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>You understood me correctly, if you thought I was suggesting the election may be stolen.

>You understood me correctly, if you thought I was suggesting the election may be stolen.
Ron DuBois

Lately, I have read many complaints by Patriots voicing their frustration with our Government. They have taken just about every legal and Constitutional step to catch the attention of their legislators and their President, that only resulted in being lied to, ignored, stalled, and condescended to.  The debt ceiling was raised, in spite of the pressure of the majority of the people. Boehner and the RINOs caved in  and got 353 million in spending cuts that was supposed to be around 3 trillion, and the only honest Representatives were the 66 who were mostly newly-elected Tea Party Conservatives. The promised jobs are not forthcoming, the debt continues to grow, along with the spending, and American Industry is fettered by additional chains of regulation, created unconstitutionally by bureaucrats, with no input or control by our elected Representatives.  In fairness, this is the culmination of decades of abuse and usurpation of power by all parties, driven by self-interest, greed, and catering to the lobbyists of special interests.

I am writing today, not to re-hash the repetitious daily blathering that we tend to tune out, but to tell you all that the time has come for action. To continue what we have been doing can no longer be effective, because we are running out of time. It is all well and good to continue to seek control of the Senate and the White House in 2012, and we should not stop, but there are a couple of things that worry me. One is that, between now and the elections, President Obama and his Administration have the ability to do so much further harm to the Country, that it will be too late to ever reverse it. Even now, if we take on no more debt whatsoever, we may never recover. While we were supposed to have stopped borrowing and taxing, the Administration is seeking 447 billion additional dollars through a Jobs Bill that will only waste the money on creating more Government jobs, more jobs for their Union cronies, and for projects like Solyndra and Lightsquared. My second worry is that the Obama election machine is reviving the renamed ACORN groups, with the same employer IDs, addresses, and Boards of Directors – just the new names. Already, they have had taxpayer funds illegally given to them by HUD, and are up for 6 billion more in funding – in violation of laws passed by Congress. There is no doubt that these funds are meant to give these groups the means to provide votes for Obama in the 2012 election. As was seen in 2008, when 14 States indicted ACORN members and officers for voter fraud, I guarantee they will illegally be there, fully funded, and getting every illegal alien and dead person to vote for Obama, in 2012. In other words, you understood me correctly, if you thought I was suggesting the election may be stolen.

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>Doctors reject AMA’s support for ObamaCare

>Doctors reject AMA’s support for ObamaCare

Doctor And AMA Split Over Contentious Issue Of ObamaCare

For more than 160 years, the American Medical Association has served as the self-appointed chief lobbying group for doctors. But the AMA’s lofty status has been under threat over the last several years — and is under attack today. In fact, the AMA now only counts about 17% of doctors as members.

According to a new survey, the majority of doctors do not believe that the AMA represents their views and interests. Much of that dissatisfaction stems from the organization’s support for President Obama’s contentious health care reform package.

That shouldn’t be surprising. The AMA declares that its core mission is to “help doctors help patients.” But ObamaCare undermines that pursuit by making life harder for physicians and driving down the quality of care available to patients.

The survey — conducted by physician recruitment firm Jackson & Coker — is a brutal indictment of both the AMA and ObamaCare. Just 13% of doctors agree with their trade association’s support of the health reform law.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2011/09/26/doctor-and-ama-split-over-contentious-issue-of-obamacare/

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>Richard’s Run HHK 5K Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ on October 2, 2011 To Raise Awareness & Support for Pediatric Cancer

>Richard’s Run HHK 5K Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ on October 2, 2011 To Raise Awareness & Support for Pediatric Cancer

HO-HO-KUS, N.J., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lace up your sneakers for Richard’s Run HHK 5K!  On Sunday, October 2, 2011 beginning at 8:30 AM, joggers, walkers and supporters of every age will support Go4theGoal Foundation with the energy to stomp out childhood cancers and raise funds to financially assist children and their families affected by cancer, support programs at area hospitals and fund innovative cancer research.

