Mowers named BCRO Executive Director

Good move by Chairman Ortiz. Mowers is more then qualified for the job, despite his age. I'm sure you'll hear some grumbling about putting an 18 year old college student as an executive director now, but I definately feel that Mowers is going to handle the job well and do a great job.

Good Luck Matt!

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Nothing against Matt. If Mr Ortiz really wanted unity he would have asked a more mature experienced person.

Charlie Kahwaty  past president of the Bergen Bar association and former canddate should have been the   smart choice.

Nobody in county committee  outside district 39 insiders knows this guy. What happened to Mike and Ray ? they are known and respected by all Republicans in the county and they work for FREE, full time.  Wondering just who is advising Rob on this one ?. Why make problems for yourself when you don't need to .

Republicans in this state continue to look dumber and dumber.  Do they like losing elections?  What a pathetic group.

Matt Mowers is the only one that can cause some change in Bergen. Clearly anyone that is there is not getting anything done so some young faces, like him, might just be the right choice to shake up the arena. This is probably Ortiz's smartest move. 

We need some younger blood in the party, you guys who want to stick to the same failures are completely pathetic. Enough with the cabal of losers, I suppose you all want Bergen to become like the nonexistent Middlesex and Hudson GOPs. Mowers is a step in the right direction.

Eric and the college boys just don't get it.How many years have any of you worked on a county level ?How much did you donate ? How many county campaigns did you run ?How many county events have you run ? Just how many Muni  and District chairs do you know?  let alone county committee folk. There are a lot of good folk that live in Bergen also members of the YRs    who have put in their time and have earned that right to  to that  job  before   the Britney Spears generation of Frat boys and girls . This job is for a friendly face like a Vince Micco or a Charlie Kahwaty ( people who know how to reach out to all Republicans)

I don't know Matt at all. Although I will admit that I wasn't impressed with elements of Cardinale's campaign... I think his staff went too negative, and negative on some of the wrong points. However, it's pretty apparent Matt works hard and learns quickly. I'm sure he'll jump into this with as much energy as he did working Cardinale's campaign.

However, this post is actually about Eric. I don't know why Bergenite is jumping all over Eric. Honestly. I worked with him on Baroni, Goodwin, and Bushman's campaign in the 14th. He works hard and he has enough experience to really help a political organization. What's the opposition to young, talented, dedicated volunteers? Besides, we'll need someone to take over the party down the road.

Bergenite is right, I heard Mowers and Sedler are planning a huge frat party at the BCRO and none of us old people are invited.

Age is not always an issue when it comes to performance. Go ask any of the thousands of 21-year-old sergeants in our armed forces who lead squads into combat. A few years of intense training can make a big difference. And this guy has had that.

Respect among his peers is another story. He may know how to write a top-notch piece of racist, slanderous mail, but it doesn't mean a political veteran won't take notice that he only has to shave every 3-4 days.

If the BCRO's ED had to lead a bunch of 18-year-old privates, it wouldn't be a problem. But from what I understand, the average age of a Bergen county committee member is 112.

Good luck.

Didn't Cardinale win? I don't understand (if you are on the Republican side) why a mailer is such a big deal if it is part of a winning campaign. Naturally if you are a Dem it makes for fantastic sour grapes.

...and the BCRO really needs to start from the bottom anyway.  The winning EDs on the Dem side certainly haven't been elder statesmen themselves and they've been kicking the crap out of the "mature" and "experienced" BCRO crew for a while now.  Perhaps bringing this kid in will make things a little more interesting and competitive come November.  Presuming, of course, they can find non-creepy candidates that are younger than Methuselah and not drive away every moderate in sight.  Regardless of what side you're on, it's no fun when there's no competition.

 Good luck, Matt!!!

It's about time we had some new blood (i.e. new "young" people) running campaigns instead of the same tired losers who have made New Jersey Republicans a JOKE! It's time for an infusion of people who will not run the same tired campaigns that New Jersey Republicans are famous for.

