Fed’s Plosser Says Stimulus May Backfire, Fuel Inflation
By Steve Matthews & Caroline Salas Gage – Jan 11, 2013 12:09 PM ET
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said the central bank’s record stimulus risks a surge in inflation and may impair efforts by households to repair their finances.
“Attempts to increase economic ‘stimulus’ may not help speed up the process and may actually prolong it,” Plosser said in the text of a speech today in Somerset, New Jersey.
Plosser, reiterated his view that unemployment will drop to near 7 percent by year’s end and the U.S. growth rate will pick up this year to about 3 percent, which he said was “at the high end” among Fed policy makers. Photographer: Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg
Policy makers are discussing how long they will keep buying mortgage bonds and Treasuries as part of efforts to boost growth and bring down a 7.8 percent unemployment rate. The Fed last month linked its interest-rate outlook to economic thresholds, saying borrowing costs will stay low “at least as long” as joblessness exceeds 6.5 percent and if projected inflation won’t go beyond 2.5 percent one or two years in the future.
“Efforts to drive real rates more negative or promises to keep rates low for a long time may have frustrated households’ efforts to rebuild their balance sheets without stimulating aggregate demand or consumption,” said Plosser, who doesn’t vote on monetary policy this year. He has repeatedly criticized Fed easing for risking higher inflation and jeopardizing the central bank’s credibility, and said the latest stimulus steps do little to boost growth.
Low interest rates reduce returns for savers and do little to encourage businesses to expand payrolls or invest in new ventures, Plosser said.
Americans never give up your guns
28.12.2012
By Stanislav Mishin
https://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/28-12-2012/123335-americans_guns-0/
These days, there are few things to admire about the socialist, bankrupt and culturally degenerating USA, but at least so far, one thing remains: the right to bear arms and use deadly force to defend one’s self and possessions.
This will probably come as a total shock to most of my Western readers, but at one point, Russia was one of the most heavily armed societies on earth. This was, of course, when we were free under the Tsar. Weapons, from swords and spears to pistols, rifles and shotguns were everywhere, common items. People carried them concealed, they carried them holstered. Fighting knives were a prominent part of many traditional attires and those little tubes criss crossing on the costumes of Cossacks and various Caucasian peoples? Well those are bullet holders for rifles.
Various armies, such as the Poles, during the Смута (Times of Troubles), or Napoleon, or the Germans even as the Tsarist state collapsed under the weight of WW1 and Wall Street monies, found that holding Russian lands was much much harder than taking them and taking was no easy walk in the park but a blood bath all its own. In holding, one faced an extremely well armed and aggressive population Hell bent on exterminating or driving out the aggressor.
This well armed population was what allowed the various White factions to rise up, no matter how disorganized politically and militarily they were in 1918 and wage a savage civil war against the Reds. It should be noted that many of these armies were armed peasants, villagers, farmers and merchants, protecting their own. If it had not been for Washington’s clandestine support of and for the Reds, history would have gone quite differently.
Moscow fell, for example, not from a lack of weapons to defend it, but from the lying guile of the Reds. Ten thousand Reds took Moscow and were opposed only by some few hundreds of officer cadets and their instructors. Even then the battle was fierce and losses high. However, in the city alone, at that time, lived over 30,000 military officers (both active and retired), all with their own issued weapons and ammunition, plus tens of thousands of other citizens who were armed. The Soviets promised to leave them all alone if they did not intervene. They did not and for that were asked afterwards to come register themselves and their weapons: where they were promptly shot.
Of course being savages, murderers and liars does not mean being stupid and the Reds learned from their Civil War experience. One of the first things they did was to disarm the population. From that point, mass repression, mass arrests, mass deportations, mass murder, mass starvation were all a safe game for the powers that were. The worst they had to fear was a pitchfork in the guts or a knife in the back or the occasional hunting rifle. Not much for soldiers.
To this day, with the Soviet Union now dead 21 years, with a whole generation born and raised to adulthood without the SU, we are still denied our basic and traditional rights to self defense. Why? We are told that everyone would just start shooting each other and crime would be everywhere….but criminals are still armed and still murdering and too often, especially in the far regions, those criminals wear the uniforms of the police. The fact that everyone would start shooting is also laughable when statistics are examined.
