CLERKING IT

With Bloomfield Township Clerk Jan Roncelli’s retirement in 2020 pretty much a foregone conclusion, township insiders and those looking for a job are circling the wagons. Word is that former 40th District Republican candidate Malissa Bossardet, who lost in the August primary to David Wolkinson, is interested in the position. She has been asking some other local municipal clerks how she should prepare for that role. But rumor is she doesn’t care for Roncelli, after Roncelli backed Wolkinson in the primary. As one said, if Bossardet wants to win, she’ll need to sit with Roncelli and get her support – everyone else in the township will follow Roncelli’s lead.