Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be out of the office for the next several weeks while she rehabs from multiple stress fractures in her back.
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan was hospitalized Friday with multiple stress fractures in her back and will cede her day-to-day governance duties to County Administrator Ed Trawinski for the next few weeks while recovering, according to a statement released Tuesday by Chief of Staff Jeanne Baratta. For some time, Donovan has been undergoing treatment for chronic back pain, but her condition worsened last week and she was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center for additional testing, Baratta said. Trawinski, who also serves as a deputy mayor in Fair Lawn, will handle the office's day-to-day duties for the next several weeks while Donovan recovers at a rehabilitation facility, Baratta said. A 2011 Donovan appointee, …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Fair Lawn Deputy Mayor Ed Trawinski reaffirmed Thursday that he still lives in Fair Lawn, despite Little Ferry being listed as his residence on his Facebook profile for the past two months.
If you've paid a visit to Ed Trawinski's Facebook profile since late July you might have been surprised to learn that in addition to being a fan of the Bee Gees, historical non-fiction and underdog sports movies, the Deputy Mayor of Fair Lawn was no longer a borough resident. On the night of July 22, Trawinski's profile was updated to reflect a move to Little Ferry, prompting some residents to question whether the deputy mayor had illegally abandoned his constituents. The small southeastern Bergen County municipality remained Trawinski's Facebook-listed residence for the next 60 days until Thursday night, when he was reached by Patch and asked about his current dwelling. "3-33 Lyncrest Avenue," Trawinski replied. "It's where my driver's …
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Trawinski blasted anonymous bloggers and Independent council candidate Stuart Pace for criticizing his decision to recuse himself from votes on county-related items
The Fair Lawn borough council, while composed of three Democrats and two Republicans, agrees on most agenda items that pass its way. Almost all of the items up for vote at a council meeting are lumped together on the agenda as “Resolutions By Consent,” or issues the council will approve unanimously with a single vote. Typically, consent agenda items are things like the approval of meeting minutes, authorizations to apply for grants and refunds to residents for the overpayment of taxes. Occasionally, a relatively straightforward item like one of these is broken out for a separate vote. This often means that the mayor or one of the council members has recused themselves from voting on that item due to a real or perceived conflict of interest…
Saturday, October 15, 2011
A ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the purchase will be held Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9 a.m.
Nearly a year after council reached an agreement to purchase the Dutch Colonial Naugle House and its surrounding property on Dunkerhook Road for $1.7 million from developer David Neidani, the deal is finally done. The borough closed on the house on Oct. 5, and made the announcement at Tuesday’s council meeting. It has been trying to find a way to preserve the property for the past six-plus years. “Sometimes government moves slowly, “ Councilman Ed Trawinski said at Tuesday's meeting, “but in Fair Lawn, moving slowly, we move successfully.” Deputy Mayor Joe Tedeschi applauded the purchase, calling it "no easy task." “For years people said this council didn’t care, this council wasn’t worried about it, and it very quietly continued its job …
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The County Democrats issues a press release Tuesday calling out Trawinski for taking a $40,000 pay stipend from the county
Let the mudslinging begin. Just one day after county Republicans released a television spot criticizing county Democrats for ruining the economy, the Dems responded in kind by issuing a press release excoriating Fair Lawn council member and Bergen County administrator Ed Trawinksi, a Republican, for accepting a $40,000 pay stipend from Republican County Executive Kathleen Donovan. According to the press release, the stipend was not presented to the Freeholder Board for approval and comes to light just as Donovan announced layoffs among the county workforce. "This is the kind of waste and abuse I'm fighting to rid the state of,” Assemblywoman Joan Voss said in the release, “and in coming days will be working to draft legislation that …
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11:13 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Willy, I voted for her and although Donovan has done a few good things for the county she has caused more lawsuits and filed more lawsuits and wasted more of the counties money which has left a bad taste. Hospitalization has nothing to do with it. I do not believe she practices what we preaches, ask all the under quailified overpaid division heads she hired after her election! more ›