Edward Marable

May 27, 2008 - 10:27am

Perkins serving as acting mayor in Orange

Following Mims Hackett's plea of guilty to attempted extortion,Acting Mayor Lisa PerkinsActing Mayor Lisa Perkins Council President Lisa Perkins took the reins of government in Orange today, and is now serving as the city's acting mayor.

Orange has a code provision in the event of the mayor's illness, which gives the business administrator authority to take over in the chief elected official's absence.

But in this case, state law regarding succession trumps Orange's code and grants authority to the council president to step in for a mayor who has pleaded guilty to a corruption charge.

Councilman Edward Marable, Jr. today said he would consider challenging Perkins's right to serve as mayor.

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September 12, 2007 - 11:50pm

Power players still on the look-out for Hackett replacement

Essex County College President Zachary Yamba reportedly turned down the 27th district Assembly seatEssex County College President Zachary Yamba reportedly turned down the 27th district Assembly seatThe Democratic Party turf wars persist in the concentrated power centers and in the diffuse reaches of Essex County, where the old ethnic wards are now whole municipalities with particular populations and political needs, as the 21st century bosses here struggle to find a candidate suitable to all of the affected encampments.

To date it’s been tough for the power players to reach a willing consensus pick pre-Sept. 17th deadline to replace former district 27 Assemblyman Mims Hackett, Jr., who resigned earlier this week in the aftermath of his arrest on a charge of bribery.

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