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Former Pleasantville Administrator John Bettis has switched his party affiliation and will run for Atlantic County Freeholder as a Republican.  

The incumbent in Atlantic County's first district, Rev. Nelson Lawton, is not seeking re-election to the seat he has held since 1989.  Atlantic County Democrats are backing Charles Garrett, overruling a convention victory last week for Pleasantville Board of Education President Jayson Adams, an ally of jailed ex-Atlantic City Council President Craig Callaway.

It's the most contentious issue in politics. Every decade the state must redraw districts for the Congressional delegation. Friendships are lost and hours of productive time is squandered.

The tendency of the delegation and the redistricting commission has always been to approach the issue on a bipartisan basis. Both parties and all incumbents are accommodated to the fullest extent possible.

Compassionate Rotarian-American Paul Stuart Aronsohn doesn't know how Scott Garrett sleeps at night.  The fifth district Democrat, mulling a rematch of his '06 campaign against Garrett, says the Republican Congressman is "immoral" for voting against Hurricane Katrina victims.  

“How, in good conscience, could Garrett vote against the victims of Hurricane Katrina for a second time?,� Aronsohn asked. “Frankly, I don’t know how he sleeps at night.�

Aronsohn says Garrett's vote is either arrogant or extremist.
“Call it arrogance. Call it extremism. But whatever you call it, one thing is clear: By voting this way, Garrett thumbed his nose at the Katrina victims and at the compassionate people who live in our community.�

Sussex County Freeholder Steve Oroho, who is seeking Bob Littell's northwestern New Jersey State Senate seat, sharply criticized rival Guy Gregg for accepting the endorsement of "liberal" GOP Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.

Gregg, a seven-term Assemblyman, was also endorsed by conservative Rep. Scott Garrett.

"Who is Guy Gregg and what does he stand for?," Oroho asked. “Is Guy Gregg the pro-choice candidate running statewide for U.S. Senate in 2002, or the pro-life candidate for Senate in the conservative 224th district today? Does he embrace the vision of conservative Congressman Scott Garrett, or the liberal record of Rodney Freylinghuesen (sic)?�

Reps. Scott Garrett and Rodney Frelinghuysen have endorsed Guy Gregg for the GOP State Senate nomination in the 24th district. Gregg, a seven-term Assemblyman, faces Sussex County Freeholder Steve Oroho for the seat of retiring State Sen. Robert Littell.