Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Vol. CXXXIII, No. 51
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Nutley High School softball team off to a perfect start to 2021. See page 9
BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
STREET YOGA
Judge: Candidate will not be on the June ballot By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
A Mertz Avenue in Belleville was transformed into an open-air yoga studio for about 50 people who spent part of their day April 14 holding poses. The Street Yoga Under the Cherry Blossoms event was led by Yogi Michelle Petersen. The public and officials took part in the annual event, which was canceled in 2020 because of COVID-19.
Hudson County Superior Court judge has rejected Second Ward Kearny Council candidate Alexis Campos’s and mayoral hopeful Sydney J. Ferreira’s motion that Campos be allowed on the June primary ballot. In a decision reached Wednesday, April 21, Judge Jeffrey R. Jablonski issued a four-pronged brief ruling by dismissing the aforementioned complaint. He wrote: “The relief sought by means of the plaintiff’s order to show cause be and is hereby denied. The plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed. The prior
restraints as to the printing of the ballots for the June 8, 2021, election are hereby dissolved. This court shall forward this order to the parties and upload it to e-courts.” In the original complaint submitted to the court, a copy of which was obtained by The Observer, Campos and Ferreira made several sweeping allegations about Mayor Alberto G. Santos — who initiated the challenge to Campos’s candidacy — and Town Clerk Patricia Carpenter — whose job it was to rule on the challenge, as prescribed by law — that Jablonski clearly did not buy. Acting on his own behalf before (without the represenSee JUDGE, Page 8
Despite court’s ruling, Campos will run as a write-in By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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he Primary Election of 2021 in the Town of Kearny continues to get more bizarre by the minute. Despite being ruled ineligible by the town clerk and a judge in Hudson County Superior Court, Alexis Campos, a former Democratic candidate for the nomination for a seat in the
town’s Second Ward, will forge ahead as a write-in candidate, the head of her ticket, mayoral hopeful Sydney J. Ferreira, said in a video posted to social media and in a worded news release, on April 21. “A few days ago, Alexis’s grandmother asked why her name was written on signs all over town. Her proud father tried to explain that Alexis was running for town council,” Ferreira said. “Not really under-
DECISION 2021 standing, her 97-year-old Portuguese grandmother exclaimed, ‘My granddaughter is going to work for the United States.’ “Alexis will hold onto that proud moment, as she continues this jour-
ney to seek the town council seat in the Second Ward, and we will be there by her side every step of the way. She is a lifelong resident and has every right to seek a seat in the ward where she currently resides. By disqualifying Alexis from appearing on the ballot and depriving her family of that great honor, they may have disenfranchised all of the residents See WRITE-IN, Page 5
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See page 15 in our april 21st issue for part one & page 16 In this week’s issue for part two! voting ballot on page 10
