You know things are really bad when the Governor decides to usher in the change!

Christie has no time to attend New Jersey events. He's too busy visiting other states to care about what happens here.

Ugh. This is a man I can not support, not ever. Watching his comments in Iowa this past week made me cringe as a life-long NJ resident, as I believe the state is subject to enough ridicule without a governor that plays up to it as if it were truthful.

Out of friendship, I guess I'll be watching this one from home.

10 years after September 11, 2001, This governor, Governor Chris Christie, while first responders are presently dying from injuries and health issues from September 11th, when 412 emergency workers died in the September 11th 2001 attacks, this Governor called public workers GREEDY, saying public workers were not paying their fair share while the GOVERNMENT of the State of New Jersey FAILED ITS OBLIGATION to fund the PENSION SYSTEM, and still FAILS its obligation. This Governor passed laws requiring emergency workers to pay the HIGHEST ever increased pension payments and health benefits, offering less quality, reduced health care plans. This Governor should be ashamed of his GREEDY self. Fair Lawn should be embarrassed he's even coming to town. Fair Lawn too lost a public servant, Officer Collura, was she greedy Governor? If anyone goes to this meeting, they support a greedy shameless Governor, with no respect for the public servant who gave their lives, like they did September 11th. Public servants are the backbone of our communities, and will give of themselves today just like September 11th, 2011, may we never forget!

How much is the borough spending to fund this boondoggle?? The town can't pay for essential services, but you can bet it will cost taxpayers in excess of $50 to $75K when it's all said and done. Someone make sure to get a photo of Ms. Barratta in all her glory....when she has been thru her "coronation", I'm sure a red carpet, crown, and scepter will be forthcoming .

Don you are SO right! Lets just hope that John Cosgrove is a voice that they hear

How wonderful, Christie is going to grace the borough with his appearance. Remind him how well his 2% cap failed taxpayers, how taxpayers are getting less services with paying more taxes. Remind the Governor how Fair Lawn's surplus dried up, and crime has risen. Remind the Governor how hes still running the State of NJ in the red. Yes, we are so grateful he is coming to Fair Lawn to back his fellow republicans. Politics!

This is just ridiculous. This event is supposed to be for Fair Lawn residents to come together and support our local government. Now its just a dog and pony show. Christie is only coming because FL is the 4th largest town in Bergen County and his reelection campaign is in full swing. I am sure Christie already has his group of supporters that will be allowed in first to make sure he doesn't have to deal with opposition. Looks like the citizens in Fair Lawn will have to watch from home while his cronies get a front row seat. I urge all FL residents who want to be at this event to get there very early so you can try and get it.

Well...I'm no Karl Rove, but you don't have be a political pundit to figure out what is going on here....

Just read the article (and open your eyes)

"It's the only municipal swearing in that Christie will be doing in New Jersey, Baratta said".

Seems to me political favors are being done. I wonder what favors our new mayor did for the governor in the past to rate this one of a kind treatment??

Christie is always complaining how teachers shouldn't make more than him. Wonder what his take on Trawinksi, a little town politician with several well paying part time politically connected jobs making more than him is.

ugh, all I have to say is ugh. and I really like some of the comments i'm reading.

Governor Christie PLEDGED, no swore to us, he would oppose double dipping and now he is going to swear in a double dipping Republican Mayor while a Republican double dipping Trewinksi is standing right by as well as double dipping Donovan attends and the double dipping Republican Sheriff... This is an outrage!

NO DELGADO........Its Fair Lawn ..(. exposed)

@Delgado: Sounds like a classic case of "Do as I say, not as I do"! Were you really expecting some integrity from these folks...our "elected officials"?

Like I said its Fair Lawn! The place has had mire managers than the Yankees of the 1970's ..

Fairlawn is now exposed to double dippers and is ground zero in the fight between double dippers Beratta/ Donovan and the Bergen County Chairman Bob Yudin.
Yudin will win this fight

Talk about 'ugh'. You people are a bunch of pathetic whiners. Waaa.

