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The latest release from the GOP candidates for Freeholder in Burlington County speaks volumes about their own GOP Freeholder Leadership: Garganio & O'Brien Call Budget Process "A Mess; " This is the budget that their own Republican counterparts they want to join on the board crafted. Here's how the candidates described things as they continued: Pointing to spotty, unreliable revenue informat...
Blue Jersey - 12:20 p.m.
Holiday Weekend New Jerseyans from Bergen to Cape May celebrated the Fourth of July. Some of this country's newest citizens as well as those hoping to become citizens also enjoyed the Fourth . Even the teabaggers had some fun yesterday. Campaign roundup Chris Christie's anti-labor platform is helping Governor Corzine win union support . Democratic leaders are reportedly ...
Blue Jersey - 9:46 a.m. - 3 clicks 
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is famous for his dedication, his drive and his general lack of sleep (the guy frequently whispers sweet nothings to his coffee via Twitter). He's always on. He's a pragmatist's reformer, not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. And he's making a significant dent in Newark's crime rates... a significant and personal dent. There's that time in 2006 when he and h...
Blue Jersey - 8:44 a.m. - 3 clicks
Today is the day. People have been waiting for years to re-open the crown to the Statue of Liberty and that time has come. The Star Ledger had this great shot of visitors back in the crown today: Photo by John Munson/The Star-Ledger Senator Menendez joined in the re-opening and sent out this tweet following: Cut ribbon too reopen crown to Statute of Liberty with Sec. Salazar. ...
Blue Jersey - Sat 9:24 a.m. - 7 clicks
A lot of people are wondering why Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska. Here's one answer : The head of the Republican Governor's Association said on Friday that in emails sent to him moments before she announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin discussed expanding the role she played in the Republican Party. "Part of her decision is she wants to spend more time c...
Blue Jersey - Fri 10:02 p.m. - 2 clicks
I have just received word that Middletown's current budget fiasco may soon be over. The Township Clerk has sent out a notice via email that The Township Committee will be holding a public hearing and vote on the Calender Year Budget for 2009 on Monday July 13th. The meeting will be in the court room and will begin at 7pm. One of the more interesting pieces of information that I have heard con...
MiddletownMike - Thu 2:54 p.m.
Today July 2, 2009 marks the 183rd day that Middletown has operated without an approved budget. July marks the 7th month in a row now inwhich the Township has had to issue a resolution to approve a temporary operating budget, 60% of the as yet approved FY 2009 has now been allocated without any budget savings. ...
MiddletownMike - Thu 5:40 a.m. - 2 clicks
President Obama will be coming to New Jersey on July 16th to give the Corzine campaign a lift. The President will join the Governor and other dignitaries in New Brunswick, at Voorhees Mall on the campus of Rutgers University. In the email that announced the President's visit Governor Corzine states: " I've written to you before about the importance of keeping our hard-won progressive vic...
MiddletownMike - Wed 12:07 p.m. - 6 clicks
Today July 1, 2009 marks the 182 day of the year. It also happens to be the 182 day of the year that Middletown has operated without a budget. When will Middletown adopt its budget? Rumor has it that later this month the Township Committee will be rescheduling the May 20th budget hearing that was cancelled due to the sudden illness (termination) of Township CFO Richard Wright. After months of te...
MiddletownMike - Wed 3:42 a.m.
After reading Kid Radical`s post on Michael Jackson, which so elegantly summed up his youth in relation to the phenomena that was MJ, I got to thinking about eighth grade. I did not grow up in a mill town like KR, but in a small commuter suburb, Rutherford, about 30 minutes outside the greatest city in the world, New York. The town was, in some ways, millions of miles away from the Behemoth App...
the subversive garden - Tue 1:40 p.m. - 5 clicks
If you didn't catch Congressman Frank Pallone on Fox News this morning, he was talking about the American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed in the House last week. Pallone appeared with fellow House Committee on Energy and Commerce member Steve Scalise (R) of Louisiana to discuss the passage of the bill. Congressman Pallone said that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created and t...
MiddletownMike - Mon 8:22 a.m. - 2 clicks
Press Release- (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today supported H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which the House passed today. Below is his floor remarks. I rise today in support of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. For years, the consensus in the scientific community has been that the release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosph...
MiddletownMike - Mon 2:53 a.m. - 4 clicks
Congressman Frank Pallone testified in front of the congressional panel investigating the allegations against Chris Christie's questionable use of deferred prosecution agreements while acting as U.S Attorney. ...
MiddletownMike - Jun 26 - 4 clicks
Governor Jon Corzine's campaign manager Maggie Moran gives a video update about the campaign. ...
MiddletownMike - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
“When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in these works!” Psalm 104: 30-31 Last month Tom Mahedy and I visited Sacred Heart in Camden as a scouting trip prior to the Fall Assembly and to lay the ground work for a partnership with the Sacred Heart Peace Community. We both left our ...
Pax Christi Summit - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
Healthcare. What a loaded word. As someone who has had her share of surgeries and most recently a surprise nearly two week stay at Hackensack University Medical Center, (which is why I haven’t been blogging recently) I have had quite some time and experience to spend thinking about this topic. It’s hard to know where [...]...
