Teaching People How to Work for Themselves Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson is steadfast in her goal to teach African American Christians to be entrepreneurs in their own right. With many years of experience in local, federal and state levels of politics and business practices, Frances is outspoken and believes she can make a change in the world around her.

A second generation in Jersey City, Frances believes she could offer a different perspective on history and the people in the city. A graduate of PS-14 and Snyder High School, she received her masters degree at Rutgers University. She was the first African American female elected to serve on the city council during the coalition of African Americans to replace the late Glenn D. Cunningham when he became council president.>

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L. Harvey Smith
Undersheriff Hudson County
Former Mayor Jersey City - Former State Senator

As a citizen of this great country, you have witnessed quite a bit of historically important decisions, both good and bad, in the past four years. Whether these decisions were made on the Federal, State, County or Local level, they have impacted your life. The people entrusted to make these decisions are the people you have elected to office. Whether satisfied or dissatisfied with these individuals presently holding public office, your opportunity to remain with the Status Quo or to make changes is fast approaching.

Another crucial election is fast approaching, and you must be prepared to participate. Please join me on Election Day, and let us cast our votes for the individual candidates that we feel most comfortable with, the candidates that we will trust with making any future decisions that will affect our lives. I hope the following information will be helpful in making your Election Day an enjoyable experience. This information can be found in its entirety at www.state.nj.us/oag/elections/vote_id_req.html

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Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise joins the County Executive of Oberhavel Germany Karl-Heinz Schroter and County Freeholder Jeff Dublin in commemorating 911.

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