While President Putin pushes through reforms, the local authorities, especially in our vast hinterland, do not feel they need to act like they work for the people. They do as they please, a tyrannical class who knows they have absolutely nothing to fear from a relatively unarmed population. This in turn breeds not respect but absolute contempt and often enough, criminal abuse.
For those of us fighting for our traditional rights, the US 2nd Amendment is a rare light in an ever darkening room. Governments will use the excuse of trying to protect the people from maniacs and crime, but are in reality, it is the bureaucrats protecting their power and position. In all cases where guns are banned, gun crime continues and often increases. As for maniacs, be it nuts with cars (NYC, Chapel Hill NC), swords (Japan), knives (China) or home made bombs (everywhere), insane people strike. They throw acid (Pakistan, UK), they throw fire bombs (France), they attack. What is worse, is, that the best way to stop a maniac is not psychology or jail or “talking to them”, it is a bullet in the head, that is why they are a maniac, because they are incapable of living in reality or stopping themselves.
The excuse that people will start shooting each other is also plain and silly. So it is our politicians saying that our society is full of incapable adolescents who can never be trusted? Then, please explain how we can trust them or the police, who themselves grew up and came from the same culture?
No it is about power and a total power over the people. There is a lot of desire to bad mouth the Tsar, particularly by the Communists, who claim he was a tyrant, and yet under him we were armed and under the progressives disarmed. Do not be fooled by a belief that progressives, leftists hate guns. Oh, no, they do not. What they hate is guns in the hands of those who are not marching in lock step of their ideology. They hate guns in the hands of those who think for themselves and do not obey without question. They hate guns in those whom they have slated for a barrel to the back of the ear.
So, do not fall for the false promises and do not extinguish the light that is left to allow humanity a measure of self respect.
Stanislav Mishin
The article reprinted with the kind permission from the author and originally appears on his blog, Mat Rodina
https://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/28-12-2012/123335-americans_guns-0/
I’d like to get your opinion on something. I own a building. Most of the building is made up of non-living areas, but there is one apartment in the building that is a suitable residence. That apartment, however, is not usually occupied by any people. From time to time, I might let a friend use other parts of my building, but I am usually very careful to lock the door to the hallway leading to the apartment because I don’t want anyone in there. In addition, my building has an internal alarm system that will let me know if something moves in that apartment. By accident, one day I forgot to lock those hallway doors when one of my friends came by.
A few days later, my building’s internal alarms went off — alerting me to the fact that something had entered the apartment. I sent someone to inspect and they reported back to me that there was some food remnants found in the apartment that were not in there before. There were other signs that something had been or was in the apartment as it did not look the way it normally did. He could not say for sure whether it was a person, an animal, insects, or something else, but that there was a good chance that it could be a person. I spoke to a friend of mine who has a similar building and she said that, from time to time she had found a homeless person in the usuaully unoccupied apartment at her building.
I really was not interested having something in the only residential apartment I had in my building, so I hired someone to fumigate the apartment. When he arrived at the door to the apartment, the fumigator called me on his cell phone to say that he could hear something in the apartment but he could not tell for sure if it was an animal or a person.
I told him I didn’t want to know what it was and that I just wanted whatever it was out of my apartment. So I told him to open the door and place the fumigating bomb in the apartment so that whatever was in there would not cause me any more problems. So he did just that and left.
When I told some people about what happened they were extremely upset with me. They claimed that I had no right to do that and that if there was a person in the apartment — and the person died from the poison — I and the fumigator had committed murder!
Who the hell do these people think they are? Are they insane? It is my building and my apartment. What right do they have to say anything about what I do with my building? Besides, the fumigator and I did not know for sure that it was a person — it could have been a rat or something else as far as we knew. Even if it was a homeless person, why should I be held responsible for whatever happens to him/her when he/she was the one trespassing in my building? Just because I forgot to lock the door to the hallway one day does not mean that some homeless person had the right to start living in my apartment when I didn’t want them to live there.
So what do you think? Did I do something morally wrong?
What if I told you the “building” is my body, the “apartment” is my womb, and the fumigator is an abortionist?
Are you still pro-choice?
To me, it is simple. If you don’t know for sure that what is in the womb is not a human life, then how can you justify taking actions that will kill it?
