Roselle Democrats Call for Chairman Atkins to Resign

Democratic elected officials and members of the Roselle Democratic Committee called on Roselle Democratic Municipal Chairman Reginald Atkins to resign after publicly urging voters not to vote for the Democratic candidates on the November ballot. They also called on Union County Democratic Chairman Sen. Nicholas Scutari to join them in demanding Atkin’s removal.

Democratic Committee member Anthony Esposito sent a letter to Union County Democratic Chair Sen. Nicholas Scutari calling on him to join in demanding the resignation or removal of Roselle Democratic Municipal Chairman Reginald Atkins as a member and Chairman of the Roselle Democratic Committee.

The letter was also sent to State Democratic Chair John Currie.

The Roselle Democratic Committee and the Union County Democratic Committee’s bylaws obligate all members to support all Democratic candidates duly nominated in a Primary Election, with the failure to do so being grounds for referral to the Executive Committee and removal from office.

They also cited Mr. Atkins’ failure to hold regular meetings, spending committee funds without an approved budget or approval from the Committee, and consistently failing to submit required reports to ELEC on a timely basis.

“Chairman Atkins has committed the most egregious act by publicly urging residents of Roselle to not vote for our Democratic municipal slate AND publicly bemoaning that the Republicans did not run a slate against our Democratic candidates. We are demanding that Chairman Atkins resign his post immediately and let the Roselle Democrats choose a leader who supports our Party, our candidates, and most importantly, the will of Roselle voters.” said Anthony Esposito, Committee Member in District 2-1.