The New York ObserverBetabeatPolitickerGalleristNYCommercialVSLPolitickerNJ.comLoginSearchSearch this site:Home | Resources | Wake-Up Call | PolitickerNJ Wire Feed | Back RoomTop Stories   Law firm ends relationship with Bergen County one month after freeholder vote calling for Samson's resignation Monmouth Poll: Christie job approval at 51%New pro-Jeffries TV spot featuring Donald Payne Jr. hits Newark airwavesTrying to run as a local version of Obama, Jones runs into Gilmore at Paterson forumCD 3 Republican primary in full swingOpinion: The Open “Gate” To Legal FeesLaw firm ends relationship with Bergen County one month after freeholder vote calling for Samson's resignationBy Mark Bonamo    | April 2nd, 2014 - 8:09pmHACKENSACK - Wolff & Samson, the law firm of former Port Authority Chairman David Samson, informed Bergen County officials last month that it felt it should no longer be representing the county, according to both Bergen County officials and the firm. The Bergen officials confirmed that the professional relationship ended earlier this week, almost one month after a vote by the Bergen freeholders calling for Samson's resignation.               Read More >Trying to run as a local version of Obama, Jones runs into Gilmore at Paterson forumBy Max Pizarro    | April 2nd, 2014 - 6:30pmPATERSON – On a prominently placed table in the mayor’s office stands a framed picture of President Barack Obama and Mayor Jeff Jones, snapped the day the president visited Paterson in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.While the picture shows the mayor in easy proximity to the nation’s chief executive, it also carries a painful reminder to some observers of what Jones detractors cite as his downfall, when he and others in his administration collected hefty overtime checks for work rendered during the 2011 storm.But to Jones, the connection to Obama runs deeper, and the badge of honor, what others call failure, links him no less powerfully: namely the motivation by others to destroy him politically and his and Obama’s mutual unwillingness to surrender. To hear the mayor and his allies tell it, Obama had Mitch McConnell and the GOP assuring federal wreckage, and Jones had the Paterson City Council dooming the local administration.As Obama’s approval rating skids into the low 30s and Jones tries to conjure a second four-year term with time ticking down until May 13th, another inevitable comparison arises when people consider his tenure: the academic temperament Obama and Jones share, which invariably leads to conclusions about lack of executive ability.              Read More >Newark mayor's race: Jeffries calls for Baraka bus burning fugitive to "turn himself in" and for "thorough investigation"By Mark Bonamo    | April 2nd, 2014 - 5:10pmNEWARK - Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries responded to concerns raised following the issuing of an arrest warrant on Monday by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office for a man w