North Jersey rising: with casino war raging, four-county unity alliance party draws statewide power to Meadowlands, a sign of potential power shift
At Meadowlands Racetrack on Tuesday night, the Democratic chairmen of four North Jersey counties - Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic - rode into East Rutherford for what was billed as a charity event, providing what could be a glimpse of doom to South Jersey power brokers as the war clouds of casino controversy loom over all of New Jersey.