Wednesday News Roundup and Open Thread

by: Hopeful

Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 09:14:41 AM EDT

Codey is touring the flood damage, and plans to request federal disaster aid. The Sierra Club says that development is contributing to flooding. Meanwhile, it's not over as the flood waters move downstream. Paterson has ordered evacuations.

School elections results have been compiled by nj.com. The Inquirer also has a discussion of South Jersey school budget votes.

Quinnipiac finds Corzine's approval ratings have gone up to 51%, a change attributed to his handling of taxes. The 91mph crash occurred duing the poll period and is not thought to haver had an effect on the results.

Protesters turned out to the state Department of Environmental Protection's changes to Smart Growth corridor in Salem County along I-295. They are supported by local officials.

The Delaware-New Jersey dispute over the DRBA, which operates the Delaware Memorial Bridge, was settled. There will be no toll increase this year, but there will probably be one in 2008 to fund capital projects. They limited growth in the budget to 1.5%, which is a rare feat in New Jersey.

Some think that the Atlantic City airport will grow. (Though 2005 and 2006 saw less usage than 2003 and 2004.)

NJ Transit will vote today on proposed fare increases.

Blog the Fifth speculates that Garrett may face a primary challenge from a moderate.

I notice a bit of a South Jersey bias in today's roundup, so please let me know what I missed in this Open Thread.

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More School Election links (4.00 / 1)

A breakdown of the results for Bergen and Passaic Counties is available on the front page of the Record at this link: http://www.northjers.... I'm still looking for a breakdown for southern NJ. New Jersey School Boards Association at http://www.njsba.org usually posts something comprehensive, but I noticed it is not up there yet. They do have a helpful chart of all the election results for the last ten years (1996-2006).

by: RedDesert @ Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 14:30:30 PM UTC

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On the 5th (0.00 / 0)

It's time to go full steam on this district. Of course my preference would be a good old progressive Democrat. But this time, please Dems of Northern NJ 5th, can we please run someone who HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ELECTED to an office in one of the many towns that make up the 5th?

by: BergenfieldView @ Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 16:06:39 PM UTC

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Dem Officeholder in the 5th (0.00 / 0)

I wonder how easy or not it would be to compile a list of Dem officeholders in the 5th. I wonder if NJ Dems or someplace/someone else has that info readily available.

by: Mike Sedita @ Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 17:18:20 PM UTC

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