Month: January 2012

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https://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/Analysis_How_Christie_trumped_Dems_once_again.htm

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>N.J. legislators :Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out busy removing medical-marijuana roadblocks
 
Bipartisan legislation designed to remove local roadblocks to the long-delayed launch of medical-marijuana businesses in New Jersey is gathering steam.

>Dealing with bullies back in NJ Legislature’s court 

A little-know state council has found itself in the spotlight with its
decision that New Jersey’s anti-bullying law represents an unfunded
state mandate.

The question now: How is the legislature going to fix the
problem?

The Council on Local Mandates on Friday ruled that the new law laying out
specific procedures and staffing in every school represented an unfunded
requirement that is not permitted under the state constitution.

But the council gave the state a lot of latitude to address its concerns,
saying the ruling would not go into effect until it filed its formal
opinion in about 60 days. It all but implored Gov. Chris Christie and
the legislature to take action in that time.  (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0130/0032/

>N.J. gay rights advocates fight a vote on same-sex marriage
 
Gay rights advocates in New Jersey have been pushing for a decade to get state courts or lawmakers to recognize same-sex marriage. But last week, they demurred when Gov. Christie called for a public vote to settle the topic.

Their main reason is based on principle: It’s not fair, they say, to let voters decide a civil rights issue.But there’s another consideration: It would be a costly and divisive fight, and the advocates know the odds are against them, even if recent polls have shown the majority of New Jersey voters support allowing gay marriage.  (Mulvihill, Associated Press)

https://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120130_N_J__gay_rights_advocates_fight_a_vote_on_same-sex_marriage.html

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RIDGEWOOD BOE MEMBER REPORT ON THE HISTORY OF NJ SCHOOL FUNDING

School Funding in New Jersey:
A 42-year history of legal cases, legislation, and school funding formulas
By Sheila Brogan
Ridgewood Board of Education

“The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough andefficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all children in the state between the ages of five and eighteen years.”  New Jersey Constitution, as amended effective September 28, 1875

BOE member Sheila Brogan has compiled a report on the 42-year history of school funding in New Jersey. Click here to view the report.

https://tinyurl.com/6tc3n5u

>Drip, Drip, Drip: Yet Another Green Energy Stimulus Recipient Hits the Skids (the third this week!)
by WILLIAM YEATMAN on JANUARY 27, 2012
in BLOG

Earlier this week, Stimulus beneficiary Evergreen Energy bit the dust. Then, Ener1, a manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and recipient of Stimulus largesse, filed for bankruptcy. And today, the Las Vegas Sun reports that Amonix, Inc., a manufacturer of solar panels that received $5.9 million from the Porkulus, will cut two-thirds of its workforce, about 200 employees, only seven months after opening a factory in Nevada.

https://www.globalwarming.org/2012/01/27/drip-drip-drip-yet-another-green-energy-stimulus-recipient-hits-the-skids-the-third-this-week/

>Grand Re-Opening at Village Green
Mon, February 06, 2012
Time: 12:00 AM

Location: Village Green, 36 Prospect St. Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Join us at the Grand Re-Opening of Village Green Restaurant. Come experience fine dining in Ridgewood.

>Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 years
By DAVID ROSE
Last updated at 5:38 AM on 29th January 2012

The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.
The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.
Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming–Cycle-25-need-worry-NASA-scientists-right-Thames-freezing-again.html#ixzz1ks1NAndo

>Underage drinking: maybe the minimum age should be lowered

It’s a bad law and now they are working out the exceptions. Police should not be allowed to enter private property without the owner’s consent. Get the government out of our homes.

A better would be to lower the minimum age to 18. The USA is one of only two non-Muslim nations with a population over 5 million in the entire world that have 21 as the minimum age for drinking (Sri Lanka is the other). Kids can drink beer at 16 in Germany, which is more crowded than the US, and it dowesn’t seem to have hurt their ability to compete in a global economy.