Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 07:07:00 AM EDT
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| Christie on the defensive about Reform Jersey Now
The Governor tried to distance himself from a no-disclosure front group started by his inner circle and designed to sway public opinion to him. Says it's nice knowing somebody agrees with you "when you're you're getting hit by an $8 million 2-by-4 by the CWA and the NJEA". Sen. Steve Sweeney is introducing legislation today to force RJN to operate with more transparency: "I'm not arguing when the governor says, 'I got beaten up by all these groups.' But you knew who was beating him up."
What Reform Jersey Now sent in the mail to Hopeful.
Peel back the fake Ronald Reagan mask ... and get Richard Nixon.
The Disastrous Dismantling of Public Higher Education
Op-Ed by Gordon MacInnes on the long run of "gubernatorial indifference" to higher education .
Still sitting on the governor's desk
A $100 million homebuyer tax credit bill, designed to revitalize NJ's housing market is sitting on Christie's desk waiting to be signed.
Dems in House, Senate face growing to-do list
When Congress returns from July 4th break, there's a war to be paid for, education funds to save school jobs in NJ, bonus Medicare funding Christie's counting on and more.
6-day black bear hunt in northern NJ
The last time NJ approved a bear hunt - 2005 - so many irate animal rights advocates, hunters, farmers and homeowners showed up the hearing had to be moved to the State Museum auditorium in Trenton to accommodate everybody. This time, (relative) crickets.
No wonder the Governor wanted to dismantle SCI
Governor Christie's privatization task force says they can save over $200 million by privatizing just about everything including the toilet paper. They start off talking about privatizing the Motor Vehicle Commission. But SCI has the facts in writing on the last time we went there.
Dropping New Jerseyans from life-saving antriretroviral HIV/AIDS drugs
The new budget doesn't make room for about 1,000 people from NJ's AIDS Drug Distribution Program, who won't meet the new tighter income eligibility requirements. Most of these people, by the way, are uninsured.
N.J. Turnpike Authority warns workers of layoffs
Nearly two dozen NJ Turnpike Authority employees have been notified they could be laid off in September when their positions are eliminated, part of a plan to abolish a total of 67 this year in a budget cutting move.
Celeste Riley on why she voted for the cap
She makes a public education argument.
Newark Library Sees Drastic Cuts
After a $2.45 million cut in Mayor Booker's budget, the state's largest municipal library will see service cuts this summer including layoffs, furlough days, the permanent closing of two branches and the Main Library's opening 3 to 4 days a week.
Swastikas & racial slurs spray-painted in Monroe Twp neighborhood
Another such incident came less than a year ago there, when obscene references to President Obama and African-Americans were marked along fences of 5 families. NAACP wants this treated as a bias crime.
Did BP sell out justice for 33 New Jerseyans for windfall profit?
Senators Menendez & Lautenberg are asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a federal investigation into reports that British Petroleum was behind the early release of the Libyan national who bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 - all to secure a lucrative oil contract with Libya.
NJ-12: Rush Holt telephone Town Hall
Rush Holt will be taking constituent calls for a Q & A next Tuesday.
NJ-3: Internal poll shows John Adler ahead
Adler's poll shows 17% over Jon Runyan 51-34%, with a surprisingly high 12% for the independent candidate running with Tea Party support, Peter DeStafano.
Rest in Peace
One of our Marines, from Camden, has died in a swimming accident at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba while serving there. RIP Lance Cpl. Giovani "Gio" Cruz. He was 22.
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