EVEN by Bergen County’s current political standards, it doesn’t get much cozier than this. Democratic politician Jim Carroll is both mayor of Demarest and a Bergen County freeholder. Earlier this week, he named one of his major fund-raisers, Gregg Paster, as Demarest’s attorney at $110 an hour.
By SONI SANGHA STAFF WRITER (NorthJersey.com)
DEMAREST – Borough Council members accused the newly named borough attorney of buying his appointment at Sunday’s reorganization meeting. Democrats now outnumber Republicans on the council.
By SHANNON D. HARRINGTON STAFF WRITER (NorthJersey.com)
Bergen County will pay $195,000 to settle a former county staff attorney’s claims that he was wrongfully fired after refusing Democratic boss Joseph Ferriero’s demands to delay bidding for a contract that a client of Ferriero’s law firm was trying to win.
For a glimpse of how slick politicians circumvent political fund-raising rules, look no farther than the Bergen County Democratic Organization, which has parlayed the fine art of exploiting loopholes in the law to overwhelming advantage.
By MONSY ALVARADO STAFF WRITER (NorthJersey.com)
DEMAREST – They have been missing for more than two years. And even though the holiday lights that decorated the borough’s large pine tree in the center of town have long since been replaced, the mystery of what happened to them has lingered.
By MONSY ALVARADO STAFF WRITER (NorthJersey.com)
DEMAREST – After weeks of disagreements over who would represent the municipality in legal matters, the Borough Council has hired a new attorney.
By MONSY ALVARADO STAFF WRITER (NorthJersey.com)
DEMAREST – The Borough Council refused to appoint the mayor’s choice for borough attorney, in part because of concerns over pay to play. Continue reading
