set of careers. This seems to be much more of the type of person who we need to lead Wayne. The Del Vecchios may be a power couple with major Democrat ties but they're certainly not local yocal politicians with personal political agendas.

Day 4 and the mayor is still not listed as being against illegal weapons:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

@ Stewart, Who really cares if he ever signs it? Are drugs illegal? Yet you can buy them all over the place. You should really find better things to do. With your time. If you want I'll come over and give you the history of the block you live on. Seeing you live in the newer section of it.

Day 5 and the mayor is still not listed as being against illegal weapons:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 6 and the mayor is still not listed as being against illegal weapons:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

http://www.demandaplan.org/update?akid=6.1410846.b8gMkn&rd=1&t=2

Day 7 and the mayor is still not listed as being against illegal weapons:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

The Mayors Challenge-OR-The Mayors Challenege? $5 Million Dollars!

This challenge is all about identifying a need, solving a problem, and sharing local knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from the insight and actions of their peers.

http://mayorschallenge.bloomberg.org/

Does anyone know if the mayor has answered these simple questions to be in the running for $5 Million Dollars?

Day 8 and the mayor has still not expressed himself as being against illegal weapons:

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

Even worse, Day 46 and the mayor has still not expressed himself as being against the proposed mining of the Penokee mountains of Northern Wisconsin.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-proposed-mine-penokee-mountains-northern-wisconsin/c0GCJsy8

Day 9 and the mayor has still not expressed himself as being against illegal weapons:

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for the sitting mayors posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 12 and the mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 13 and the mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Gun control poll: Nearly everyone supports universal background checks, in GOP-controlled districts
new poll released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns makes some bold claims about support for universal background checks in New Jersey — namely, that in some areas, the support itself is nearly universal.
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/03/poll_practically_everyone_supp.html#incart_river_default

Day 14 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

The sequester will cut 10,000 teaching jobs, 70,000 spots for preschoolers in Head Start, $43 million for food programs for seniors, $35 million for local fire departments, and access to nutrition assistance for over half a million women and their families.

And the reason congressional Republicans let these cuts go into effect is because they simply wouldn't support closing tax loopholes for millionaires and billionaires -- for things like yachts and corporate jets.

Day 15 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 16 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 17 and not one Democrat mayor has has signed the "MAYORS AGAINST BEATING THEIR SPOUSE" pledge

Day 17 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 18 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/27/joe-biden-has-more-gun-advice-just-fire-the-shotgun-through-the-door/

also purchased a Colt 1911 ... no woed on when or if he's returning that as well

http://now.msn.com/mark-kelly-husband-of-gabby-giffords-buys-semi-automatic-gun

Santa Monica Wins $1 Million Bloomberg Prize one of five cities named as winners in New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Contest New York Times.

I guess the mayor an council just did not think it was worth a shot?

http://mayorschallenge.bloomberg.org/index.cfm?objectid=19B99FC0-0426-11E2-9FD1000C29C7CA2F

Day 21 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 22 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 24 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 25 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 26 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

RNC chair to fix GOP with ‘hackathons
"So if it gets to technology and all of the work that we need to do there and opening our technology efforts up to an open source, setting up an office in the Silicon Valley, doing hackathons across the country. This is going to be huge"

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/17/rnc-chair-to-fix-gop-with-hackathons-marketing-year-round-but-no-policy-changes/

wow? the gop is publicly announcing its intent to commit malicious and potentially illegal acts in an effort to win votes?

Hows about the gop actually campaigns the old fashioned way of representing the preogatives of the People and then implementing those if they are carried by the majority vote?

Day 27 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Morris County buyback program nets 600 guns

Preventing Outages During Major Storms Could Call for Tree-Trimming Party
Many local residents and officials complain bitterly when the utility comes in and cuts back trees that are decades old. At a forum in December, Ralph LaRossa, president and chief operating officer of Public Service Electric & Gas, recalled a local official showing him a finger and telling him not to cut any limb larger than that.

Lawmakers are trying to address the problem by introducing a bill (A-3654) in the Assembly to give utilities more authority to trim trees.

Under the bill, no shade-tree commission could interfere with or restrict a utilities’ ability to conduct tree-trimming work. “Making sure our trees and shrubs are properly maintained around energy infrastructure is quite simply common sense,’’ said Assemblyman John Curran (D-Essex), a sponsor of the bill, which was approved by the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee earlier this month.

Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Mercer), a cosponsor of the bill, agreed. “We can and should do better,’’ he said. “This bill is sensible.’’
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/03/18/preventing-outages-during-major-storms-could-require-tree-trimming-party/

The NEW Info for the Action Planning Session is:

DATE: Wed March 19, 6:30PM

PLACE: Morristown Library*, 1 Miller Road in Morristown

Ground floor (basement) Public Meeting Room

*Please note that this is the TOWN Library across South Street from the Community Theatre and not the big County Library in Whippany.
As many of you discovered when trying to RSVP, there was a much larger than expected interest in this meeting. While this is a great development for the prospects of having some meaningful activity in our area, we couldn't fit everyone in the location I reserved for tonight. Since we want everyone possible to be able to participate in the development of OFA from the beginning, I found a larger location but also had to change the date to accommodate everyone

The meeting is now on Wed March 20, at the Morristown Library, and the new information is posted here:
https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gskwcx

Day 29 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Senate leaders reject Diane Feinstein legislation for assault weapons. Reid claims he couldn't get 40 votes. Funny, there are more than 40 Dem Senators aren't there? "They warn Democratic senators who vote to kill one of President Obama’s biggest priorities will suffer political repercussions." So, its not about safety that the Dems preach, it's about getting re-elect.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/289459-vulnerable-senators-face-lose-lose-scenario-on-assault-weapons-vote#ixzz2OHFHoqBW

Day 31 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 32 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 33 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?

Day 36 mayor/council have still not articulated a position on illegal weapons.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Can anyone account for their posiiton on illegal weapons?