The Oradell Republican Club Officers:
- President - Michael Gallucci
- Vice President, Membership - Rita Walker
- Vice President, Programs - Marc Raso
- Vice President, Finance - Joe Lomoriello
- Recording Secretary - Melinda Rabbia
- Corresponding Secretary - Tony Meo
- Treasurer - Pat Cutler
Club dates and times for 2010 meetings:
- Thursday, January 28th 8:00 pm (Borough Hall)
- Thursday, February 25th 8:00 pm (Borough Hall)
- Thursday, March 25th 8:00 pm (Borough Hall)
- Thursday, April 22nd 8:00 pm (Borough Hall)
- Thursday, May 27th 8:00 pm (Borough Hall)
- Thursday, June 24th 8:00 pm (Borough Hall) *if necessary
- Thursday, September 23rd 8:00 pm (TBD)
- Thursday, October 28th 8:00 pm (TBD)
Meetings were previously held at the VFW, however, due to construction, they will be held in Borough Hall until construction is complete.
By ALFRED P. DOBLIN
RECORD EDITORIAL COLUMNIST
TUESDAY’S Christie victory can be traced back to former Gov. Tom Kean Sr. When Kean was still a state assemblyman he spoke at a high school in Livingston. In the audience was an impressionable young teen. The boy went home and pestered his mother for several days about wanting to get into politics, as Kean tells the story today.
The mother told her son that if he was really serious about getting into politics, he should talk directly to Kean. She drove her son to Kean’s home and the boy rang the doorbell. The then-assemblyman and future governor answered.
The boy told Kean he wanted to be in politics. Kean asked him if he was serious. The boy said yes.
Kean then told the young man that he was about to head to Oradell for a political meeting. If the boy was serious about politics, he should get in the car. The boy did. And that is how Christopher Christie, now the governor-elect, met Tom Kean Sr.
