James Sonny McCullough

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  Published on: 3/22/2008    Last Visited: 3/22/2008  

  Similarly, Egg Harbor Township Mayor James "Sonny" McCullough declined to comment because he had been out of town and unaware of the file.

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  Published on: 9/25/2007    Last Visited: 9/25/2007  

  James "Sonny" McCullough and Assembly candidates Vince Polistina and John Amodeo
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  Strategy: Whelan's campaign struck first with an ad that seeks to characterize McCullough as a career politician milking the political system.
  
  Sample lines: "Who's getting rich off your property taxes?Check career politician Sonny McCullough's file.Acting Senator Sonny McCullough's multiple paychecks are costing taxpayers too much.Let's kick Sonny and his cronies off the payroll."
  
  What it looks like: The front page appears as a folder with McCullough's photo paper-clipped on the side, inviting viewers to check inside to see how McCullough is "getting rich off your property taxes."The "secret dossier" is a commonly used tactic that seeks to give viewers the impression the candidate is under investigation without stating it.
  
  Charge: McCullough pocketed six figures in government money from four different jobs.
  
  Facts: McCullough has earned four government salaries: as mayor of Egg Harbor Township, as a member of the Egg Harbor Township MUA, as a former employee of the South Jersey Transportation Authority and, since September, as a senator.A political aide to Gov.
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  Charge: "McCullough currently holds two elected offices, but recently voted for a bill that would ban this practice.The catch?The bill would exempt current dual-office holders such as himself."
  
  Facts: McCullough has held two elected offices since winning a special election in February to replace retiring state Sen.
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  The assertion that McCullough voted for a bill that exempted himself is disingenuous.McCullough voted for a Republican amendment that would have put an end to dual office holding for all lawmakers, effective Jan. 2008, but Democrats - including Whelan - voted to block the amendment.
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  McCullough then voted along with Democrats for a bill that ends dual office holding in the future but grandfathers all current dual office holders.
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  I'm not sure what (McCullough's) job at the SJTA was, but if you look at how he got it, and what I did in terms of being a public school teacher, people can draw their own conclusions as to which of those jobs had political connotations."
  
  McCullough: "I was hired by the SJTA to be a maintenance manager, and I was the first manager in every morning at 7:15.
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  It's great (for McCullough) to say I'm going to get all the money from the state for Atlantic County, but that's not going to happen.So you have working alliances with other members in the Legislature.

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  Published on: 5/30/2008    Last Visited: 5/30/2008  

  While Mayor James "Sonny" McCullough said the Township Committee presented a lean budget, he suggested trimming about $50,000 more from several different departments.

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  Published on: 1/7/2008    Last Visited: 1/7/2008  

  James McCullough, R-Atlantic, does not think that is fair.The new funding formula caps a district's increase at 20 percent per year, regardless if it deserves more.McCullough said after five years of tax hikes, the taxpayers should get a break, especially since the formula includes a state-aid increase for every district, even those taxing below their local fair share.
  
  McCullough also is mayor of Egg Harbor Township, and he has ranted for years about the impact of forced rapid growth on his town's taxes.The impact of paying for new schools is reflected in the school tax levy, which is 28 percent, or $17.4 million more than its "fair share."The new formula would give the district an additional $6.5 million in state aid for 2008-2009, the largest increase in years.But without the cap, the district would be entitled to $26.5 million next year, enough tohelp both schools and taxpayers.
  
  "If the formula should properly fund education, we should adhere to it," said McCullough, who said last week that he would not support the bill.
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  McCullough said if the state were not spending almost $860 million to ensure all districts got at least a 2 percent aid increase, it could afford to give districts like EHT what they actually deserve.He said he can sympathize with districts that might not get any aid, but does not see why his district should basically be subsidizing their costs when his taxpayers are already overburdened.
  
  "If we're going to have a real formula, and if the state is going to get its house in order, we have to do what is right, not just what gets votes," said McCullough, who will attend his last session as Senator today, but will continue his fight as mayor."We've been struggling for years.

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  Published on: 3/28/2007    Last Visited: 3/28/2007  

  James "Sonny" McCullough.
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  In addition to his Senate duties, McCullough serves as mayor of Egg Harbor Township but has said he would resign as mayor if elected to a full Senate term.
  
  Whelan said McCullough should step down now.

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  Published on: 10/28/2007    Last Visited: 10/28/2007  

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  McCullough was appointed eight months ago to fill Gormley's unexpired term.
  
  McCullough is a people-oriented and popular politician.But he's more a constant critic than a thoughtful problem-solver.He spent much of his time as Egg Harbor Township mayor railing against the Pinelands Commission rather than working with the agency to find creative solutions.He's spent much of his time in the Statehouse and on the campaign trail criticizing Democrats.That record doesn't suggest he could work in a bipartisan fashion to push Atlantic County's interests.