Now, can there be exceptions? Of course there can. For example, if another person’s existence is threatening to end your life, you have every right to defend yourself, including by killing that other person if necessary. There may be other limited exceptions that reasonable people can discuss (e.g., rape or incest). But the point of the above story is to stop all of this “It is my body and I can do whatever I want with it” nonsense in circumstances when your actions may cause the termination of another human life. The starting point should always be that innocent human life should be protected whenever possible. Mere inconvenience is not a justification for ending an innocent human life.
Bottom line, if we are not sure whether something is or is not a human life, shouldn’t we error on the side of protecting that life?
Program on Cord Blood Banking Set for February 12 at Valley Hospital
January 10,2012
Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital’s Center for Women, Children and Family Education is offering a “What is Cord Blood Banking?” This one-session class will discuss the topic of cord blood banking, which is the collection and storage of the stem cells found in your newborn’s umbilical cord. Today, cord blood stem cells have been used successfully in the treatment of over 70 life-threatening diseases. When you bank your baby’s cord blood, you are making a choice that could potentially provide a life saving treatment for your child or a family member.
This 1 hour class will be held on Tuesday, February 12 from 6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m., at the The Dorothy B. Kraft Center, 15 Essex Road, Paramus. For more information, to schedule an appointment, or to obtain a complete course catalog and schedule for Valley’s Parent Education Programs, please call The Valley Hospital’s Center for Women, Children and Family Education at 201-291-6151.
In commemoration of National School Choice Week, please join education reform leaders and supporters from across New Jersey for a timely, important, and uplifting meeting about education reform and school choice in the Garden State.
Speakers will include:
Keith Benson, Allied Clergy of New Jersey
Derrell Bradford, NJ Better Education for Kids
Tony Bucco, NJ State Assembly
Chris Cerf, NJ Education Commissioner
Michael Doherty, NJ State Senate
Victoria Jakelsky, New Jersey Coordinator for ParentalRights.org
Gabriela Mosquera, NJ State Assembly
Carlos Pérez, New Jersey Charter School Association
Israel Teitelbaum, Alliance for Free Choice in Education
Moderated by: Bob Bowdon, Choice Media
When:
Sunday, January 27, 3-5pm
Where:
National Conference Center
Holliday Inn of East Windsor
399 Monmouth Street
East Windsor, NJ
Venue Contact: 609-443-8000
Get your two dollar ticket now. This event will sell out.
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE [Block 4703, Lot 14] PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village of Ridgewood (the “Board”) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall Court Room, 4th Floor, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, for the purpose of reviewing and taking action upon the application of 657 Ridgewood LLC (the “Applicant”), which seeks preliminary and final site plan approval with use and bulk variances in order to redevelop the existing Shell gas station and provide new fuel dispensers and a 2,400 sq. ft. convenience store (proposed to be a 7-Eleven) on the property commonly known as 657 Franklin Turnpike (at the intersection of southbound Route 17) and designated as Block 4703, Lot 14 on the Tax Map of the Village of Ridgewood (the “Property”). The Property, which is located within 200 feet of the property owned by you, is located in the OB-2 (Office Building) District. In connection with the foregoing, the Applicant seeks all variances, waivers, exceptions and other relief necessitated by the plans it has currently filed with the Board, together with any additional variances, waivers, exceptions and other relief that may be necessitated by changes to the plans requested by the Board, and any and all other relief that the Board may determine to be appropriate or necessary. This relief may include but may not necessarily be limited to: (i) a variance to permit more than one principal building on a lot (i.e., the convenience store and gas station canopy and kiosks if the latter are construed to be a separate principal building or buildings) where the Ordinance may not permit same; (ii) variances to permit a combined gasoline station/convenience store where same is not a permitted use in the OB-2 District; (iii) a variance for a front yard setback from Route 17 (for the building) of 28.1 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (iv) a variance for a front yard setback from Route 17 (for the canopy) of 9.4 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (v) a variance for a front yard setback from Franklin Turnpike (for the canopy) of 8.5 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (vi) a variance for a side yard setback (for the building) of 5 feet where the Ordinance requires 12 feet; (vii) a variance for no off-street loading space where the Ordinance requires at least one off-street loading space, which must be located on the same property and in the side or rear yard; (viii) a variance for five building mounted signs where the Ordinance