Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Fernando A. González (born December 1, 1947) is a Democratic Party politician who was elected to the Perth Amboy, New Jersey, City Council on May 13, 2008 and took office on July 1, 2008. González, with 3,429 ballots, was the top vote-getter among five candidates for city council, leading his running mate Kenneth Balut, who got 3,347 votes; Joel Pabon, 3,049; incumbent David Szilagyi, 2,744; and Republican Maria Garcia, 776. González did not seek re-election to a second term in 2012.González served as chairman of the Perth Amboy Housing Authority, of which he has been a member since 1996, and he was previously elected to three terms (serving for nine years) on the Board of Education of the Perth Amboy Public Schools. He is also a member of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development board of directors.González and his wife, Obdulia, a retired educator who was elected to the school board in April 2009, are the parents of two adult children: Marisol, a special education teacher who works with infants and toddlers in Puerto Rico, and Daniel, an attorney practicing law in Perth Amboy.González is a graduate of City College of New York, where he served as an instructor from 1972 to 1978, and he earned a Masters degree at Kean University.González is a real estate agent with Century 21 Main Street Realty in Woodbridge, and he has previously been manager of the Weichert Office in Edison and broker/owner of DanMar Realty and Atlantic Realty in Perth Amboy.Gonzalez is considered one of the pioneers in the city's civil rights movement, owing to his activism in the early 1970s to integrate the Latino community into Perth Amboy's body politic. With Lou Cabassa, who was also a candidate for mayor in 1988, González unsuccessfully sought election to the City Council in 1976. The following year, he won the first of three consecutive terms on the Board of Education.. }
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- Fernando_González_(politician) abstract "Fernando A. González (born December 1, 1947) is a Democratic Party politician who was elected to the Perth Amboy, New Jersey, City Council on May 13, 2008 and took office on July 1, 2008. González, with 3,429 ballots, was the top vote-getter among five candidates for city council, leading his running mate Kenneth Balut, who got 3,347 votes; Joel Pabon, 3,049; incumbent David Szilagyi, 2,744; and Republican Maria Garcia, 776. González did not seek re-election to a second term in 2012.González served as chairman of the Perth Amboy Housing Authority, of which he has been a member since 1996, and he was previously elected to three terms (serving for nine years) on the Board of Education of the Perth Amboy Public Schools. He is also a member of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development board of directors.González and his wife, Obdulia, a retired educator who was elected to the school board in April 2009, are the parents of two adult children: Marisol, a special education teacher who works with infants and toddlers in Puerto Rico, and Daniel, an attorney practicing law in Perth Amboy.González is a graduate of City College of New York, where he served as an instructor from 1972 to 1978, and he earned a Masters degree at Kean University.González is a real estate agent with Century 21 Main Street Realty in Woodbridge, and he has previously been manager of the Weichert Office in Edison and broker/owner of DanMar Realty and Atlantic Realty in Perth Amboy.Gonzalez is considered one of the pioneers in the city's civil rights movement, owing to his activism in the early 1970s to integrate the Latino community into Perth Amboy's body politic. With Lou Cabassa, who was also a candidate for mayor in 1988, González unsuccessfully sought election to the City Council in 1976. The following year, he won the first of three consecutive terms on the Board of Education.".