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  Published on: 11/3/2007    Last Visited: 11/3/2007  

  McCullough, Whelan share more than desire to win
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  On a cold, snowy December day a few years ago, a longtime friend of McCullough's stopped by his home to wish him a merry Christmas.But the Egg Harbor Township mayor wasn't there.
  
  Moments before, McCullough had been seen walking down to the dock behind his home in the section of Egg Harbor Township near Longport.He and his son were bailing out the snow that covered his fishing boat.
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  His father, the elder James McCullough, maintained the family's political legacy as a behind-the-scenes supporter of former political boss and state Sen.
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  Born in 1948 in Philadelphia, Whelan's love for the ocean was developed through his father, also named James, who always craved the seashore and routinely boarded an Atlantic City-bound bus with his wife and four children to stay at a home they rented on Sewell Avenue.
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  Like Whelan, McCullough also worked to move his municipality forward while also trying to preserve its original identity.
  
  But he had a formidable opponent in the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, which he blamed for creating overcrowded schools, traffic congestion and a loss of rural charm because of its insistence on dense development in the township.He sued the commission in 1989, but the lawsuit was later thrown out.
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  McCullough was elected to the Egg Harbor Township Committee in 1986 and was later chosen by his fellow committee members as mayor for all but three years since 1988.

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  Published on: 10/28/2007    Last Visited: 10/28/2007  

  James "Sonny" McCullough and Democratic Assemblyman James Whelan is considered the tightest state Senate race in New Jersey.
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  McCullough, the longtime mayor of Egg Harbor Township, won a special election of the Atlantic County Republican Party Committee earlier this year and filled a seat left vacant by the retirement of state Sen.

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  Published on: 10/16/2007    Last Visited: 10/16/2007  

  James "Sonny" McCullough, is the longtime mayor of Egg Harbor Township, located 14 miles south of Egg Harbor City." /> >
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  James "Sonny" McCullough, is the longtime mayor of Egg Harbor Township, located 14 miles south of Egg Harbor City.
  
  Tittel, who never recognized his gaffe, has nonetheless been a longtime critic of McCullough's handling of development.
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  Tittel praised Whelan for taking a lead on global warming and open-space issues and accused McCullough of complaining about overdevelopment problems but not working to alleviate them.
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  McCullough, who has long placed the blame for overdevelopment in his township on the Pinelands Commission, said Tittel lied about his record.
  
  "It's probably the first time he's been in Egg Harbor Township," McCullough said."He never came down to help us.He comes down for press conferences to bang me around."
  
  Tittel is not alone in faulting McCullough for not doing a better job preparing his town for the growth forced upon it by the Pinelands Commission.
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  The Sierra Club president said McCullough fought timed-growth legislation that would have slowed down the pace of new construction and fought from the outset a moratorium that would have brought development in Atlantic County's growth municipalities to a temporary halt.He also said McCullough originally fought the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan because it would not have allowed for enough development.
  
  Press of Atlantic City archives tell another story.When the moratorium was issued, McCullough called it a "godsend" and asked then-Gov.
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  Archives also show McCullough publicly criticized the Pinelands Comprehensive Growth Management Plan from the outset on the grounds it would overburden the town with development.
  
  "Whether it was a Democratic or Republican administration, our concern was overdevelopment," McCullough said.
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  Development in Egg Harbor Township could prove a defining issue for McCullough in his run for Senate.
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  "We have tried to slow down development," McCullough said."The south jersey builders league has sued us.The south jersey developers have not been a friend to Sonny McCullough."
  
  McCullough also noted that future growth numbers in Egg Harbor Township have been reduced from 33,000 housing units to 22,000.
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  McCullough, ironically, recently faulted Gormley for not doing enough to assist Egg Harbor Township with Pinelands growth issues.

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  Published on: 9/5/2007    Last Visited: 9/5/2007  

  James "Sonny" McCullough, the longtime Egg Harbor Township mayor who won his Senate seat in a March special election.
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  Gormley's choice to replace him - Assemblyman Frank Blee - lost a special election to McCullough, who promised to open up opportunities for Republicans who had been shut out by Gormley.
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  But before McCullough can bring in new Republicans, he will have to keep Democrats out.
  
  Key party figures on both sides of the aisle - from Chiarello to former Assemblyman Ed Kline, now a key fundraiser for McCullough - said Gormley singlehandedly kept Democrats in Trenton from spending big money on Atlantic County races for years.
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  The Republican Party now turns to McCullough, Asselta and Levinson - three competitors who face the toughest challenges of their political careers.

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