The Start and Finish of the USATF Certified race is located at Borough Hall, 333 Warren Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ (between Sheridan & Sycamore Avenue.)
Pre-race Online registration is available at Active.com: https://www.active.com/running/hohokus-nj/richards-run-hhk-5k-2011?int=29-6.  Day-of registration and chip/bib/t-shirt pick-up begins at 7:00 AM at Borough Hall in Ho-Ho-Kus.  Richard’s Run HHK 5K will begin promptly at 8:30 AM.
To save time on Race Day, pre-registrants may pick up their race packet on Saturday, Oct. 1st:

10 AM – 2 PM: Ridgewood Cycle Shop, 35 N. Broad St., Ridgewood, NJ
3 PM – 5 PM: HHK Borough Hall, 333 Warren Ave., Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

In partnership with HealthBarn, USA of Wycoff, NJ, a leader in proven healthy-lifestyle education, Go4theGoal will hold a post-race program, complete with an awards ceremony, DJ, samples of healthy and delicious foods, family yoga and fun and engaging activities for all ages.

ABOUT GO4THEGOAL FOUNDATION
Go4theGoal Foundation (www.Go4theGoal.org) is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization founded in 2006 by Dr. Richard and Beth Stefanacci, soon after their oldest child was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.  Go4theGoal provides children undergoing cancer treatment and their families with financial assistance, runs fun hospital-based programs, grants special wishes and supplies Apple iPads, iPods and MacBooks to children and pediatric oncology units in over 20 hospitals across the country. Since their son’s death in 2007, G4G has funded over 500k in innovative research for Ewing’s Sarcoma.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Beth Stefanacci, Executive Director, Go4theGoal Foundation at (609) 313-0912 or [email protected] or Gina Buffa at (201) 615-5700 or [email protected].

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>Veterans will dedicate new World War I plaque in Ridgewood

>Veterans will dedicate new World War I plaque in Ridgewood
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

American Legion Post 53’s proposal for a Veterans Day rededication of Graydon Park was unanimously approved at the Village Council meeting on Wednesday following some changes to the original plans

Plans for the project began with the rediscovery of plaques at Graydon Park in remembrance of 14 Ridgewood casualties in World War I. Legionnaire Chris Stout has since spearheaded an effort to collect the original plaques – some of which are still visible, while others have been located feet beneath the ground – and create a new plaque with the names listed, to be installed at the Graydon Pool Badge Desk, facing the entrance patio.

The original plaques each accompanied a white ash tree, part of a 1931 Armistice Day commemoration that also marked the official dedication of Graydon Park. Only four of the trees remain.

https://www.northjersey.com/community/history/more_history_news/130584193_Veterans_will_dedicate_new_World_War_I_plaque_in_Ridgewood.html

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The UN’s Agenda 21 assault on property rights

>“False Choices: The UN’s Agenda 21 assault on property rights and plan for government control of land use through municipal ‘community planning’ and ‘sustainable growth.’ 

Free seminar on Agenda 21 – Get All the latest information and have your questions answered.   Get the take-away material to use in your own town and local areas to challenge those who would ignore the very questions you have as a private citizen and install this in your town. You need to find out the information before it is too late……be informed.

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NJ businessman, John Anthony, will provide a compelling 60 minute presentation tracing the path of Agenda 21 from its birth to its embedding in community planning. Materials and sources will be supplied for others to do their own checking and to inform friends and officials.

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>The Village Council has approved a $60,000 county grant application for ADA compliant ramp at Graydon

>The Village Council has approved a $60,000 county grant application for ADA compliant ramp at Graydon

Grant may fund new ADA ramp at Graydon Pool

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

The Village Council has approved a $60,000 county grant application that, if received, would help pay for the costs of a ramp into Graydon Pool’s waters on the northeast corner of the pool.

The ramp, which would be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and could cost between $85,000 and $100,000, has been on the agenda for Councilman Paul Aronsohn, chair of the Community Access Network, through the course of this year. The rest of the council has largely jumped on board in support of improving accessibility into the pool.

“I think we’re heading in the right direction,” Aronsohn said at a Sept. 7 council meeting, when members decided to endorse the application. The endorsement was approved last week.

There were still questions about improving access into Graydon Park’s grounds, where access ramps into the park are too steep for people in wheelchairs to use on their own. Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh said she feared the village was “putting the cart before the horse” by focusing its grant application on the access into the water rather than into the park.

https://www.northjersey.com/recreation/130558768_Grant_may_fund_new_ramp_at_Graydon_Pool.html

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>Greenwich CT has a hospital

>Greenwich CT has a hospital

Greenwich CT has a hospital set right in a residential area of town. Houses on all 4 sides of the building. Pull it up on Google Maps – 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich CT 06830.