permits a maximum of one sign; (ix) a variance for a total building mounted sign area of 145.2 sq. ft. where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 30 sq. ft.; (x) a variance for two freestanding signs where the Ordinance permits a maximum of one freestanding sign; and (xi) a variance for freestanding sign areas of 78 sq. ft. (Route 17) and 78 sq. ft. (Franklin Turnpike) where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 30 sq. ft.; (xii) a variance the freestanding sign heights of 24 feet 4 inches (Route 17) and 18 feet (Franklin Turnpike) where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 15 feet; and (xiii) a variance for freestanding sign dimensions of 13 feet by 6 feet (Route 17) and 13 feet by 6 feet (Franklin Turnpike) which exceed the maximum permitted by Ordinance. Any person interested in this application will have the opportunity to present any objections or otherwise be heard at the public hearing. Members of the public may also inspect the plans, reports, application and supporting materials on file at the Village of Ridgewood, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, during normal business hours Monday through Friday. John M. Marmora, Esq., Attorney for Applicant 657 Ridgewood LLC K&L Gates LLP One Newark Center, 10th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07102 (973) 848-4000 Ridgewood News-3426546 Fee: $43.46 January 11, 2013
The Sandy Hook tragedy: Building the Emotional Quotient
January 13, 2012
the staff of the Rdigewood blog
Lynn Benson, MSW of Ridgewood submitted a very interesting letter to the editor of the Ridgewood News , in the letter Benson ,we think is a Medical Social Worker proposes we focus on EQ ( Emotional Quotient ) , EQ is “Intelligence regarding the emotions, especially in the ability to monitor one’s own or others’ emotions and to interact effectively with others. ” (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060613133137AATvs8O)
Most cooler heads agree we need to revisit some gun laws( yes I said it) mental health programs and exposure to the glorification of violence in media .
Benson argues , “It’s now also time EQ is given equal attention to IQ.” ,”Ridgewood schools excel academically. Those who need academic support are given the opportunity. It’s time we do the same for EQ. Too many children don’t feel they fit in, need skills to process their emotions effectively and need stronger social skills to integrate more successfully. And, children with high EQs, who are more inclusive toward others who don’t feel like they fit in, deserve to be acknowledged.
Too many students with strong IQs are struggling or dropping out of college because of challenged EQs. Many feel hopeless and lack coping skills to take on life’s challenges. Greater funds are needed to promote EQ research and programs, and schools need funding to support further staffing and professional development to strengthen EQ starting in preschool and well into college.
Our brains are “wired” in certain ways at birth. Our approach as a parent makes a huge difference, but the role of nature over nurture is tremendous. Research shows early intervention is critical when a child’s “wiring” is “off” due to their growing brain. The earlier “wires are turned on” and make connections, the more successful our children will be. Children learn how to ride a bike, read and write. Once these brain connections are made, they get it! It’s the same for EQ. Many need strengthening with initiating and sustaining conversation, how to understand and express feelings, and strengthen their social graces. There could be visits to a therapist, but I’m talking about a movement in our society to strengthen EQ in the natural setting, just like we do in the school systems with academia.
Our society is consumed with IQ. Yet, it’s clear that individuals who are “brilliant” can turn tragic without EQ. We can do better. It’s time to create a curriculum and a societal mindset to support EQ ” ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/186419681_Letter__Regarding_recent_tragedies.html )
We are wondering if we might be doing a serviced to out child with the “everybody wins and nobody loses ” mentality that our schools seemly foster .
In a recent survey,”Young people’s unprecedented level of self-infatuation was revealed in a new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has been asking students to rate themselves compared to their peers since 1966 ” ( https://theridgewoodblog.net/how-college-students-think-they-are-more-special-than-ever-study-reveals-rocketing-sense-of-entitlement-on-u-s-campuses/ )
Is not “self infatuation” a sign of a very immature emotional state created by a low EQ ? just an observation from the business world , young recruits seem very “entitled ” and very immature , to appoint they are unemployable. With children no longer holding part time jobs to get real world work experience ad schools encouraging this ‘nobody loses” mentality , children often expect and get everything handed to them. No wonder there is so much social angst,anxiety and anger. Hopefully Ms Benson will chime in .
Rent-to-own a ceative option for some
Sunday, January 13, 2013
BY JENNIFER V. HUGHES
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
The Record
When Michael DaSilva was looking for a new place to live, he considered renting another apartment or buying a condo.
