Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NJ’s governor and Cory Booker channel Seinfeld in video parody for correspondents show.
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show.
Measure aimed at staving off 'relentless' toll increases, assemblyman says
A group of Ocean County state legislators have proposed a bill that would allow commuters to claim a tax credit if they spend $1,000 or more on highway tolls per year. Sen. Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Greg McGuckin (all R-10) proposed the bill in their respective chambers Tuesday. If it becomes law, commuters would be able to receive a $1,000 state income tax credit if their E-ZPass toll accounts register $1,000 or more in toll payments in a given year. Holzapfel said the law is aimed at providing relief for commuters who have seen "relentless" toll increases in recent years. "By providing commuters with a means to offset a portion of their commuting costs, our bill recognizes that these taxpayers are paying more than …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Cinnaminson's public safety director calls Global Connect a "much better" system.
Last year, a hurricane hit Cinnaminson, a string of burglaries affected township homes and accidents shut down roads. But since the township’s emergency notification phone system had been down for quite some time, residents didn’t receive the voice messages they were so used to. Now, Cinnaminson residents can rely on those emergency phone calls; the Cinnaminson Police Department and other officials have begun using Global Connect, an emergency notification system. It gives the township the ability to call thousands of people within minutes. “It’s much better than the system we had before,” said Public Safety Director Michael P. King. “If there are burglaries in one section of town, we can notify them first, then do the entire town so …
The free seminar for parents and members of the public will focus on the ramifications of bullying.
The New Jersey Judiciary submitted the following news release: The Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington Vicinage Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns will hold a seminar on anti-bullying awareness on Wednesday, May 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Eastampton Community School, 1 Student Lane, Eastampton. Parents and members of the public are invited to attend this free program. Light refreshments will be served. The program will provide up-to-date information on bullying and its ramifications in the legal, psychological, educational and law enforcement fields. Speakers will include Ambrose Duckett III, assistant principal of the Eastampton Community School; Dr. Joy Duckett, a psychologist; Ptl. Daniel Snyder, Eastampton Police …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Republican legislators propose naming a highway in northwestern New Jersey for the nation's 40th president.
"The Great Communicator" may soon have a stretch of New Jersey highway named after him. Under a bill introduced earlier this year by Republican legislators in the Democrat-controlled Assembly, the late President Ronald Reagan would have a state highway in northwestern New Jersey named in his honor, according to a Star-Ledger article. Only one former president—Warren Harding—has received such as an accolade in New Jersey, with a 4-mile section of Route 48 in Salem County named in his honor, according to the article. If approved by the state Assembly and Senate, and then signed by Gov. Christopher J. Christie, the proposed legislation would designate Route 15, a 19.5-mile state highway in northwestern New Jersey, as the "Ronald Reagan …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The New Jersey Legislature bill concerns sex offenders and those who harbor them.
"Jessica's Law"—a bill that would require electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders—could advance in the New Jersey Senate when it comes up for a committee vote on June 4, an activist said. The bill (S-380) concerns the sentencing of sex offenders and those who harbor them. It seeks to create child protection zones. After a long battle for a vote, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee is due to consider the measure next month, said Galloway resident Anna Jezycki, who has fought for the measure to become law. “I spoke with Sen. (Donald) Norcross last week and he told me it would come before a vote June 4,” Jezycki said. “There’s a couple of (bills) out there, but the one we’re standing behind is coming up for a vote.” A …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Deputy Mayor Anthony Minniti said Lutheran Social Ministries' project is a great fit for the township.
Now that final site plans have been approved for Lutheran Social Ministries (LSM) to transform the old Cinnaminson Home, the township gets what it wanted in the first place—affordable housing obligations, the preservation of a historical structure and most important, a good neighbor. Two weeks ago, professionals associated with LSM, a nonprofit housing development organization, had its site plans finalized at the zoning board meeting to open 55 units of affordable senior housing on Riverton Road, where the former Cinnaminson Home now sits vacant. The road was long to not only choose a tenant, but to get the project moving despite some snags. The history In the mid-2000s, the group of Quaker women who ran the home closed it. Since they …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Conservatives are pleased, but one Democratic critic thinks Christie's veto is just to "burnish his conservative credentials" for a possible VP run with Mitt Romney.
After months of mulling his options, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed state legislation Thursday that would have established a health insurance exchange in New Jersey, a fundamental step in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—known coloquially as "Obamacare"—in the state . Christie had until Thursday, May 10, to make a decision on Assembly Bill #2171, passed by the state Legislature in March, or the bill would have become law, with or without his signature. Christie said that because the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take on issue in March, just 10 days after the New Jersey Assembly passed the health exchange bill, the Affordable Care Act "might not survive [legal] scrutiny." "Because it is not known whether the …
Several West Branch Woods homeowners are infringing on township land and the town is compelling them to move structures that have been up for years.
Some township residents aren’t happy with news they received last month that their fences, sheds and even sandboxes are allegedly encroaching on land that isn’t theirs. And now Cinnaminson wants that land back. Seven residents on Maureen and Delores drives, in the township’s West Branch Woods section, were given less than three weeks to comply with a township request for removal. The homeowners aren't just irate over the timing, but also the reason. “It aggravates me because they decided to pick and choose,” said six-year Maureen Drive resident Joe Congemi. “I just don’t think it’s right.” In mid-April, the township sent letters to residents whose encroachments jutted into the field behind Maureen and Delores drives. That large field is …
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About half of poll respondents approve of President Obama's job performance.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind . Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll—especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …
jaime
5:16 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
if you were from Newark you would not be saying the same thing. shoveling snow is just a political game and running into a burning building come on that cop that was there should lose his job. what happened to protect and serve was that cop scared. to me something smells fishy with that story and Booker what have you done for the east ward in you city that pays the highest rate of property tax. more ›