Pellegrini gave the officer two names: Nick Romano, a former chair of the Millburn Democratic Party, and David Cosgrove, a current township councilmember. NJ Transit strictly prohibits the posting of political flyers and signs on its property and transit staff is instructed to remove anything it sees. A Democratic official in Millburn, New Jersey is accusing a local Republican leader of filing a false police report against him in an episode that shows just how divisive the township's politics have become. Earlier this year, Republicans had added a referendum to the ballot that would have allowed local candidates to run unaffiliated from their political party. Millburn Republicans said the switch would eliminate some of the divisiveness in today’s party politics.