Proponents of a change of government to a ward system with direct election of the mayor have filed suit to overturn the ruling of city attorney Frederick Raffetto [above] that their petition to force a referendum on the issue is invalid. The appeal was filed by attorney Christopher Iavarone of Toms River, according to political […]

Led by Councilman John Loffredo and Mayor Ed Johnson, both shown above, the city council introduced an ordinance last night to establish an elected commission to review the city’s form of government — with the power to submit changes to voters that would scuttle a system believed to date back to the 1920s. “It’s time,” Loffredo immediately stated when the matter was brought […]

The city council is now reviewing whether to ask voters to establish a charter study commission to consider changes to Asbury Park’s form of government. But that decision would not just put the question of establishing a five-member charter study commission on the ballot in November. It could also stop some of the council’s political […]