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Friday, January 4, 2013

'State of the County' Meeting at 4 p.m. Today

Three recently elected freeholders will be sworn in at the annual reorganization meeting, which will be held on the second floor of Camden City Hall Friday afternoon.

For those with an interest in county politics, Freeholder Director (and Collingswood resident) Louis Cappelli Jr. will deliver the annual State of the County address today at 4 p.m. in Camden City Hall. Newly elected Freeholder Michelle Gentek (Gloucester Township) will take her oath of office alongside returning Freeholders Ian Leonard (Camden City) and Jeffrey L. Nash (Cherry Hill).  The Democratic slate swept the field in the November 2012 elections, earning nearly twice as many votes as Republican challengers Jim Pearce, Ian Gill and Eugene Lawrence. Cappelli's address will likely touch on several concerns, none larger in the eyes of many residents than the push for the countywide police force that is slated to take over policing of …

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Gloucester Twp. Councilwoman Running for Camco Freeholder Seat

Michelle Gentek joined township council in 2009.

Gloucester Township Democratic Councilwoman Michelle Gentek is setting her sights on higher office.  Camden County Democrats announced Saturday afternoon that they unanimously selected Gentek, 44, to replace Rodney Greco on the ballot for a seat on the county freeholder board. Greco, also a township resident, is not seeking reelection.  Gentek joins  incumbent county Sheriff Charles "Chuck" Billingham, along with Freeholders Jeffrey Nash and Ian Leonard on this year's Democratic slate.  It was not clear Saturday afternoon whether Gentek will immediately step down from her council seat. Neither she nor a spokesman for the county Democratic Committee immediately returned phone messages.  Gentek's current term expires in 2013.  "Three years …

Joe

4:31 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

How nice of the Machine to let us know for whom we serfs are allowed to vote. Heck, she was even "picked" to run for her council seat. I guess there is no point asking where Ms. Gentek stands on the Rowan-Rutgers situation or the county-wide police force. I hope Ms. Gentek proves me wrong but I am guessing that the Machine would not go to bat for a candidate who was not sympathetic to their cause…   more ›

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