Crowded field vying for L.B. mayor, council
Three candidates for mayor, 21 for council in May 11 race
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer
LONG BRANCH — When the deadline passed for filing last week, a full field of candidates had committed to a late spring run at mayoral and council positions.
Three residents are running for mayor, while 21 candidates are vying for one of the five open City Council seats up for election on May 11.
Incumbent five-term Mayor Adam Schneider is being challenged by current Councilman Brian Unger and financial adviser Robert G. Krebs in the race for mayor.
On Schneider’s ticket of potential council members are current Councilwoman Mary Jane Celli, community activist Joy Bastelli, former school administrator Kathleen Billings, former Board of Education President Michael Sirianni, and Alan Menkin, president of the Long Branch Recreation Wrestling Club.
Unger’s ticket has former U.S. Marine Cpl. Kent Thornton, retired police detective Joe Mauriello, attorney John Gregory, accounts receivable specialist Sharon Wise and retired schoolteacher Diane Zuchnik.
Krebs’ ticket has local builder Dave Pizzo, substitute teacher Joseph Wayne, John Freda, a business consultant, and Don Riley, who has previously run for council.
Running as a ticket for council seats are former Long Branch Councilman John Pallone and David G. Brown II, son of a current councilman and the current director of public works and urban development for the city of Plainfield.
Others running for council are community activists Marco Diaz and Harold Cooper; former Long Branch High School track standout Michael Bland; Raul Pacheco, president of the Spanish Fraternity of Monmouth County; and Jackeline Biddle Shuler, a local attorney and former councilwoman.
City Clerk Irene Joline said the 2006 election featured three mayoral candidates and 13 council candidates.
Celli is the only current council member seeking re-election. Councilmen Michael DeStefano, David Brown and Anthony Giordano are not running for reelection.
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