Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NJ’s governor and Cory Booker channel Seinfeld in video parody for correspondents show.
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show.
“When you call the police and no officer is available to respond, people could die. Brace yourselves – layoffs could cost lives.” ~ Tom Egan, a Lawrence Township resident and Robbinsville police officer.
Despite passionate statements offered by police union officials and township residents about how cuts in police staffing will endanger the safety of both officers and the general public, result in many crimes never being investigated and have an overall adverse effect on the quality of life in the township, members of Lawrence Township Council at their meeting yesterday evening (Tuesday, May 15) decided to move forward with a plan that would eliminate a dozen township positions – including five in the police department – in an effort to plug a $2.27 million hole in the 2012 municipal budget. The elimination of those jobs – done through a combination of layoffs, retirements and not filling currently vacant positions – will, together with …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Republican legislators propose naming a highway in northwestern New Jersey for the nation's 40th president.
"The Great Communicator" may soon have a stretch of New Jersey highway named after him. Under a bill introduced earlier this year by Republican legislators in the Deomcrat-controlled Assembly, the late President Ronald Reagan would have a state highway in northwestern New Jersey named in his honor, according to a Newark Star-Ledger article. Only one former president - Warren Harding - has received such as an accolade in New Jersey, with a 4-mile section of Route 48 in Salem County named in his honor, according to the article. If approved by the state Assembly and Senate, and then signed by Gov. Christopher J. Christie, the proposed legislation would designate Route 15, a 19.5-mile state highway in northwestern New Jersey, as the "Ronald…
The agenda for the next meeting of Lawrence Township Council - tonight, May 15 - is available for review. Notes from the previous council meeting on May 1 include discussion about consolidating police dispatching services with neighboring towns.
The next Lawrence Township Council meeting will take place this evening, Tuesday, May 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the municipal building at 2207 Lawrence Rd. (Route 206). The agenda for the meeting and Township Manager Richard Krawczun’s explanatory pre-meeting memo can be downloaded from the township’s website or viewed in the Patch media box to the right. As expected, the 2012 municipal budget will be discussed tonight, and several awards will also be presented to township police officers and civilians, according to the agenda. * * * Notes from May 1 Council Meeting: Discussion about the 2012 municipal budget that took place at the previous council meeting on May 1 has already been reported by Lawrenceville Patch. Another newsworthy …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Lawrence Township residents have until May 17 to complete a survey issued by the Army Corp of Engineers that asks questions about flooding along the Assunpink Creek and its tributaries in the township.
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Monday, May 14
A few days remain for Lawrence Township residents to complete a survey that the Army Corp of Engineers is conducting about flooding and drainage issues in the Assunpink Creek Watershed. “The Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a survey in an attempt to collect information about flooding damages that have been incurred along the Assunpink Creek and tributaries in Lawrence. It is not limited to the Hurricane Irene [and] Tropical Store Lee events,” reads a notice on the township’s website. The survey can be found by clicking here. Some of the questions included in the survey are: The survey should be completed by May 17 and returned to Lawrence Township Municipal Engineer James Parvesse via email at jparvesse@lawrencetwp.com.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The cuts would be devastating to New Jersey residents who need help the most, they say.
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Saturday, May 12
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-Hopewell Township) and leaders from The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey have condemned a bill they say will significantly reduce or eliminate aid to vulnerable New Jersey residents, including housing assistance and food stamps. The Republican budget reconciliation bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and will now move to the U.S. Senate. “Make no mistake: these cuts would increase hardship in New Jersey and set back our economic recovery at a time when too many families continue to struggle," Holt said. The plan would slash the food stamp program by $36 billion over 10 years, leading 2 million Americans to lose access and cutting benefits for 44…
Friday, May 11, 2012
Do you agree? Take our own poll below
Good news for Gov. Chris Christie. Not only do a majority of New Jersey residents have a favorable few of the governor in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind poll, his numbers are up a healthy bit since last year. Read FDU's full statement on the poll, and take our own poll at the bottom of this post to let us know what you think: New Jerseyans, for the second survey in a row, say the state is headed in the right direction, a phenomenon not seen in eleven years of polling by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™. According to the most recent statewide survey, 50% say the state is headed in the right direction, while 41% say it’s on the wrong track. However, public employees do disagree: 50% of public employee …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
About half of those polled approve of the job Obama is doing.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
President Obama made his historic pronouncement during an interview with ABC News.
President Barack Obama has publicly come out in support of gay marriage, the first time in history that a sitting U.S. President has ever done so. Obama gave the news to ABC News' Robin Roberts in an interview that will air on ABC's “Good Morning America" on Thursday. "I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit …
Seven veteran police officers have filed a civil lawsuit in federal court alleging their civil rights have been violated by Lawrence Township, Township Manager Richard Krawczun, Police Chief Daniel Posluszny and Deputy Police Chief Joseph Prettyman.
Update, May 16: When asked, at the conclusion of the May 15 township council meeting, to comment on the lawsuit, Township Manager Richard Krawczun said, “We will vigorously defend ourselves and the township.” Original Story, May 9: Alleging that their First Amendment-protected civil rights have been violated and that they have been punished for taking part in union activities, seven veteran Lawrence Township police officers have filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against the township manager, the chief and deputy chief of the police department, and the municipality itself. Filed in United States District Court in Trenton on April 18 by Moorestown-based attorney Katherine Hartman, the lawsuit seeks “compensatory damages, including …
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7:13 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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