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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Cranford Is Denied Motion in Birchwood Fight

Attorney for the township argued that the court's special master was biased because of her past affordable housing advocacy work.

At yesterday's Union County Superior Court hearing in the Birchwood development case, Judge Lisa Chrystal denied the township's motion for a new trial. The judge also scheduled a hearing on the final site plan approval for the 360-unit affordable housing project for early next year. On Monday, Township Attorney Phil Morin argued that comments made by Special Court Master Elizabeth McKenzie in support of affordable housing cast doubt on her impartiality in the case, and thus warranted a reappointment and new trial. The comments were contained in emails. Still, the other side argued that McKenzie's past affordable housing work did not have an affect on her recommendations to the township. "This is not the sort of bias that one would expect…

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Former Cranford Mayor to Help Run College

Gov. Christie appoints GOP County Chair to Union County College Board

Gov. Chris Christie appointed Union County Republican Chairman Phil Morin to the board of trustees of Union County College, according to a statement from the governor's office. Morin, who has served as county GOP chief since 2004, will join the UCC board immediately as Senate confirmation is not needed for the unpaid post. Christie announced the appointment Monday alongside appointments to four other county college boards, several policy making boards and the renomination of Anne Patterson as a state Supreme Court Justice. Morin is a partner with the law firm of Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt and Fader, the same firm as former Gov. Jim Florio. He specializes in land use and redevelopment law. He served two terms on the Cranford Township …

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