Democratic “Party” Turns Into Another Near Physical Assault Following Axis Of Greed Township Reorganization As John Furey’s Brother Gerard Is Confronted By Defeated Candidate Thomas Rodgers.

Rodgers And Democratic Boss “Doctor” Moriarty Had Police Ask Gerard Furey To Leave The Party At Basil T’s Celebrating Installation Of Rich Larsen, Even Though Gerard’s Entire Family was there, and Only Apparent Misdeed Was His Criticism Of Rodgers For Rubber Stamping Moriarty's Policy Of Ridiculing Anyone Who Disagrees With Him

“Doctor” Moriarty’s Loyalty Demands Are The Apparent Super Catalyst In Democrat Blood Feud Pitting Brother Against Brother And Friend Against Friend As Change Of Government Election Looms

Latest Altercation Follows Near Physical Election Night Attack By Moriarty Clone Jeff Horn On Senator John F. Russo With Accusations Of Bullet Vote Campaign For Larsen

OceanCountyPolitics•Com has learned that another situation in the Democratic Civil War in Dover Township turned to near violence after the January 2nd township committee reorganization as Gerard Furey, brother of township committeeman John Furey, was challenged to a fist fight by defeated Democratic candidate Thomas Rodgers at a party for Democratic faithful at Basil T’s restaurant.

Gerard Furey’s crime against the regular Democrats was his desire to remain neutral in the dispute between his friend John Russo Jr. and his Brother Committeeman John Furey as the lame duck township committee appointed Russo Jr. Mayor for 2003.

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Gerard Furey and Russo Jr. have been friends for many years and the elder brother Furey was deeply saddened by the separation of the Russo Furey Team. which infuriated Rodgers and Party boss Jack Moriarty. Chose to remain neutral over Russo Jr's selection as mayor, a turn of events which infuriated Rodgers and party Boss “Doctor” Jack Moriarty.

Moriarty Is Still Operating TheRussoWatch•Com Web Site

Moriarty is the operator of a WebSite called TheRussoWatch•Com which is critical of Russo Jr. and his father, former Senator John Russo Sr.

In the Basil T’s incident,  Gerard Furey entered the restaurant and was immediately confronted by Rodgers who threatened to start a fist fight because Gerard was continuing his friendship with Russo Jr.

Gerard Furey accepted Rodgers' challenge, but Rodgers was apparently quick to back down. At that point, the elder brother Furey said he was told by Moriarty to "take my walking papers and leave." "I am not welcome at a party my entire family is at?", he asked Moriarty. "That's right," he was told.

"I never supported one over the other - I supported the Russo-Furey team equally," Gerard Furey said.

Before he really knew what was happening, the police were summoned by Moriarty for the sole purpose of ejecting him from the party, an OCPolitics Correspondent noted.

The Basil T’s episode is similar to an election night incident where one of Moriarty’s chief attendants initiated what amounted to a near physical attack on Democratic Senator John Russo Sr.

Democratic Chairman Horn Accuses Senator
Of “Bullet Vote Campaign”

Violently shaking his finger and menacing the former Senator, Moriarty follower Jeff Horn, the municipal Democratic chairman, allegedly attacked Sen. Russo for what he called “a bullet vote campaign that cost Tom Rodgers the election”, a charge the Russos have denied.

Young Russo and Moriarty were colleagues and shared office space until early last year, but Moriarty’s passion for surrounding himself with people he can control, to the detriment of a serious program, finally ended the relationship.

Many believe strong issues were available last year which could have devastated the GOP, but Moriarty and his candidates put together a weak campaign effort that emphasized a big profit for Moriarty who doubles as publicist and campaign strategist, but came up very short on real substance.

Lack Of Moriarty Credibility Produced Very Close Election

The result was a close election which should have been an easy Democratic victory with two winners instead of one. Some observers believe it was the public greed of losing GOP candidate Virginia Haines that enabled the Democrats to win even one seat as Richard Larsen won a close victory.

The rest is history as bad blood among Democrats threw away their first opportunity in more than twenty years to control the patronage and the local government in Dover Township, as Russo Jr. and the two remaining GOP committee members forged a coalition that now controls patronage and appointments.

John Furey Will Be A Candidate For Mayor

In other exciting news, the Asbury Park Press gave six column inches to Committeeman John Furey’s announcement that he would be the Regular Democrat candidate for mayor in the change of government primary election to be held June 3rd. The Press article noted that the Russos “have been critical of Dover Democratic Club President Jack Moriarty’s leadership, saying the campaign strategist forces Democrats to support his views or risk being ostracized.” Only 1.4 of the six column inches in the Press article actually mentioned Furey.

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