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In the Assembly, Stack serves on the Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committee and the Transportation Committee. Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly . Stack represents the 33rd Legislative District together with Assemblyman Albio Sires and Senator Bernard Kenny . A lifelong resident of Union City, Stack attended Emerson High School . He is married to Katya Stack. Stack later rose to prominence as the leader of a civic organization called Union City First, and for his public criticism of the administration of Mayor Rudy Garcia, whom Stack replaced as mayor in a 2000 Recall Election . He attained the position after the Union City Board of Commissioners appointed him commissioner following Garcia’s resignation. He served as a Commissioner from 1997 - 1998 , was elected to the Board of Commissioners in a special election in November 2001 and in May 2002 he ran unopposed. Stack simultaneously won the Union City seat on the Hudson County Board Of Chosen Freeholders where he served until his election to the Assembly. Since 2004 , he has also served in the General Assembly, and was reelected in 2005 . Mayor Stack has dedicated much of his time as Mayor to quality of life issues in Union City. His biggest initiative, closing local bars at 2 am instead of 3 am, has gained support from local police and city residents, though understandable opposition from local tavern owners. Most references to Stack in Union City’s local Newspaper , The ''Union City Reporter'', tend to be positive. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION CONTROVERSY Stack and the Union City police were the subject of controversy in July 2005 when it was discovered that Stack had received two campaign contributions totalling $3,500 from Luisa Medrano, a tavern owner indicted on 31 counts for running an illegal immigrant smuggling ring out of her two Bergenline Ave taverns, El Puerto de la Union II in Guttenberg , and El Paisano Bar and Nightclub in Union City. Medrano was accused of smuggling young women from Honduras , forcing them to work in bars for little money to pay off their smuggling debts, often incurring physical, emotional and sexual abuse during the operation. [http://www.ice.gov/text/news/insideice/articles/insideice_080305_Web2.htm] Stack responded by asserting that he does not accept contributions from bars and establishments, and explained that "[Medrano] used her name and address in Fairview. We make it practice of not accepting donations from bar owners or establishments, and we do not accept cash." Stack pointed out that Medrano's establishments were not mentioned on the form with which she made the donations, and that he decided to donate the money to the Battered Women's Shelter of Hudson County once the donations were revealed, claiming that in addition to not being aware of the source of the money, he was unaware of the illicit activities going on in the bars. Stack also defended the Union City Police, who are assigned to watch the taverns for quality of life reasons, and who incurred criticism for their apparent ignorance of the goings-on in the taverns, on the same basis, arguing that they only patrolled the streets, but did not enter the taverns when they did so, and thus, could not see what occurred in them. Some critics remained skeptical of Stack's position, such as then- School Construction Corporation for $1.48 million, after Lopez had already gotten zoning approval and began advertisement for Condominium s to be built on it. Stack also claimed he was unaware of that donation, stated that that money was donated to the PERC Homeless Shelter, and that Valdes’ comments were merely political-motivated. {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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