Duggan's image is on rival slate's Web site
By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com ReporterBergen County Republican Freeholder candidate Paul Duggan’s image has apparently been co-opted by an alternate Republican Freeholder slate.
Last month, Republican Senate candidate Murray Sabrin, disenchanted with the mainstream State Republican Party, pledged to run alternate slates of candidates for all levels of government – from Senate on down.
After being approached by the Sabrin camp, Duggan had pledged to stick with the Bergen County Republican Organization’s ticket. Duggan told the Bergen Record’s Charles Stile "I don't get off trains to get on an unknown train coming in the opposite direction.”
But Duggan’s picture appears on the Sabrin slate’s Web site, www.best4bergen.org, along with the photographs of three Sabrin-sponsored county-wide candidates: Chris Harvey, Tom Flannery and Edward Durfee.
Duggan said that he stands by his statement to Stile, and sent an email to the Best4Bergen site’s operator, Andy Gauze, asking him to take his picture down.
“I heard about that today and I sent them an email to cease and desist,” Duggan said. “I don’t know whether that was up there purposefully to confuse after I said I refused point blank to switch over… I stand by my changing trains story.”
Duggan said Gauze apologized and said he would take the picture down. As of 5:10 p.m., the picture remains up.
Duggan had been featured legitimately on the Web site when he ran for Freeholder last year, when it promoted the slate of BCRO county-wide candidates.
Gauze could not immediately be reached for comment.
But Duggan said he was unperturbed.
“When it all comes down to it, it’s just a hill of beans,” he said.
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This is....
just one more reason, among many, why Murray Sabrin is a terrible candidate.
Right
Because primary challenging the county endorsed Republicans will really help Republicans in their hard fight to take some seats in the all democrat controlled Bergen.
So this means they are primary challenging the guy they originally wanted?
Someone tells me how this helps in November since whoever wins will have lesser resources now then they would have?
Geez, who needs Guy Talarico when you have Murray Sabrin running his own slate of freeholders in the Bergen primary.
I know it isn't his job to get involved in this kinda stuff, but Congressman Garrett should really ask Murray to at least give Bergen a break. He's the only one Murray seems to like and he's running on the BCRO line, so if anyone could stop this it'd probably be him.
O well, at least I have a contested race to vote for now outside of US Senate.
As if
As if Duggie's picture was going to garner any votes for Sabrin, much less for himself!
Yeah this story was real news worthy... NOT!
Newsworthy ?
Benedict Arnold the arch lib does not want to see anyone come within 10k votes of his corrupt friends. Popularity breeds jealousy Ben. I am voting Sabrin and this worthy candidate too.
Pennachio and Unanue websites ?
Where are they ?
Smart move by Sabrin. It wont work because this guy is solid and they know it. Bergen GOP has enough bad PR already without savaging one of its top vote getters.
Pennacchio's Website...
www.jerseyjoe08.com
At least they took the intro video down.
bergenite
Great come back..Not!
Reality, does it really matter Duggie found his photo on another website? Was that going to sway anyones decision to pick anyone of these GOP US Senate losers? How many people do you honestly think saw Duggie's photo and even knew who he is? And if they did, did they care?
Now stop the fighting and play nice in your lil sandbox. Remember the words of Ronald Reagan.
You guys are getting way head of yourself thinking it really matters. The story was not news worthy, only to Duggie and his three friends.
Friends ?
they were up to over 400 cc members at this years convention or so we were told