Hackensack, NJ Community Message Boards

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