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West New York mayor’s race: On Bergenline Avenue, election stirs distrust and disdain

WEST NEW YORK - If an outside observer wanted to take the local pulse of politics by asking questions on Bergenline Avenue, West New York's main artery, the day before the Hudson County town's municipal election, what they might find is a steady beat of discontent with politics in general.

By Mark Bonamo

The PolitickerNJ Interview: Count Wiley

A chiropractor by trade, West New York Commissioner Count Wiley thinks he's got what it takes to straighten out West New York and take out incumbent Mayor Felix Roque. Wiley sized up Roque in an interview as he looked at the issues facing the Hudson County town.

By Mark Bonamo

The PolitickerNJ Interview: Felix Roque

Days away from facing voters in the May 12 municipal election, West New York Mayor Felix Roque addressed the issues that have arisen in a classically contentious Hudson County political campaign. Roque talked about a lifetime trip that has taken him from his boyhood home in Cuba to a career as a doctor and a second career in political life.

By Mark Bonamo