Now he’s doing a little bit of both.
DaSilva is living in a one-bedroom apartment at The M at Englewood South, and half of his monthly rent goes into an escrow account that has been accruing since he moved in last July. After a year, he will have the option to buy the place, using those escrow funds as a down payment and keeping a price that he locked in six months ago.
“The real estate market is kind of unpredictable right now,” said DaSilva, 26, who works in Manhattan. “The ability to be able to lock in a price on a property I liked made sense.”
DaSilva said he enjoys the condo development’s luxury features, and he’s pretty confident that he’s made a good bet and that real estate prices are appreciating.
“I think the real estate market is going in the right direction,” he said. “It’s a rental market right now, but I think that will be saturated in the next two or three years, and the condo market will be stable, if not rising.”
Towns rethinking the planting of trees following storm’s fury
Sunday, January 13, 2013
BY RICHARD COWEN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Superstorm Sandy carved such a path of destruction through some of North Jersey’s greenest suburbs that it has prompted some towns to rethink the way they plant trees.
file photo by Boyd Loving
Those stately elms and oaks towns planted on the right of way years ago caused a lot of damage when Sandy blew through. The state lost an estimated 400,000 trees in Sandy, and many of them took down power lines and slammed into homes and cars.
While the cleanup continues, many towns are planning to replace at least some of the trees lost along streets and in parks. With memories of Sandy fresh, some are leaning away from the right of way.
Both Glen Rock and Ridgewood are considering changes to their tree ordinances to allow replanting on the homeowner’s lawn. Such a change would require the town to get a so-called landscaper’s easement from the homeowner.
Tim Cronin, Ridgewood’s director of parks and shade trees, estimated that about 90 percent of the homeowners who lost trees in front of their houses in Sandy would like a new one.
File Photo Grove Street by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood, known for its trees, lost many in Sandy. Cronin said the village lost trees at 363 locations — both private and public— and was developing plans to replace its public trees.
“The canopy in town is a concern for everybody,” Cronin said. “Most homeowners realize that a tree adds value to the property.”
Downtown Development guidelines the “big picture”
January 13, 2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ Looks like the Ridgewood News has brought their A game to Village Central Business District development debate by proposing the planning board consider the big picture ,not only the impact to the CBD but the impact to the whole town , the schools,services ,infrastructure and commuting in their latest Ridgewood News editorial: Developing guidelines ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/186420401_Ridgewood_News_editorial__Developing_guidelines.html )
According to the News , “Ridgewood officials are considering the potential impact on the village. A draft ordinance is being drawn up that contains specifications each developer must follow, such as floor area ratio, setbacks, sign usage and minimum parking. That’s an important first step, but we believe much more must be considered.
Then the good stuff ,”In addition, the impact on traffic downtown – already a concern for many, especially regarding pedestrian safety – must be an important factor for Ridgewood’s planning board. The draft ordinance will guide officials in decisions such as units per acre and appropriate maximum building height. But we hope Ridgewood officials will consider the “big picture” and the impact of so much potential housing in one small geographic area.( https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/186420401_Ridgewood_News_editorial__Developing_guidelines.html )
What is the “big picture”, the “big picture” is the is the overall impact on the community as a whole , the schools, Village services, ,parking, infrastructure, commuting , medical , traffic, EMS , fire, safety and of course the over all viability.of Ridgewood’s downtown .With Urbanization comes added costs to the whole Village as well as quality of life issues that are very hard to put a price tag on .
If the Ridgewood Station project , the Dayton, Chestnut Village and the Enclave it will add over 300 new housing units within five blocks of each other forever changing the Village and the nature of the Village itself.
Flu Clinic for anyone ages 6 months and older – Date: Wednesday January 16th , Time: 4:15 pm to 6 pm Location: Kraft Center 15 Essex Road, Paramus
Cost: $27
Call for an appointment …..201-291-6090
Or visit www.flu.gov and put in your zip code for other clinics in your area.
Please read the following 3 steps from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention regarding influenza. If you have questions, please contact your physician.
Take time to get a flu vaccine.
• CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine as soon as the current season’s vaccines are available. Although the vaccine takes 10 days to 2 weeks to become effective, it is not too late to get vaccinated.
