Month: September 2011

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Even with suggested improvements to traffic infrastructure near The Valley Hospital, the facility is already too large for its neighborhood, according to one expert whose testimony in front of the Village Council on Monday night raised new questions about the hospital’s “Renewal” project.

Joe Staigar, the traffic engineer who testified in front of the council at its second hearing on the hospital’s expansion proposal, pointed to serious traffic problems around Valley Hospital’s campus at North Van Dien and Linwood avenues. At peak times, students leaving nearby schools weave through gridlocked traffic in the hospital’s driveways, and drivers sit through multiple traffic signal cycles to get through intersections, he said.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/130271268_Traffic_expert_testifies_before_Ridgewood_council_on_Valley_proposal_.html

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>Ridgewood teachers enter into development partnership with Montclair University

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Starting this school year, Ridgewood teachers will have access to a new ongoing professional development consortium through a partnership between the district and Montclair State University (MSU).

Called the Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal (MSUNER), the organization is a partnership among the university and New Jersey school districts from across multiple counties that aims to promote “the simultaneous renewal of schools and teacher education through collaboration between and among the university and member school districts,” according to the MSUNER website.

The Ridgewood school district was accepted into the program in the spring following an application process and a site visit from MSUNER representatives, said Superintendent Daniel Fishbein.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/130293743_Ridgewood_Teachers_enter_into_development_partnership_with_Montclair_University.html

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Check out the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Website
https://www.ridgewoodchamber.com/

>Obama’s Jobs Bill looks to End State Sovereignty
Ron DuBois

The Eleventh Amendment of the US Constitution reads, “The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any Foreign State.” In other words, the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court, cannot intervene or interfere with, any lawsuit brought against a State by a citizen of any State, or a citizen of another country. Such a suit must be resolved by the State’s Courts.

As part of Obama’s “Jobs Bill”, there is a section, described in the forwarded article, that negates the 11th Amendment protection currently enjoyed by the States. Now , I’m not sure the Bill, if passed and signed by Obama into law, can legally supercede the Constitution. My understanding of the Constitution is that it would take a Constitutional Amendment to do this. Legality notwithstanding, if the Bill becomes law, you can be sure the Administration will make every attempt to enforce it. Without my going into explanatory detail, I’m sure you understand that once a State takes money under the Jobs Bill, the Federal Courts will assume a power over the States that the Constitution specifically denied.

See: https://tinyurl.com/3hvtw47

>LINKER DROPS OUT 

(Ridgewood, NJ): I launched my campaign for the U.S. Senate because America is on an unsustainable course. And for the future of our country I could not sit idly by and allow politicians to destroy the last best hope for freedom on earth. Without bold, principled leadership in Washington, America could become, in the not-to-distant future, a second-rate power along the lines of a half dozen European countries now facing severe crises. Career politicians more concerned about their own reelection have failed to solve our problems and have in many cases actually caused them. They have brought America to the brink.

My family inspired me to run for the U.S. Senate. Now, I must exit this race for them as well.

About eight years ago my wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Over the years, her illness has been relatively under control until very recently when it began to rapidly progress. I have been dedicating as much time as possible to my family, which has been to the detriment of my campaign. My family must be my priority and to run an effective U.S. Senate campaign I would be neglecting my duties as a father and as a husband given my wife’s current condition. With two young children at home, I have a moral obligation to take care of my family before anything else and must put off running for political office at this time.

I hope, and pray, that Republicans in New Jersey nominate a principled conservative for the U.S. Senate in 2012 who cares about making a positive difference for our future. I would look forward to supporting this individual to the fullest extent possible.

I want to thank all the wonderful folks who supported me during my brief campaign and I look forward to seeing and working with you all in the future

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