Marriage Equality advocates pack Doherty's swearing-in
Mike Doherty, far-right opponent of marriage equality, was sworn in today to the NJ Senate, under the gaze of the very people whose rights he wants to deny.
Just when it's getting fun to be a Democrat in Trenton
NJ just became the last state in the country to authorize police to use stun guns. Kids, don't try this at home.
NJ to Gov.-elect Christie: Cut spending
Q-poll: 75% say freeze public employee wages (Dems agree, as do union households). State worker layoffs rate high, as do cutting programs and services.
Not going to get pushed off the public option
Sen. Bob Menendez says he will push for the public option despite filibuster threats - good. But he also favors a trigger option - less good.
Atlantic City's economic slump and continuing troubles
Dirty, blighted, and with a bad rep for crime it may no longer deserve, AC got the first of 2 summits this week to regain the destination status it was built for.
Taxpayers are helping fund NJ Association of Counties
A republican political consultant faces deception charges from robo-calls during the NJ-40 Republican primary when he was working for the challengers but set up the calls to sound like they came from incumbent GOP Assemblyman Scott Rumana.
Local News
Middlesex County: Shared services director, no shared services director, then shared services director again.
Bayonne: Councilman Terry Ruane may be in a little ELEC hot water.
Stafford Twp: In a first-in-the-state move, may regulate fertilizers to keep the pollutants from running into Barnegat Bay.
Mahway: Route 17 truck stop on the agenda for a special meeting.
Warren & Hunterdon: With Mike Doherty now sworn in as Senator, GOP county commmittee members convene Dec. 5 to fill his vacant Assembly seat are expected to select Freeholder Erik Peterson.
Chatham: Green squigglies will push through the earth in a new Community Garden, as early as next Spring.
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