• Vaccination of high risk persons is especially important to decrease their risk of severe flu illness.
• People at high risk of serious flu complications include young children,pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease and people 65 years and older.
• Vaccination also is important for health care workers, and other people who live with or care for high risk people to keep from spreading flu to high risk people.
• Children younger than 6 months are at high risk of serious flu illness, but are too young to be vaccinated. People who care for them should be vaccinated instead.
Take everyday preventive actions to stop the spread of germs.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
• If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)
• While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.
Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor prescribes them.
• If you get the flu, antiviral drugs can help treat your illness.
• Antiviral drugs are different from antibiotics. They are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaled powder) and are not available over-the-counter.
• Stay home to rest and avoid getting others sick.
For more information please visit www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/index.htm
The 10 most economically-free countries in the world
Free markets and private properties are much talked about. But the phrase economic freedom definitely gives rise to policy debates. This is a list of the top 10 countries based on the ‘2013 Index of Economic Freedom’ by The Heritage Foundation in partnership with the Wall Street Journal.
The index measured economic freedom based on four broad categories: Rule of law, limited government, regulatory efficiency and open markets.
India is ranked at 119 with an overall score of 55.2 for its economic freedom.
1 Hong Kong 89.3 -0.6
2 Singapore 88.0 0.5
3 Australia 82.6 -0.5
4 New Zealand 81.4 -0.7
5 Switzerland 81.0 -0.1
6 Canada 79.4 -0.5
7 Chile 79.0 0.7
8 Mauritius 76.9 -0.1
9 Denmark 76.1 -0.1
10 United States 76.0 -0.3
White House Takes NRA Advice, Looks at Funding for Armed Police in Schools
Katie Pavlich
News Editor, Townhall
The National Rifle Association has been under heavy criticism since holding a press conference on December 21 in response to the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. During his remarks, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for armed police officers in every school in America as a way to prevent the next Sandy Hook and to protect America’s kids. The idea was immediately classified as “out of touch” and “unsympathetic” to the situation by anti-Second Amendment advocacy groups calling for more gun control and a renewal of the Clinton-era assault weapons ban. A Gallup Poll taken shortly after LaPierre’s suggestion showed a majority of Americans believe armed guards should be placed in schools in order to prevent mass shootings and now, the White House and Democrats are looking at funding for the initiative.
Ohio Town tries novel Approach to School Security : Arming Janitors Armed-janitor plan draws mixed reaction from Montpelier parents
BY MARK REITER
BLADE STAFF WRITER
MONTPELIER, Ohio — As the mother of three children in Montpelier Exempted Village Schools, Teresa Hickman calls the district’s plan to arm the custodial staff with guns an effective way to prevent incidents like the shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Shannon Siler, the mother of two girls, says she is leery about Mont-pelier’s plan despite the training that she knows will be involved. She said gun control starts at home, with making sure weapons are kept locked up. Shannon Siler, the mother of two girls, says she is leery about Mont-pelier’s plan despite the training that she knows will be involved. She said gun control starts at home, with making sure weapons are kept locked up. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo
“I don’t have a problem with it. With all the shootings going on in these little schools this will make me feel more at peace,” said Mrs. Hickman as she waited Friday in her minivan for her two sons and daughter to be dismissed.
CTY montpelier11p 01/11/2013 The Blade/Lori King Montpelier Exempted Village School District superintendent Dr. Jamison Grime talks about guns in Montpelier schools. CTY montpelier11p 01/11/2013 The Blade/Lori King Montpelier Exempted Village School District superintendent Dr. Jamison Grime talks about guns in Montpelier schools. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo
Montpelier schools may be the first in Ohio to ramp up security by authorizing employees to carry weapons.
The district has about 1,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade and 75 teachers in one building in this Williams County village of 4,000.
Northern NJ Networking Group will host a Business Card exchange on Wednesday
January 30th from 6pm-8:30pm at Brady’s at the Station, located at 5 West Main Street, Ramsey NJ 07446.. If you would like to meet other professionals in the North Jersey area and extend your personal network of professionals, this event is for you. The cost to attend is $15 at the door, which includes Happy Hour drink specials, delicious appetizers. Please RSVP to scott.scarpelli@gmacm.com if you can attend and if you will bring a guest so the restaurant can accommodate for enough food. Park across the street by the train station.
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