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West Bergen Tea Party Call to Action
Join us 7 pm, Tuesday, July 26At the Larkin House, 380 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff(about 1/4 mile North of Stop & Shop on the right)More Information: 201 891-5918conservative_caucus@verizon.net
>AFP State Director Steve Lonegan
vs. Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel
Get ready to rumble!
In a first of its kind event, AFP State Director Steve Lonegan will be facing off with the Sierra Club’s Jeff Tittel in a mano-y-mano debate over the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme!
Join us this Wednesday evening in Teaneck!
WHAT: Rumble Over RGGI Debate hosted by Bergen Grassroots
WHEN: Wednesday, July 27 at 7-9 PM
WHERE: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666
*** Non-metered street parking and a limited parking lot are available.
Arrive early to ensure your seat at this event!
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Denise Richards,Wednesday, July 27th at Bookends
Denise Richards,Wednesday, July 27th @ 7:00pm
Actress from Wild Things, Denise Richards, will sign her new book: The Real Girl Next Door
Books available July 26th
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
Please call the store for details.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
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>Norcross among those endorsed by AFL-CIO
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>No the Village is not dead yet: we bowed to developers and people with new money thinking that we had to give way to excess in order to remain viable. Of course, just the opposite was true.
I have been here since the 60’s and think it is still a great town. Yes, its changed a lot, but its not dead yet. And it needn’t die if folks step up and speak up.
The real problems started in the 90’s into the 2000’s. There is an attitude of those moving to town who thought “I can afford a house here, the town owes me.” Or, “I bought this property, I can do what I want with it.” A densely populated area can’t exist with that mind set.
Village management — the council, the village manager, the department heads — all scraped and bowed to developers and people with new money thinking that we had to give way to excess in order to remain viable as a town. Of course, just the opposite was true.
So, for too many years we tolerated someone who behaved like a drunken fool in the manager’s office. And when he couldn’t manage, key service departments, like the building department, grew out of control, In that department, for instance, we ended up with an uncomprehending management that unevenly applies the building and zoning laws of the Village through an apparent ignorance — if not outright hostility == of what the laws mean. And the years dominated by our two recent mayors were very much mis-spent. Taxes rose, services declined and civility and charm left. Its interesting to note that one recent mayor hightailed it out of here as soon as he retired. Apparently, he wasn’t going to go down with the ship he had mis-directed.
All the while, the attitude grew that it was ok to take from the Village and there was no corresponding need to give. The core value of what it meant to be a simple Village where you can relax in your backyards and your children can go to the best schools gave way to a grandiosity. We need the best hospital; we need turf fields; we need a hotel in the middle of town; we need a parking/commercial space/apartment complex; we need bigger houses; etc. Some of those things we truly did and do need, and some we don’t. But there never seemed to be a genuine effort to compromise. For instance, while I may never again set foot on one of the natural or turf fields or the new Habernickel park, I happen to think open space and athletic fields and even lights for night time use constitute a good use of my tax dollars. Yet, I think it is moronic for anyone to suggest that eigth graders must practice until ten on school nights. I like Valley hospital, but think it is moronic to in effect surrender an entire portion of our town to let the Hospital grow so that it is commercially viable to the point where it seeks to attract customers from all over the tri-state area.
What to do? First, a return to civility. (And, as I look back, perhaps my post passes the border of what’s civil.) Second, a return to core values. Re-set Village standards and then set a clear course. Personally, I think we should remain a really great place to relax in your back yard and send your children to the best schools. Others, may see it differently and believe that we need to become of the urban tide. I think the greater challenge — but the far greater reward — lies with remaining a Village.
Some of the new council members might bring us there. Valley is first testing ground. If the planning board’s change in our municipal laws, and the master plan that has quided us for many years, is approved by the council, then I do think its time to sell my westside home before it is further devalued. A second test is the hundred apartments proposed for down town. I cringed when I heard one council member comment that a hundred apartment dwellers would flock to the village, and increase the tax base without draining Village services. I think that member has had time to rationally reflect since then. But imagine the effect of a hundred new apartments, attracting a 100 new couples and 200 hundred new cars competing for parking and street space in the middle of town.
I suppose we will see soon enough which direction we take.
>Real Estate : Obama Considers Renting Out Foreclosed Homes
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ – According to the Wall Street Journal the Obama Administration is seriously considering allowing foreclosed homes to be rented out to help stabilize the housing market.
The Wall Street Journal reports:“The Obama administration is examining ways to pull foreclosed properties off the market and rent them to help stabilize the housing market, according to people familiar with the matter.
While the plans may not advance beyond the concept phase, they are under serious consideration by senior administration officials because rents are rising even as home prices in many hard-hit markets continue to fall due to high foreclosure levels.
Trimming the glut of unsold foreclosed homes on the market is “worth looking at,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in testimony to Congress last week.”
Socialized housing , government as landlord?? Private contractors meaning corporations who make favorable political donations getting control over housing with no clear title to that property?
