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: Al Sullivan

: Hudson Reporter
: 09/15/05

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: In the aftermath of the untimely death of Mayor Glenn Cunningham, some people believed Rep. Menendez and State Senator Bernard Kenny would rule the roost. But politics in Hudson County has always been based on betrayal and fracturing of interests. No sooner had the political smoke cleared after Cunningham's death, then new factions began to emerge - with Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and his supporters breaking away from Menendez in their own effort to bring the seat of Democratic power back to Jersey City. 

: DeGise, his chief of staff, Councilman Bill Gaughan, and political hit man Buddy Demellier orchestrated their own revolt and backed Healy for mayor - thinking perhaps that they could control Jersey City, and thus eventually inherit control of the Hudson County Democratic Organization, wresting the chairmanship away from Kenny. 

: One small factor they didn't figure on: Healy being his own man. 

: Insiders claim Healy won't take orders, and if Kenny leaves as chairman, Healy could possibly take the role because he is one of the few figures in Jersey City who seems to unite the city's various ethnic factions. Healy, according to his supporters, also enjoys a good relationship with the county's political elite such as Bayonne's Mayor and State Sen. Joseph Doria, North Bergen Mayor and State Senator Nicholas Sacco, and Kenny. While Healy and Menendez apparently don't always see eye to eye politically, insiders claim they can work out their differences. 

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