THE MONMOUTH POST IS THE NEW REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER IN MONMOUTH

On the front page of this Monmouth County Post that the Monmouth County Republican Party has tieS with, on October 22, the newspaper takes a pretty hard whack at the Asbury Park Press and its reporter, Bob Cullinan.

The publisher for this new "county newspaper" is the former executive director of the Monmouth County Republican Partty, Dan Gallic.

In its article, the Monmouth County Post makes it clear that the Republican Party in Monmouth is trying to shut reporters up, when the unnamed Post reporter who wrote the front-page story on the Press quoted an "unnamed county official" as saying, "We have asked the Asbury Park Press to replace Bob Cullinane on more than one occasion, offering interviews to anyone else, but the Asbury Park Press has refused."

Well, I took exception with the Press some time back because the reporter in Middletown would not call me about a story involving the Democratic Party, which I am the chairman of here. I have never refused to talk to a reporter and I think any elected office holder who is trying to pick and choose what reporters they are going to talk to is trying to slant the news. I do expect a call from a reporter if they are doing news about my group. But these freeholders are absolutely spoiled -- if they don't like tough questions from good reporters then they run away and ask for a second stringer.

I give a lot of credit to the Press for standing up to this kind of intimidation by the Board of Freeholders.


As for the Monmouth County Post, I think it is ironic that Monmouth Republican Chairman Adam Puharic wants to limit the amount of dollars that come into county races given there is a mysterious, brand new Republican newspaper in Monmouth that just happens to push his party and its candidates.

All the taxpayers have taken from the Monmouth Republicans over the last few years and they still cannot manage to tell the truth about anything.

Joe Caliendo
Chairman
Middletown Democrats