The Jersey City Council voted 7-2 to approve Peter Vincent as the new director of the Department of Recreation Director and Youth Development after several expressed support for Tommy Best at last night’s meeting.
During the city’s caucus, it was explained that Best would become director of community relations in the department, as only HCV reported.
Tina Nalls, an aide to Ward F Councilman Frank “Educational” Gilmore who said she was speaking for herself, was among the those who endorsed Best during public comment (Gilmore said he was supporting Best in an editorial published Saturday).
“I was here when Solomon and Educational Gilmore said he [Best] would actually do a good job in that position. To see them take that away, it feels just like how it was when I was asking the other mayor for help with me doing a nonprofit in the community,” she said…