>Beer Jobs : Bill would permit microbreweries to increase production while cutting some fees
Fans of craft beer, you might want to lift a pint for this legislation.
A bill has been introduced that would allow microbreweries to increase production while reducing some fees. (Staff, State Street Wire)
>Crunch of pension, benefit costs may be hitting N.J. now
New Jersey’s long-term pension and benefit costs for government workers may not just be a ticking time bomb; it also could be costing taxpayers right now. (Method, Gannett)
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Garage sale proceeds go to Concerned Residents of Ridgewood
Readers sound off …
“pish shaw…you won’t c me there……I want the hospital to expand to provide the best services for my family and I…..just because you were stupid enough to buy a house next to A VERY LARGE BUILDING and now your getting screwed and you want me to pay for your mistake by suffering a reduction in services because the VERY LARGE BUILDING want to get BIGGER !
here’s a thought …..KISS MY ASS ! NIMBY”S”
and
“I went this a.m. and found fantastic things and all very reasonably priced! The plants were great and would make nice Mother’s Day gifts. What a great community effort to preserve the quality of life in Ridgewood. Valley may be a force to be reckoned with but this group (and this sympathizer from a nearby town)hopes they are deterred from turning a community hospital into a huge medical center compromising the residents quality of life”
>U.S. prosecutors seek names of firefighters, officers who used steroids from Jersey City doctor
Published: Sunday, May 08, 2011, 8:00 AM Updated: Sunday, May 08, 2011, 1:51 PM
By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger
Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking the names of hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters who obtained anabolic steroids through an unscrupulous Jersey City doctor, part of a wider criminal probe targeting physicians who improperly prescribe the drugs.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark served the subpoena on the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, which collects data from pharmacies on every prescription they fill for steroids and other controlled dangerous substances, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation.
The drugs were shipped to the officers and firefighters in New Jersey from a pharmacy in Brooklyn.
The officials, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said prosecutors do not intend to bring charges against the steroid users unless it’s determined they sold the substances.
Rather, one of the officials said, the aim is to find out if the officers and firefighters obtained the drugs from other doctors after the death of Joseph Colao, a Jersey City physician who prescribed steroids and human growth hormone when they weren’t medically necessary.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/us_prosecutors_seek_names_of_o.html
>Pay per mile: A timely tax idea, or a privacy threat?
Once again the Obama administration draft proposal for study of mileage fee spurs interest.
msnbc.com updated 5/5/2011 5:36:53 PM ET
As transportation officials struggle to raise enough tax dollars to maintain the nation’s highway and transit systems, a tentative new proposal could put Americans on the hook for every mile they drive.
Department of Transportation officials have drafted legislation that would study a vehicle tax to track how far drivers travel and charge them by the mile. The proposal would create a “Surface Transportation Revenue Alternatives Office” to conduct trials of the concept.
The draft proposal was first reported this week in Transportation Weekly, a trade publication. A White House spokeswoman told The Hill newspaper that the draft “does not represent the views of the president” and is in no way an administration proposal.
The White House put the brakes on a similar proposal floated early in Obama’s presidency, with then-spokesman Robert Gibbs said that a mileage tax “is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration.”
>In New Jersey, Per-Pupil Cost Proves Divisive
By LISA FLEISHER
Does Newark spend $24,500 or $17,000 per pupil to educate its students? Or is it closer to $10,000? Depends who’s counting.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the first, the state Department of Education uses the middle number and urban-school advocates use the lowest figure.
It’s more than an academic debate: The amount of money spent per pupil can also hold sway over state Supreme Court justices, who, for more than 30 years, have forced the state time and again to spend more on education and are on the cusp of deciding a case that could impel the state to spend an additional $1.7 billion on schools.
“They are sensitive to both their duties to uphold and interpret the Constitution as well as the realities of politics,” said Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. “So new numbers and new calculations may well have an impact.”
Then there’s sticker shock—especially when annual numbers start to look more like college tuition. Mr. Christie is on a quest to convince people that money does not equal success in public education.
https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576307632665599402.html
>A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill
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>Happy Mother’s Day
The celebrations of mothers and motherhood occur throughout the world and can often be traced back to ancient festivals .One of the earliest historical records of a society celebrating a Mother deity or Mothers Day can be found among the ancient Egyptians, who held an annual festival to honor the goddess Isis, who was commonly regarded as the Mother of the pharaohs. The ancient Greek cult to Cybele or the Roman festival of Hilaria are also examples. The modern US-celebration of Mother’s Day is not directly related to any of these.
Julia Ward Howe lead the early call to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United States in the “Mother’s Day Proclamation” Written in 1870, The proclamation was reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe’s belief that mothers had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level.
International Women’s Day was celebrated originally on 28 February 1909, in the US, by which time Anna Jarvis had already begun her national campaign in the US. It is now celebrated in many countries on March 8.
more:
https://www.manhattanstyle.com/events/happy-mothers-day/
>Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Abraham Lincoln
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>Valley Renewal Delay: Reelection campaigning is starting now
Now ket’s see, spending six months to set up a schedule for the meetings, is a continuation of delay, delay, delay Village history.
Reelection campaigning is starting now. Time to go Mayor!
You are dead in the water without a life jackett!
>In order to lesson the impact of Water restrictions on the Village this summer the Ridgewood blog announces :
The “Save Water : Shower with a Friend” initiative.
The Ridgewood blog is Proud to sponsor this aggressive water saving initiative and we want to thank everyone in advance for their participation.
thank you,
PJ Blogger and the Staff of the Ridgewood blog
>National History Day (NHD): students who participate in NHD far outperform their peers on state standardized tests
National History Day (NHD). : the results of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) ‘Civics Report Card’ were just released.
Executive director of NHD, Cathy Gorn, released the following statement:
“These latest results are further proof that Congress and the Administration need to focus on history education. Simply put history education matters. It is nothing short of a threat to our participatory democracy when our students do not know the purpose of the Bill of Rights or how our government works. We need to put history and civics back into their rightful place in the curriculum through quality, evidence-based teaching and learning fostered by programs that work.”
A recent study shows that students who participate in NHD far outperform their peers on state standardized tests and are better prepared for college and the workplace. NHD is working hard to ensure American students receive a well rounded education. We would love to continue to share their efforts with you moving forward. If you have any questions, please just let me know.
>Village Council is looking to avoid another “George Washington Vally Meeting fiasco”, discussing venue , when and the appropriate format.
Ridgewood council seeks ‘proper’ venue for Valley hearings
Friday, May 6, 2011
BY MICHAEL SEDON
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer
The Village Council has started the process of deciding when and where to hold hearings on the Valley Hospital “Renewal” proposal.
At a meeting on Wednesday, council members focused on three main points that will guide their decision.
When?
The first concern dealt with whether to begin public meetings as soon as possible or hold off until September, after the summer months when many Ridgewood residents go on vacation.
“We’re now starting to get into, by the time we get this going, the summer months,” Mayor Keith Killion said. “There have been concerns with some residents that this is prime time for vacation. Should we really have these hearings during the summer when people would be away and might not have time to speak?”
>As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln
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