Salem County News Roundup

by: Hopeful

Sun Jul 01, 2007 at 01:00:38 PM EDT

Youtube comes to Salem County!

Today's Sunbeam notes that the a group of farmers called Salem is Smart is posting videos to youtube:

In the beginning of June, Salem is Smart contracted a professional videographer to record various meetings of the Carneys Point Township Committee, Oldmans Township Committee, Board of Chosen Freeholders and even the state Planning Commission in Trenton, which have since been uploaded on YouTube.
The action to videotape meetings and post them on the YouTube Web site was prompted by the ongoing cross-acceptance debate with the State of New Jersey.

The taping is by GGM Productions so if you click on user ggm1977 you get the videos. (You also get some unrelated concert stuff.) As for the name, it presumably means that Salem's Smart Growth plan is better than the state's, but I've written about that dispute before.

Politics

Republican Paul Langley resigned from the Woodstown Borough Council. Oddly enough, this is the third resignation this year.

Democrats complained that independent State Senate candidate William Mead collected many signatures in Salem City from Democrats by misrepresenting his plans to run against Steve Sweeney. A judge advised them to withdraw their complaint, and they did.

There are various other minor disputes between the Republicans and the Democrats, but it's hard to get excited about them.

Environment

We have about 44 bald eagles in Salem County. The Today's Sunbeam article has to be quoted on the success of the Bald Eagles:

Able to pull off a comeback more spectacular than anything the Philadelphia Eagles have accomplished in their history,

It's all in fun, the Jets haven't won in my lifetime either.

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Youtube videos of public town council meetings is

a great service to the residents
not very important either way
an invasion of privacy for those asking questions
more fun than watching the Star Wars prequels

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