From the Greenwich Hospital website: Greenwich Hospital is a 174-bed regional hospital, serving Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York. It is a major academic affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the Yale New Haven Health System.

Since opening in 1903, Greenwich Hospital has evolved into a progressive medical center and teaching institution with an internal medicine residency.

We represent all medical specialties and offer a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and wellness programs. High quality care, coupled with Greenwich Hospital’s convenient location, are reasons many patients choose to be treated here.

As for additions, Greenwich Hospital  just recently completed a 150,000 sq ft expansion.

However according to US News and World Report (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals) Greenwich Hospital is substantially smaller and less busy than Valley Hospital. Perhaps that is why it fits in so well. If Valley were to reduce to Greenwich’s size by letting Pascack reopen and scaling back their size, I’d be delighted to support reconstruction to switch to all one-patient rooms.

Valley Hospital
446 beds.
30,878 admissions latest year
8,276 annual inpatient surgeries9,629 outpatient surgeries.
72,085 emergency room visits.

Greenwich Hospital
174 beds.
11,082 admissions latest year.
2,251 inpatient surgeries
7,141 outpatient surgeries.
43,285 emergency room visits.

Question:
Would you call Greenwich a “city” or “town”?
I’d call it one of the most beautiful, exclusive and respected towns in the whole country. Guess the whole idea of Hospitals and exclusive towns being mutually exclusive is bunk.

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>NJ senate passes jobs legislation, including tax cuts, exemptions

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NJ senate passes jobs legislation, including tax cuts, exemptions

A package of tax cuts, credits and exemptions designed to encourage job growth in New Jersey were passed by the state Senate Monday.

The 13 bills would cost the state treasury more than $100 million in tax revenue a year, if they become law.
Another bill in the package could accelerate the use of up to $200 million in tax credits already on the books for developments near urban transit hubs.

Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, whose caucus has made job growth its election-season focus, called the bills a good start. The bills include measures, such as tax credits for investments in technology startups, that Gov. Chris Christie vetoed last winter.

“We have a lot of work to do. The economy can’t wait any longer,” Sweeney said. “It was wrong when he vetoed the first package of bills. The economy didn’t get better since then. A lot of these are tax credits or incentives. If we create jobs from this and don’t collect as much revenue but we’re putting people to work, that’s a win.”  (Symons, Gannett)

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>Legislature passes charter school bill, but advocates and critics want more changes

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Legislature passes charter school bill, but advocates and critics want more changes

One change to New Jersey’s charter school law passed the legislature yesterday, while talk mounts that a broader rewrite of the state’s 15-year-old statute governing the semi-autonomous schools may be in the offing.

The state Senate passed a bill that would allow certain parochial and private schools to convert to charters. Few think that the proposal will lead to many such conversions, but may send a lifeline to at least a few closing Catholic schools.

The measure, which passed 25-13, is the only one of a half-dozen proposed reforms to New Jersey’s charter school law that has now passed both the Senate and the Assembly. It goes next to Gov. Chris Christie for his expected signature.

But while other charter proposals have languished, leading Democratic legislators said there is momentum gaining for a more comprehensive overhaul of the 1996 charter law that could loosen some restrictions and add others.  (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

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>Survey: Teen driver “Kyleigh’s Law” decals should be removed

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Survey: Teen driver “Kyleigh’s Law” decals should be removed

Results of an online survey conducted by a northern New Jersey assemblyman about the controversial teen driver decal will be forwarded to the state attorney general, who is expected to conclude her report on the issue on Oct. 7.

The survey conducted by Assemblyman Robert Schroeder, R-Bergen, found that 86 percent of those who responded believe the decal requirement known as “Kyleigh’s Law” should be removed.

The survey, conducted from June to August, found that most people surveyed supported the other provisions of the state’s graduated driver’s license, which require a teen driving curfew and limit the number of adolescent passengers whom a driver with a graduated driver’s license can legally transport. Opponents of the decal have argued the stickers could work as magnets for sexual predators.  (Higgs, Gannett)

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>Ridgewood school board member Charles Reilly resigns

>Ridgewood school board member Charles Reilly resigns

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
BY EVONNE COUTROS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — Charles Reilly, who was elected to serve as a trustee last year, has announced his intention to resign from the Board of Education.