On a second point, Jerry was right to put out that mailer if you are terrorist, a terrorist sympathizer, or you defend terrorists you should be called on the carpet for it and people need to know what a bad person you really are. Let's face it Jerry is a conservative's conservative representing a Republican District that GWB won in 2004. He wins in his district because he is willing to take a stand against issues which liberals hate - like terrorism, illegal aliens, gay marriage and an activist NJ Supreme Court. It's a shame I don't live in his district, because I would be happy to vote for him!

1) Will Matt answer the phones every day ?  2) Will Matt send out meeting  and event notices to all county committee ?   3) will Matt be there to sign for mail and handle routine admin duties ?    4) will the BCRO now stop hiring event co ordinator that cost money ?   Its all about the Job not the person who is going to do it.   If the answer is NO to any of these questions then get someone else. 

Cardinale didn't win because of Mowers. Cardinale won because of Cardinale.

To hire an ED FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY is ridiculous.  He may know some folks in District 39, but what about all those in between, from North Arlington to Mahwah?

Whatever happened to having the best person for the job?? 

Is this guy going to be in charge of the volunteers? He doesn't even know who the volunteers are!  Is he going to answer the phones 5 or 6 days a week?  Maybe in between doing his Rutgers coursework online?

Well now that there is a full time ED, then an out-of-county fund-raising firm running parties that aren't even  fundraisers isn't needed.  Oh... do we know if Mowers has any event experience? 

Listen folks, you get what you pay for, and this guy is going to go down in flames.

By the way if there is no money, and the BCRO is still $38,000 in debt, how is Mowers getting paid? Where is all the money that was supposedly made at the September event? Where is the treasurer's report? Where are the ELEC reports? Oh, I forgot, the treasurer is also from OUT OF COUNTY.

Ortiz is making a large mistake by totally ignoring those who have been the mainstays of the organization through thick and thin and who will be around when he is gone... like when he doesn't run again in June because Rudy won't be the nominee.

Mowers if you are reading this just remember to say no to anything that makes the party backward or ridiculous. You may be saying no a lot.

They can either vote at home or can vote where their school is.  There's no discussion or issue.

The personal attacks on here are getting out of control. Now I know what it feels like to be MartinOne.

I'll say this for the last time on this story. If anyone wants to combat the Ferriero machine in Bergen County I suggest you unite behind Ortiz and whoever he decides to employ, I commend you and applaud your efforts. I respect different opinioins but everybody knows a united effort of all different kinds of Republicans will work best for the BCRO.

Those who wish to continue being negative and don't want to help out, good luck with that.

As for Benedict Arnold's comments: By now it's well established that i'm a college student. What Fretz said is exactly right, we have a choice. Many college students like me who can not make it to their voting locations on election day choose to vote absentee. Some college students do decide to change their address and vote in the area/district they go to school in. I have not decided to do that at this time. My college address has changed each year I've gone to college so I feel it's better to wait until I have a more stable address, which will almost definately be after I graduate and I am no longer a student.

Happy New Year to Everyone. Good Luck Matt!

That's a really generic name to post under. Maybe you should find out what "the kids" are doing these days. You're obviously an older guy pretending to be a teenager on this board. That's pretty creepy. Guest star on "To Catch a Predator" at all? 

ASJames-

Not even going to address that. Would you prefer i post as xx0Just -like-the-rest-of-my-generation-xx69?  

Mower's chairmanship of Teenage Republicans (TARs) is laughed at by most of the teenagers  

Many eyes were rolled when Mower's ED position reached our circles, he's bossy and very quick to piss people off.

now that he's in an official position he'll need to watch his words  

ASharperJames has a point you should speak for your generation. If you think Matt Mowers is such a bad choice maybe you should take all your teen republicans and go. Oh its too bad you'll be the only one leaving. good riddance. 

Time Out teens !!! In June your fathers Bill, Bob and Ben return to bring some order back to the house of Jim Sheehan

The job of turning around the BCRO is a full time effort.  Unfortunately, it looks as though a young, inexperienced part-timer has been handed the job.    Hey, if you want to watch Matt's high school graduation, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjPL9YIm9o&feature=related

Keep in mind it was just six months ago.