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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/8/05)
« Reply #60 on: May 10, 2005, 08:51:12 AM »
Citizens for change had my vote until they drove up and down mystreet blowing their *&%#@& horns.  Very obnoxious.

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #61 on: May 10, 2005, 03:43:19 PM »
Serious question: Has anyone heard anything about DeFalco today? My mother just called from work and said that DeFalco had a heart attack. The person that told her has a son that is one of the teachers at the high school. Anyone else hear anything?

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #62 on: May 10, 2005, 04:24:10 PM »
Mr. Joe DeFalco had a massive heart attack this morning and passed away at his home.  It will be a great loss to this entire town and school system.  If you have lived in Hackensack for any length of time, you must have had him as a principal, teacher, coach or just a friend.  He was a good man and will be greatly missed.
VOTE FOR JOE!!  Let's see his dream come true! New Visions 1 - 5

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #63 on: May 10, 2005, 04:51:37 PM »
It's sad but true, Mr. Defalco passed away this morning from a heart attack. My son attends HHS and called me to let me know they made this announcement at school.

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #64 on: May 10, 2005, 05:33:18 PM »
Here's the scoop: From what I am hearing you can still vote for Prin. Defalco and your vote WILL BE COUNTED.  The four elected can appoint someone for the vacant position. 

It will sure be hard to find someone to fill Joe's shoes.

VOTE FOR JOE and the NEW VISIONS slate!

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #65 on: May 10, 2005, 06:18:37 PM »
you absolutely can vote for Mr. De Falco, and the rest of his slate.  This is not the first situation to arise like this, and it wont be the last in this country. YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR HIM!!! 

now,  from what I understand, the Citizens for Change group has been telling voters at the polling places that they cannot vote for him. FOR SHAME ON THEM...They are doing nothing more than spreading absolute lies. 

GET OUT AND VOTE FOR THE DEFALCO TICKET  VOTE 1-5

your future depends on it. and that aint no lie.

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #66 on: May 10, 2005, 06:27:22 PM »

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #67 on: May 10, 2005, 06:40:27 PM »
In the above article, Ted Dunn said:

“I’m sorry this happened. But you know, he wasn’t a well man and maybe he shouldn’t have even bothered to get into this campaign because of his health.”

What an asinine thing to say.  God forbid a man places his community above his own interests. 

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #68 on: May 10, 2005, 07:12:56 PM »
The polls close soon. Call your friends and neighbors and tell them to vote NEW VISIONS. In the article from CBS the city attorney said that the four winning candidates will pick someone on July 1st to fill Mr. Defalco's position. 

Get out and vote for Joe!

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #69 on: May 10, 2005, 07:31:43 PM »

TO ALL HACKENSACK VOTERS

As you may have heard, our beloved Hackensack High School principal, Joseph DeFalco, passed away this morning. For the past forty years, Mr. DeFalco served the community that he loved in many different capacities, most recently as our high school principal. A few months ago, he decided to carry his service to another level and began a campaign as a candidate for city council. He always displayed a positive approach to his community service and will be greatly missed.

Unfortunately, under our democratic system today's election must continue to its conclusion regardless of how devastated we are as a community. The greatest tribute that we can pay to Mr. DeFalco is to take the few minutes necessary in our moment of grief to vote for Joe and his running mates as planned.

Mi. DeFalco campaigned very hard during the past few months with his team who shared his positive vision for our community. We know that he would want them to carry on his legacy for the city he loved.

His opponents, who had been so cruel to him during the campaign, are actually standing in front of polling places today and telling voters that they can no longer vote for Joe. That is not true. Several hours after his passing, his courageous wife Vicki was escorted by family and friends to her polling place where she voted for her husband and his running mates. Let her strength be an inspiration to all of us as we deal with this stunning tragedy.

There has never been a more compelling reason to vote in a local election. As a community, we must demonstrate that the devotion and dedication of individuals like Joe DeFalco matters. The polls are open until 8:00 p.m.

On behalf of the family and friends of Joe DeFalco and for the betterment of our entire community, we ask that you go out today to vote for Joe and the entire New Visions team who are numbers 1-5 on the ballot.
FRIENDS OF JOE DEFALCO
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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #70 on: May 10, 2005, 09:11:11 PM »
The unofficial word on the street is:

NEW VISIONS HAS SWEPT THE ELECTION

to win all five seats on the Hackensack City Council.

Congratulations!

Official results to be released soon.



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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #71 on: May 10, 2005, 10:34:36 PM »
No doubt this is a bitter sweet victory for the New Visions slate.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the DeFalco Family. 

I realize many people will want to post condolences to the DeFalco Family. There is another message thread for this purpose here: Joe DeFalco

Please reply to this thread for election related topics only.

I moved a post by "WestARick" to the other thread.

Thank you.

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #72 on: May 10, 2005, 10:41:13 PM »

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #73 on: May 11, 2005, 01:02:56 AM »
lessons to be learned:
1.quality people will always beat those who would do nothing but tear down and destroy
2.maybe some people would have been better off watching monday night football the last few years
3. the Bergen Record? LOL
4.if i tell you to take "new visions" and give the points-listen to me next time!
and oh yes-there WILL be a next time!!!

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Re: City Council Election (Updated 5/10/05)
« Reply #74 on: May 11, 2005, 04:05:29 AM »
Kudos to Eric Martindale for his insightful analysis of the City Council election. His proclamation that New Visions had been outcampaigned by Citizens for Change and that they wish they could do it over again along with his prediction of a sweep by Citizens for Change left him off the mark by only 5 council seats. Good call.

 

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