Garden State Politics - Jun 25 - 7 clicks
As a federal attorney, Chris Christie forced numerous political figures to sit down under oath and answer questions. Now the shoe is on the other foot – and Christie doesn’t like the fit: Christie, who spent seven years as the state’s top federal prosecutor before challenging Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in the fall election, is [...]...
Garden State Politics - Jun 25 - 7 clicks
"I think very highly of Jon Corzine. I think he's a terrific public servant," the president said during a White House interview with a handful of newspaper reporters from around the country. "I'm confident that he can win re-election. I don't think it's surprising that he may have a significant challenge." President Obama answers a reporters question during yesterdays White House press conferen...
MiddletownMike - Jun 24 - 4 clicks
by Josh Margolin/Statehouse Bureau Wednesday June 24, 2009 WASHINGTON -- President Obama today said he is confident Gov. Jon Corzine will be re-elected this fall, though he is well aware of the tough political climate in which Corzine is running for a second term. "I think very highly of Jon Corzine. I think he's a terrific public servant," the president said during a White House interview with ...
MiddletownMike - Jun 24
What seems like a long time ago, but wasn`t really, I wrote some short pieces about when I was growing up in New Jersey, and I had a good time doing so. So, I thought I would see if I could reach back into the murky depths of my muddled mind to jot down a few more mundane moments in my life. I went to high school at St. Peter`s Prep in Jersey City, and took the train from Rutherford every day. I ...
the subversive garden - Jun 23 - 5 clicks
I read on the Jersey City Independent this morning a post in conjunction with NEW magazine that when we buy local we contribute to the local economy almost double than when we buy at a chain store. They make the analogy as we are navigating to the commuter station, do we buy our coffee at a local coffee shop or do we go to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. When we eat do we go to the local ha...
the subversive garden - Jun 23 - 3 clicks
The AP has a sparse article up at the Star-Ledger that really doesn’t do more than cover talking points. GOP candidate Chris Christie went to the inner city to talk about vouchers and Governor Jon Corzine went to the suburbs to talk about how he’s improving education in New Jersey. But it’s a [...]...
Garden State Politics - Jun 22 - 5 clicks
It looks like the fast-tracked state budget is going to be delayed by the last minute restoration of property tax rebates. And the Governor is making some tough talk: “Today is June 18. It is not Dec. 25. We’re not buying a Christmas tree,” Corzine said. His problem is that the State House Kingpin doesn’t [...]...
Garden State Politics - Jun 22 - 4 clicks
"When revenues fell, the last item we cut was property tax relief. Now that we have recovered some lost revenues, the first thing we will restore is property tax relief. This money belongs to the taxpayers, and we're going to give it back to them in property tax relief." Governor Jon Corzine announcing the better than expected success of theTax Amnesty program. The additional revenues will no...
MiddletownMike - Jun 19 - 4 clicks
In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. (D-Camden), Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discuss Governor Jon S. Corzine's announcement that the state's tax amnesty program has exceeded revenue projections. According to numbers from the state Department of Treasury, the progra...
MiddletownMike - Jun 19 - 2 clicks
Sometimes it seems like Jon Corzine doesn’t want a second term: It is an informal gathering that operates without Roberts Rules of Order or an agenda, just a menu. But despite the casual and diplomatic chatter is a growing anxiousness about the campaign. Corzine has yet to deploy a Bergen field operation, despite drooping poll numbers and [...]...
Garden State Politics - Jun 19 - 4 clicks
Passaic County may have some ’splainin’ to do – for firing workers who complained about a cost-cutting move: Four union workers responsible for maintaining Passaic County’s electronic voting machines were abruptly fired on Friday by county Superintendent of Elections Laura B. Freytes. snip “I have determined that warehouse operations and electronic machines management need to be...
Garden State Politics - Jun 19 - 6 clicks
More about Ja-Tun More about the Trenton Makes Music Festival This feed contains copyrighted material from Professor Kim's News Notes . If you are not reading this by e-mail subscription or in your feed reader, the site where you are viewing it may be guilty of copyright violation. Please report it to professorkim2003(at) yahoo.com. ...
Kim Pearson - Jun 12
Debates have been circling lately regarding black leadership and public intellectualism. Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell recently wrote a piece for CNN that slams Tavis Smiley's inadequate critiques of Obama's treatment of race. She also gets at Smiley's "soul patrol"-which includes Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Dick Gregory-for their roles in his documentary "Stand." She feels ...
Kim Pearson - Jun 12 - 3 clicks
“hid (IN) hoboken” at Eureka Market Art Gallery The hob’art cooperative gallery has announced a new exhibition, “hid (IN) hoboken” opening on June 15th at the new Eureka Market Art Gallery, 259 First Street, Hoboken, which will showcase artwork by many members of the non-profit organization. The Eureka Market is sponsored by Traders of Babylon to encourage the arts and the artists in H...
the subversive garden - Jun 9
Randy Bisho p was elected to the Neptune Township Committee in November 2 0 04 and re-elected to his second three-year term in 2007. Ran dy served as Neptune’s Mayor in 20 08. Randy has a broad range of experience in both the public and private sector as well as in many volunteer organizations. Born in Hampton, Virginia, Randy studied Politica...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Jun 9
