Felix Roque
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Felix Roque is a Cuban-American doctor, Army colonel and Democratic Party politician who is the current Mayor of West New York, New Jersey. The five-person slate he led defeated a slate headed by Mayor Silverio Vega in the May 10, 2011 general election and his running mates chose Roque to serve as the town's mayor.[1] In 2012 the Hudson Reporter named him #14 in its list of Hudson County's 50 most influential people.[2]
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2009 Recall Campaign against Silverio Vega
On June 9th, 2009, Dr. Felix Roque, along with 20 West New York residents and supporters, filed a petition with the West New York Town Clerk to recall the then incumbent Mayor Silverio Vega and his team of Commissioners. The movement that would become known as Together We Can focused on dissolving the alleged corruption that was happening in the Town of West New York. For nearly a year, Dr. Roque and a growing number of supporters of the group began campaigning for the recall of Mayor Vega and his Commissioner team while declaring he would indeed run for Mayor in the upcoming Mayoral election. On April 27 and 28 2010, the official court proceedings took place and due to a case mismanagement by Roque's attorney Arthur Neiss, Assignment Judge Maurice Gallipoli was left with no choice but to dismiss the case but not without saying that the people of West New York were not left without a solution if they chose to have one since the upcoming election was to happen on May 10th 2011. The event led Dr. Roque to immediately begin his Mayoral campaign and officially declare his candidacy for Mayor of West New York.[4]
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Political Career
In the first year as Mayor of West New York, Dr Felix Roque was able to reach out to Gov. Christie numerous times while receiving several of his visits to the Town of West New York. On December 6, 2011 Mayor Roque along with Mayor Turner of Weehawken and Mayor Stack from Union City and several other community leaders from nearby towns arranged a Town Hall style meeting with Governor Christie who addressed two bills which he quoted "would keep taxes more level", including his controversial overhaul of public pensions and benefits. [6] Along with this visit, it marked the third time in one year since the Governor had visited the town of West New York, including himself inaugurating Dr. Roque as the new Mayor on an public celebration outside of Town Hall. The achievement of attracting the attention of the Governor has been perceived by residents as a promising start for the Mayor who has always kept the faith of a supporting State administration regardless of its party lines.
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He sounds like another tool of ALEC.
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