Article: Neither party wins in Bergen County

ALFRED P. DOBLIN
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-09-2009

Neither party wins in Bergen County
ALFRED P. DOBLIN
Date: 01-09-2009, Friday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions

IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to win a statewide election in New Jersey without winning in Bergen County. That's been the conventional logic for years. But as 2009 begins, both the Republican and Democratic county organizations are imploding.

A year ago, despite numerous corruption scandals, the Bergen County Democratic Organization still seemed impervious to a meltdown. That was before it seemed possible that the creator of the organization would be willing to burn down his own house.

Joseph Ferriero, the once all-powerful ...

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