^Wong, Edward (October 25, 2000). "Mayor of Union City Resigns Under Fire; Rival Replaces Him". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2022. The embattled mayor of Union City, N.J., resigned yesterday, allowing a county official who had been pushing for a mayoral recall election to take office. Mayor Raul Garcia, who has been under fire recently for his economic decisions and his political ambitions, handed his resignation to the city clerk at 3 p.m. Four hours later, Brian Stack, a Hudson County freeholder, was appointed by the Union City Board of Commissioners to the office abandoned by Mr. Garcia.
^Pizarro, Max. "Brian P. Stack: 33rd District State Senate Candidate". PolitickerNJ. May 23, 2007. Accessed January 28, 2012. "A textbook example of a guy who was taken in by the machine, who realized early the only way to survive in Hudson County politics is to build your own machine as a leveraging force, the Union City mayor (and assemblyman) stands to become the most powerful elected official in Hudson County if he prevails against the Hudson County Democratic Organization."
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