Baratta and Trewinski are NOT double dippers. No. 1 they're not holding two elected offices, and No. 2, they don't get paid for their Fair Lawn positions!!

"Delgado" and "Avi" are talking to each other again from different sides of the same keyboard. Guess "Allison" doesn't have a Patch account yet.

OMG! It's an honor anytime a top sitting official offers to do something like this in your home town. Hey, if it were Obama swearing in a D, I'd still feel it's an honor. I don't agree with any of his polocies, but it's still the POTUS. Respect the office and show some pride.

Chris, Respect is earned and the Gov has lots of earning to do.

That's your opinion.

You have to have respect for the state you serve. Based upon the stereotypes he joked about to the people of Iowa this past week, and in other venues in the past as he stumps for his "Not Running" roadshow, he has none for the long-suffering people of the state. Really - mob jokes? That was old when Johnny Carson did it, forty years ago.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT DELETED! ...& chris its more the opinion of the majority tgan you realize

He's not coming...

I was at the council meeting and I as a Fair Lawn resident was disgusted at the attempt by councilman Peluso to make political jabs and partisan comments at a time when everyone else was being in the moment. He took an image of a nice young and fresh energy on the council and turns himself into a cocky, partisan and arrogant troublemaker who seemed to have no intent on WORKING together. It was truly a shame. He will not stand a chance acting in such a manner.

It was a room full of gasps when he took a jab at Governor Christie and in my opinion a total disrespect for not only the Governor but the other members and the entire room. It truly seemed that councilman Peluso and councilwoman Swain were disgruntled and bitter.

Also does anyone get that there is NO double dipping. Or do some people just like to insite bogus information and maniplulate the TRUTH. 1. Barrata and Trewinski hold ONE elected position, which they do not get paid for. The other is NOT an elected position. WHAT DON'T YOU GET????????

What don't you get William?

Here’s what New Jersey Policy Perspective says about what Trawinski and Baratta are doing.

"Dual elected office holding turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Serious conflicts of interest and obligation, as well as threats to government performance and trustworthiness, arise not only when one person serves as both state legislator and mayor, or mayor and county freeholder. Those problems arise as well from a practice that—our research shows—is more pervasive but, except when a high-profile scandal breaks out, less visible.....the mischief possible when one official holds both an elected and non-elected position. The concerns raised by holding two or more elected and non- elected positions are at least as serious as those raised when one person holds two elective offices simultaneously.”

What a bunch of disgusting behavior tonight by a group of hypocritical politicians who think it is their right to grease their palms however they see fit. Yuck.

double dipper Barata reports to County Adminstrator Trewinski. That is a fact and it is wrong. A county resident could file a complaint against them at the NJ State Dept. of Community Affairs, but we all know Christie would bury it.... There is no way anyone can defend it. Worse is that Republican Chrisite PLEDGED to end this double dipping. Barata should and must resign. The arrogance is terrible. How could any Republican defend it. For instance she just voted on a apprisal firm tonight that also do work at the county government and she also can get donations from them!!! Barata must resign. period.

Christie lost Bergen County and Fair Lawn in 2009. He will lose Bergen County and Fair Lawn in 2013.

What we saw tonight was an example of the things to come.

http://fairlawn.patch.com/articles/your-neighborhood-gallery-3fd3c9a7#photo-8830508

THIS IS FROM 10-31-2007.....LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND SEE IF ANYTHING THEY RAN ON CAME TRUE UNDER THEM.

Well, the pay-to-play ordinance was Jeanne's baby from the get-go, the Community Center a giant hole into which the BCIA was given a reason for existence, all three of them dumped on Daly Field while attacking and abandoning the residents of Radburn's call for a democratic and representative management in a barrage of attack ads. Meanwhile, the former Borough Attorney made a nice living after otherwise leaving office from running a litigation that was also dumped by the party. How much has all the police litigation cost the town without any action about it? And Swain complains about the new Borough Attorney making $25 an hour more than the former, in open session, just in an attempt to embarrass her "bipartisan" cohorts? Good for Ron that he shot her right down. She and Peluso have all the negotiating skills of a bull in a china shop, as we saw last night.