Time to talk about the
November election
At the June 13 Local 600 meeting, we were fortunate to have NJ State PBA Presi-
dent Pat Colligan address our group and speak about the results of the gubernatorial
primary that will pit Democrat Phil Murphy against Republican Kim Guadagno in
the November general election. The State PBA has enthusiastically endorsed Phil
Murphy for governor, and as President Colligan said (and we all are aware), electing
Guadagno would bring us four more years of Chris Christie policies and absolute
destruction to our pension system.
In one of her first speeches after the primary, Guadagno criticized Murphy for
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wanting to fully fund the pension system. That’s her shot at Murphy? That he wants
to follow the law and the state’s obligation to fund the retirement for public workers.
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She also criticized Murphy for wanting to bring back a “millionaire’s tax” to bail out
an almost-bankrupt New Jersey that Christie created. How many millionaires are PFRS members?
Are they supporters of Christie/Guadagno?
Guadagno has had seven and a half years to stand up and be heard about what distinguishes her
from Christie, but she never has. And now that she is doing so to get elected is troubling because it
assumes two things: First, it assumes that we, as public workers, are stupid and have short memo-
ries; and second, she is suddenly going to be a different person after the seven-plus years of fully
supporting anti-police and anti-fire policies designed to bankrupt our pension system.
If the second part is the case, then I would have less respect for her integrity than I do for her boss.
And if the first is her plan, then we should all be ashamed of ourselves for not learning our lesson to
follow what they do, not what they say. I will follow up in the coming months with more policies from
both sides to lay out the choices we must make in November.
Remember, we are not just voting for governor, but all state legislators are running and we must
be aware of their positions and history. Don’t be fooled by senators or assembly representatives who
voted for the pension bill that recently came up when they knew already that Christie was going to
veto it, thereby attempting to claim they support us.
Scholarships awarded
At our June meeting, we also awarded scholarships
to 10 children of our members who will be attending
college in the fall. Eight recipients attended and were
presented with a certificate and a check for $500.
New Executive Board
Local 600 scholarship recipients from left: Christina
Congratulations to the following members who
Vincent, Gabriella Vincent, Brianna Alfieri, Nicholas
won elections at the June meet ing and were sworn in
Cerqueira, Alexander Koppel, Marjorie Pawlowicz,
as the new Executive Board for 2017:
Jordan Michalski, Michael Perrotta. (Not pictured:
President Tom Lombardi
Ashely Krawczyk, Joseph A. Testa)
Executive Vice President Nate Horowitz
First Vice President John Sharkey
Second Vice President Lou Tuccillo
Third Vice President Carmen Brocato
Financial Secretary Steve Wilczynski
Recording Secretary Ed Frischkorn
Treasurer Tom Milmoe
State Delegate Jim Toma
Sergeant-at-Arms Pete Eckert
The 2017 Local 600 Executive Board members from left, James Toma,
Sergeant-at-Arms Carmine Pannullo
Steve Wilczynski, Pete Eckert, Ed Frischkorn, Tom Lombardi, John Shar-
Trustee Marty Barrett
key, Dave Palentchar, Carmine Pannullo, Lou Tuccillo, Nate Horowitz,
Trustee Walt Sudol
Rich Dutka, Bob DeMarco, Carmen Brocato, Tom Milmoe, Steve Ka-
minsky, Marty Barrett. (Not pictured: Ron Beattie, Walter Sudol)
Other news
A badge that has been lost for 40 years has been found. At the
June meeting, John Longo and President Tom Lombardi were
honored to present Paul Stahl with his long lost badge number 94.
Stahl’s badge was found on eBay by an Atlantic County Sheriffs
Officer, who contacted the seller and got the badge back for him.
Finally, a personal thank-you from all of us to Sarah Drost, our
office assistant, photographer and computer tech for helping with
the scholarships, certificates and photos at the meeting. d
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