It sounds like just another bailout for administration cronies with the end result being the government taking more control over a failing economy .
>Congressional Republicans may have finally found their manhood?
“As I read the Constitution, the Congress writes the laws and you get to decide what you want to sign,” House Speaker John Boehner
Boehner wants debt ceiling plan by Sunday
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & JAKE SHERMAN & JONATHAN ALLEN | 7/23/11 11:56 AM EDT Updated: 7/24/11 12:07 AM EDT
House Speaker John Boehner hopes to have a framework for a debt-limit plan in place by Sunday afternoon to avoid roiling the Asian markets, he told colleagues on a Saturday conference call.
An immediate deal would raise the debt ceiling and cut spending, Boehner said, and there are still options on the table for more comprehensive deficit reduction of $3 trillion to $5 trillion, according to GOP sources on the call. He is also aiming for a framework in the form of Cut, Cap and Balance — the plan that has failed in the Senate, Obama has threatened to veto but House Republicans passed overwhelmingly
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59718.html#ixzz1T2LChvKu
>Common Internet Scams to be aware off : the lottery
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, enacted Title XXI of the Social Security Act, and has allocated about $20 billion over 10 years to help states insure low-income children who are ineligible for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance. States receive an enhanced federal match (greater than the state’s Medicaid match) to provide for this coverage. In 2007, after President Bush and Congress could not agree on CHIP reauthorization details, the program was extended through March 2009. In February 2009, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 was approved by Congress and signed by President Obama. In concert with the signing, President Obama sent a memorandum to CMS requesting that they immediately withdraw the August 17, 2007 Directive sent to state health officials which imposed conditions on states and limited their options to provide coverage to uninsured children. He requested that they implement CHIP from this time forward without these requirements.
Fiscal Fact No. 158
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 289-139 to pass a 156% increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes (taking it from 39 cents per pack to $1.00, not counting state taxes which average over $1 a pack). The estimated $33 billion tax hike (over 4-1/2 years) would be earmarked to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). The bill is almost identical to a previous version that was vetoed in the summer of 2007, and it will soon go to the Senate.
Some opponents take issue with the mechanics of funding health care for children, and some with the idea of government involvement at all. Our criticism is much narrower: a politically popular and expensive program should never be funded by a small, low-income, politically unpopular minority like cigarette smokers.
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Join Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital’s Wisdom Panel Photo Contest! Upload a photo of your mixed breed dog to The Ridgewood Vet Facebook wall (www.facebook.com/ridgewoodvet). The top 3 dogs with the most “likes” by August 15th will win a free Wisdom Panel Professional, Mixed Breed Genetic Analysis and a gift vertificate to the hospital! Please download the attached flyer for official rules. Good Luck! 
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Did Ridgewood apply with the NJDOT and NJT to become a “Transit Village”
I would like to know whether it is true that we are a “Transit Village”. According the the state of NJ website, https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/
“Municipalities must meet the Transit Village Criteria and complete a Transit Village Application in order to be designated a Transit Village”
Did Ridgewood apply? I am not passing judgement on whether “Transit Village” is good or bad, but would like to get at whether it is factual that we are one
“The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and NJ TRANSIT spearhead a multi-agency Smart Growth partnership known as the Transit Village Initiative. The Transit Village Initiative create incentives for municipalities to redevelop or revitalize the areas around transit stations using design standards of transit-oriented development (TOD). TOD helps municipalities create attractive, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods where people can live, shop, work and play without relying on automobiles.
Municipalities that are committed to TOD may be eligible for NJDOT Transit Village designation.
The Transit Village Initiative is an excellent model for Smart Growth because it encourages growth in areas where infrastructure and public transit already exist. Municipalities must meet the Transit Village Criteria and complete a Transit Village Application in order to be designated a Transit Village
In addition to community revitalization, the Transit Village Initiative seeks to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by increasing transit ridership. Studies have shown that adding residential housing options within walking distance of a transit facility; typically a one-half mile radius, increases transit ridership more than any other type of development. Therefore, one of the goals of the Transit Village Initiative is to bring more housing, businesses and people into the neighborhoods around transit stations.”
https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/
>Valley Hospital Sports Institute : Concussion tests for kids
FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Michael Schlosser, 11, inputs his information at the Sports Institute at Valley Hospital. The institute is offering young athletes a computer evaluation that can be used as a baseline comparison should the student ever get a concussion.
Many high schools in the region provide what is known as baseline screening tests to be used as a comparison in case an athlete is injured. Now parents of younger athletes are also demanding the tests.
Students as young as 10 are taking the ImPACT test, a neurocognitive computer evaluation that records memory, reaction time and multitasking ability. If taken before and after an injury, the tests can help physicians determine the severity of a concussion and allow them to assess when a student has recovered enough to resume play.
The Valley Hospital Sports Institute in Ridgewood recently offered the screening to children — and more than 25 young athletes showed up for the 30-minute test.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/125998998_Concussion_tests_for_kids__just_in_case.html
