Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S855), which requires the title of “chosen freeholder” to be changed to “county commissioner” and all “boards of chosen freeholders” to be known as “boards of county commissioners.” The bill also requires counties to update their letterheads, stationary, and other writings, as well as their websites, to bear the title of county commissioners in place of freeholders or chosen freeholders within one year of the bill’s effective date, January 1, 2021.
The bill would not require counties to update or replace signs or other writings to reflect this title change within this timeframe if doing so would require the expenditure of county funds. In these cases, the title would be changed whenever the writing is next updated or replaced in the ordinary course of business.
“We have an obligation to ensure that governance in New Jersey is inclusive and representative of the tremendous diversity of our great state,” said Governor Murphy. “Amid a national reckoning to reexamine vestiges rooted in structural racism, this action will eliminate the use of the term ‘Freeholder’ in county government— a title that is an outgrowth of a time when people of color and women were excluded from public office.”
Good to see our governor focused on the important issues facing NJ. Maybe his title should be changed also; Chief Knuckle Head.
What an ignoramus. The term “freeholder” means an owner of land and has nothing to do with slavery or racism.
o yes, we are such caring democrats, we really care about everyone’s feelings, as we allow mobs to loot and burn down democratic city’s and destroy family businesses.
it always amazes me how people actually fall for this nonsense! “we want to vote for democrat’s because they are for equality and they are caring people”. Such out right baloney! their liberal professors preach antisemitism, and socialism! they hate American values! they side with the thugs and criminals at every opportunity! They handcuff the hands of police instead of criminals , that’s right those cops that risked their lives on 9/11 to save lives, have now been thrown under the bus! They back BLM a organization that is backed by the most anti American, racist terrorist’s groups, that have only one agenda, and that’s to destroy the America we know. People are fleeing democratic city’s. New York has 30,000 empty apartments now. So how can silly liberal college kids say, we will vote for Joe and his team because they are caring???
you said it right, they are brainwashed by their liberal professors. These kids have no brain of thier own