City Council Election Results 2002
2006
2010
James Anzaldi* ............. 8,899 Gloria J. Kolodziej* ........ 7,375 Steven Hatala Jr.* ......... 6,535 Ed Welsh*...................... 6,326 Don Kowal* ................... 5,895 Stefan Tatarenko* .......... 5,701 Frank Gaccione............. 5,352
James Anzaldi ............ 5,911 Antonio Latona .......... 5,659 Peter C. Eagler .......... 5,514 Joseph Cupoli ........... 4,793 Gloria J. Kolodziej ......4,445 Steven Hatala, Jr. ..... 3,864 Frank C. Fusco .......... 3,786
James Anzaldi ............... 5,667 Steve Hatala .................. 4,251 Peter Eagler ................... 4,071 Mary Sadrakula ............. 3,277 Matthew Grabowski ....... 3,181 Matthew Ward ............... 3,170 Joseph Kolodziej ........... 2,968
Bob Sidoti ........................4,352 Alina Bladek .....................4,050 Beverly J. Cholewczynski .3,768 Frank C. Fusco .................2,914 Douglas H. Burg ...............1,727 *Incumbent
Matthew J. Ward .......... 3,703 Stefan Tatarenko .......... 3,583 Roy Noonburg .............. 3,577 Joseph W. Chidiac ........ 3,397 Edward Welsh ............... 3,136 Donald R. Kowal ........... 3,037 George J. Silva ............. 3,029 Frank Gaccione ............ 2,887 Alam Abdelaziz .............. 1,397
Frank Fusco ...................... 2,816 Raymond Grabowski ........ 2,808 Suzanne Sia ...................... 2,690 Daniel Brown .................... 2,683 David D’Arco..................... 2,586 Frank Gaccione................. 2,478 Andrew White ................... 2,276 Joan Salensky ................... 1,985 Joseph Chidiac .................. 1,753 George Silva ...................... 1,655 Roy Noonburg ................... 1,422 Anthony Genchi ................. 1,123 Robert Klinger ...... 306 (write-in) Joseph Cupoli ........ 30 (write-in)
the late former Councilman Les Candidate interviews reflected Herrschaft told Tom Hawrylko in the these sentiments; challengers like May 2002 Clifton Merchant (p55). Tony Latona, Matt Ward and others “I think the Council wants to work lamented that the old guard had with him.” become out of touch, while incumHowever, sometime between that bents tended to rely on experience and election and the 2006 race, things preserving the ‘big city with a small began to change. Voters began to town feel’ of Clifton. sour on the incumbents, many of Voters decided change was in the which had been in power for a numbest interest of the city and ousted four ber of years. incumbents. However, the mostly Massive housing projects and inexperienced replacements somesprawling commercial developments times found that change was hard to proposals were frequent and often come by. It requires a consensus, and Always colorful, Les Herrschaft enjoyed handicapping the Clifton supported by the Council as a means that often doesn’t come quickly. Council elections in this publication. of increasing rateables. However, Four years later in the 2010 Council municipal tax rates continued to rise, as did traffic and race, economic woes, a budget crisis, and other issues, congestion, while the quality of life declined due to the plus two vacant Council seats, created another perfect sitadditional strain on resources and infrastructure. The uation for an outspoken challenger. And with years of Council was also highly influental in the search for a new hands-on experience as an neighborhood activist for the school location. preservation of Latteri Park, Schultheis Farm and a variety Things came to a head in 2006, as the city geared up of other causes, Sadrakula was almost a perfect candidate for the Council elections. In the span of four years, the for voters unhappy with the establishment. voter thoughts changed from ‘Who can seemlessly inteThe Rosemawr resident placed fourth in the election, tops for any challenger. Now the question is can a government grate with the old politicos’ to ‘Who can offer us somewatchdog be as effective from the inside. thing new?’ January 2011 • Clifton Merchant
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