05/28/2026
PART 1: Mary Lou Powner, Power, Money, and Division
Below is the link to the longer version with the full timeline, records, and context:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12THN2v1h32sVpQIc2fhNLeKridUTOAPt/view?usp=drivesdk
This did not start with Mike Crispi or Michael Calderese. It started with Mary Lou Powner.
Part 1 outlines the pattern: Mary Lou was once removed from the club, later welcomed back, and eventually helped into the role of 1st Vice President by the same people she now attacks.
Then she turned on them.
According to the organization’s history, Mary Lou pushed for a coup against then-President Ruthanne Scaturro, accused Ruthanne and her husband of corruption and financial abuse, and failed to provide proof when trustees requested it.
She was placed on probation, continued violating bylaws, was removed from leadership, and ultimately expelled from the club.
The attacks continued afterward.
The record also shows Mary Lou publicly opposing Republicans in 2013 when she wrote “Why I’m Not Voting for Sangiovanni” and supported Democrat John Ducey over Republican Joe Sangiovanni.
That is not unity or Republican leadership.
The document also raises questions about her time in government, oversight criticism tied to the agency she led, civil collection-related records, and a tax lien record tied to Mary Powner listing the creditor as the State of New Jersey with court information marked “Superior Court - Criminal.”
To be clear, we are not claiming there was a criminal conviction. But when someone spends years attacking others’ integrity, the public has a right to review her record as well.
Since her removal from the club, Mary Lou has continued promoting division, misleading narratives, and attacks against the official Brick Republican Organization. She has aligned with Mike Crispi and Michael Calderese and supported unofficial Republican-branded groups that create confusion and division.
Different names. Same attacks.
This is not reform or unity.
This is a pattern of division.
Read Part 1 and decide for yourself.
More to come.