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Executive - 2009

 

President
 -Barack Obama 
  

Vice President
 - Joe Biden 

Cabinet at whitehouse.gov,  about.com and Wikipedia 
Secretaries:
  International and Security: 
                  State: Hillary Rodham Clinton 
               Defense: Robert M. Gates  
    Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano 
      (See also Natl Security Adv & other (FBI, CIA, DNI, ... below)
   Economic: 
             Treasury: Timothy Geithner 
           Commerce: Gary Locke *
           (See also: OMB, Economic Advisors, Economic Council,
               Fed Reserve, below)
   Environment and Energy: (See also EPA & Office of the President)
                Energy: Steven Chu
               Interior: Ken Salazar 
   Domestic:
     Attorney General: Eric Holder, Jr 
           Agriculture: Tom Vilsack 
            Education: Arne Duncan 
Health & Human Svcs.: Kathleen Sebelius
              Office of the Surgeon General OSG
Housing & Urban Dev.: Shaun Donovan 
                 Labor: Hilda Solis 
        Transportation: Ray LaHood 
       Veterans Affairs: Eric Shinseki

Cabinet Rank Members:
  The Vice President: Joe Biden
      Chief of Staff: Rahm Emanuel 
           EPA Admin: Lisa Jackson 
                OMB: Peter Orszag 
 National Security Advisor: James L. Jones
    (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs)
    Serves on the Natl. Sec. Council (NSC), Chaired by the President.
 U.S. Trade Representative : Ron Kirk 
Other :
Director of Natl. Intelligence  - DNI: Ret. Admiral Dennis C. Blair
          CIA Director: Leon Panetta
          FBI Director: Robert  S. Mueller, III
Chrmn. of Joint Chiefs: Adm. Mike Mullen

  U.N. Ambassador: Susan Rice 
  Federal Reserve Chairman: Ben Bernanke
Executive Office of the President and White House Office:
National Economic Council (Lawrence Summers),
Council of Economic Advisers (Christina Romer),
Securities and Exchange Commission (Mary Schapiro),
Economic Recovery Advisory Board (Paul Volcker),
Council on Environmental Quality (Nancy Sutley), Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (Carol Browner), Office of Science & Technology Policy (John Holdren), Domestic Policy Council (Melody Barnes), Office of the First Lady, ... 
* - Nominee
(A) - Acting
(N) - Nominee
§ - Not confirmed by Senate
See: Cabinet at whitehouse.gov and  about.com.

U.S. Departments and Agencies

Legislative

Senators:

Robert Menendez (D)

Frank Lautenberg (D)

Representatives:
Congressional District Maps State, Bridgewater
7th District.

Leonard Lance

114 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5361

11th District:
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)

See also: US LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS on the Somerset Co. Page.
and New Jersey Citizens Guide to Govt. (pdf) at the League of Women Voters.

State



Jon Corzine - Govenor 

Cabnet
Legislature
District 16 (Bedminster, Bernardsville, Bernards, Bound Brook,
Branchburg, Bridgewater, Far Hills, Hillsborough, Manville,
Mendham, Millstone, Montgomery, Peapack-Gladstone, Raritan,
Rocky Hill, Somerville and South Bound Brook):
Map of Districts
Senate - 
 Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R) senbateman@njleg.org 
 Replaced Walter J. Kavanaugh
Assembly -  
 Peter J. Biondi (R)            asmbiondi@njleg.org
 Denise Coyle

Somerset County

 
Freeholders:
Peter S. Palmer - Director
Rick Fontana  - Deputy Director
Robert Zaborowski
Jack M. Ciattarelli 
Patricia L. Walsh
______
Government contacts and meeting times
at the Courier News.
Local Election Districts (pdf at c ensus.gov)- 
 Martinsville: Dist. 7,9,10,12,20,24


Bound Brook

_Bridgewater Township

Martinsville includes Bridgewater Township Election Districts 7, 12, 15, 20, 24 and parts of 9 and 10.
It includes Bridgewater Raritan School polling districts 1 and 5. 
Council

Mayor - Patricia Flannery 
 mayor@bridgewaternj.gov.
Township Council:
Howard Norgalis - President
Robert Albano 
Patrick Scaglione 
Michael Hsing 
Matthew Moench



Officials
Deputy Clerk: Linda Doyle
Attorney: Bill Savo
Others


Planning Board
Howard Norgalis - Chairman
Patricia Flannery - Mayor  
Bob Albano - Councilman
Bob Clark
William Strohmeyer
Joanne Kane
Andrew Levin 
Alan Fross
Both Knapp
Rayomnd Bodnar
Pro Open Space, Anti Sprawl, Pro renewable energy, Greenhouse gas reduction, friend of the environment.
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Environmental Scorecards
In 2006 Obama had a score of 96 and Biden 93. Both scores were lower in 2007, Obama's because of missed votes due to campaigning. (A missed vote counts as a negative vote.)

Links:
Politicker NJ
RollCall.com NJ
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Environmental Scorecards
         

Some past LCV Scores:
Millicent Fenwick (R) ('75-'81) 72, 72, 85, 87, 69 - Av. 78
Bob Franks (R) ('94-2000) 50, 38, 77, 88, 77, 69, 57 - Av. 65
Mike Ferguson (R) ('01-'07) 71, 38, 30, 45, 17, 83, 85 - Av. 53
Corzine (D) (2002-2005) 96, 84, 88, 80 Av. 87
Menendez (D) (2006-07) 100, 93 Av. 96
Lautenberg (D) (2002-2007) 89, 92, 100, 96, 89 Av. 94

last updated 24 Mar 2009
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