Romney Coming to Town? No Sweat for Locals
Residents and officials also say they can't afford to attend the $5K-a-plate fundraiser.
U.S. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney may be coming to the area on Wednesday, but life in downtown Bernardsville is expected to go on pretty much as usual, even for those who might have liked a chance to meet the candidate most likely to be nominated as the Republican party's choice for president. Romney is invited, and expected to attend, a $5,000-a-plate political fundraiser hosted at the home of Bernardsville attorney Ed Deutsch, a partner in the law firm of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carptenter. The fundraiser actually is billed as supporting the campaign of N.J. Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth), who hopes to unseat U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. "I don't have that kind of money," said Somerset County Freeholder Peter Palmer, also a …
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