Reilly, who was elected to a three-year term in April 2010 and is a former president of the New Jersey School Boards Association when he first served as a trustee from 1990 to 2005, will formally inform the Board of Education of his resignation at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Ridgewood_school_board_member_resigns.html

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>Gallup: Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government

>Gallup: Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government
Several long-term Gallup trends at or near historical lows
by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years

Majorities of Democrats (65%) and Republicans (92%) are dissatisfied with the nation’s governance. This perhaps reflects the shared political power arrangement in the nation’s capital, with Democrats controlling the White House and U.S. Senate, and Republicans controlling the House of Representatives. Partisans on both sides can thus find fault with government without necessarily blaming their own party.

The findings are from Gallup’s annual Governance survey, updated Sept. 8-11, 2011. The same poll shows record or near-record criticism of Congress, elected officials, government handling of domestic problems, the scope of government power, and government waste of tax dollars.

https://www.gallup.com/poll/149678/Americans-Express-Historic-Negativity-Toward-Government.aspx

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>Ridgewood was more about real community back then same size Village and actually far more kids in school than there are currently

>Ridgewood was more about real community back then same size Village and actually far more kids in school than there are currently

That was always a busy intersection. Fact is quite a few years ago there was a big white dot in the middle of it.

And if you were to have looked back then, for several years you would have found ME standing in the middle of that “dot”, directing traffic and helping other kids cross. Also some other longtime Village folks did same.

That intersection was “covered” back then by the kid-staffed safety patrol.

A paid retired officer covered Van Dien further down, near what was then the main entrance to Travell, which back then you went to for K through 4. It was about 1/2 of the current BF site – the part closest to Valley.

Then for 5&6 you went around the corner to Travell Annex, no longer there, which was on the site of what’s now the field for current Travell (the Glen Ave side).

Most of the traffic there back then was not Valley traffic though. It was parents. The entire Valley plant back then was what’s now the doctor parking lot on Linwood. There was a big curved driveway in and out of Linwood.

The oldest Valley building still there now is Phillips. It was built during the time I went to Travell and BF and greatly increased the size of the hospital, but it was still very much a community facility in the real meaning (to me) of the word.

Kurth Cottage was the only part of Valley not right off Linwood. And it was… a cottage on Van Dien.

Us safety patrol folk had to show up early to help kids cross, but we did get out of school a little early too – to cover that and several other intersections.

You got a big flag, a whistle (really!) and short training by the police. And off you went to help other kids cross.

Though the Glen and Van Dien spot was about the busiest the little unit covered, this simple plan actually worked.

Ridgewood was more about real community back then, and for that matter, so was Valley.

Yet, same size Village, roughly same population.. and actually far more kids in school than there are currently.

Leaner and more focused overall, and much friendlier at same time. You got things done in a much simpler way and the offcials at Village Hall and the BOE were a lot more responsive in ways that got things resolved, not just run-arounds. They didn’t go off on turf, light, Village Hall and similar “adventures” either.

Gee, must sound like Mayberry, huh? Or perhaps, Ho Ho Kus? Yet, same size, more kids in school, and roughly 25,000 population.
Less layers of administration and loads less baloney though.

That’s a Friday afternoon’s trip in the wayback machine, hope y’all enjoyed it.

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>Florence Schedler property: Readers Urge Caution

>Florence Schedler property: Readers Urge Caution 

I hope the Village can find some new donors for Schedler. I would guess that anyone who donated to the Maple Field project will in no way financially support a Schedler project after watching in disgust as the Village has let a million dollar gift disintegrate in such a short period of time.

I think that we need to pause and reflect before we develop another field. We need to identify our “needs” and “wants”.

We also need to look at all the resident push back on this type of development. Don’t start another fight for no reason. I doubt that people who contributed in the past will be looking to contribute again. Maybe the land should be left as open space with walking paths.

I don’t think that they will be able to raise any money for more fields. The residents are tapped out and tired of the wasteful spending on the last projects. There is no one competent enough to do a good job. Look at maple, Stevens and the stadium. Some money was raised and the village taxpayers are on the hook for most of the expenses.

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