Successful small business owner and 2025 gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli joined with Monmouth County Commissioner Director Thomas Arnone today to call on the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control to abandon its efforts to revoke the liquor licenses issued to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Somerset County, and Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, Monmouth County.

Prior to running for Governor, Ciattarelli represented Somerset County in the State Assembly and on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

In a joint letter addressed to Attorney General Platkin and ABC Director Krueger, Ciattarelli and Arnone stated, “No one following this truly believes that these businesses are being so aggressively targeted and publicly dragged through the mud for any other reason than the name of the family associated with these golf clubs.”

“As residents and taxpayers – as well as former and current elected officials representing Somerset and Monmouth Counties, respectively – we urge you to not allow partisan politics to impact the livelihoods of the several hundred working class New Jersey residents employed at both golf clubs. These men and women depend on each club’s continued operations to keep a roof over their heads, put food on their tables, care for aging relatives, and send their children to college or trade school,” the letter continued.

Hearings initially scheduled for this summer on this matter were postponed as the State continues to pursue the revocation.

Full text of the joint letter is attached.