>REMINDER: Yardwaste Collection Starts Week of April 9th
Village Yardwaste Pick Up will begin Monday, April 9th. Before that date, you can bring any yardwaste to the Recycling Center, 205 E. Glen Ave.
You can refer to My Village Services on the right side of the Village of Ridgewood Homepage to determine your collection area.
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At two-year mark, health law’s legacy is confusion
States and employers wait for guidance
By Paige Winfield Cunningham-The Washington Times Monday, March 19, 2012
Two years after congressional Democrats squeezed out enough votes to pass President Obama’s health care overhaul, confusion still reigns among the states, insurers and average Americans struggling to comply with the hundreds of pages in the law.
Some states say they can’t move forward until the government issues more rules to clarify exactly what kinds of services need to be covered, while other states dispute that, saying enough information is available to plow ahead.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/19/at-two-year-mark-health-laws-legacy-is-confusion/
>Reader Questions constitutionality of “Ravi” verdict
RE: “If the law does not require that the prosecution prove that the defendant has a guilty mind, or ‘black heart’, in that he intended to intimidate the victim, the law is an ass and should be revised or repealed.”
The law should be repealed regardless.
It is unconstitutional since it sets up a protected class of citizens making them more important than other citizens.
Had Tyler been a heterosexual and Ravi did the EXACT same thing, he would not be convicted of bias intimidation since he could not be charged with that crime since “NJSA 2C:16-1 – Bias Intimidation” only protects intimidation based on “race, color, religion, gender, handicap, sexual orientation, or ethnicity”
NJSA 2C:16-1, like all “hate crime” laws, is a bad law.
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>Reminder for Wednesday’s Networking Event
Scarpelli, Scott – NJ [email protected]
Networking Event March 21, you are confirmed to attend this week’s Networking Event.
BiBi’z restaurant in Westwood on Wednesday March 21 is hosting a business card exchange from 6pm-8pm. If you would like to meet other professionals in the North Jersey area and extend your personal network of people, this event will is for you. The cost to attend is $15 at the door. BiBi’z will offer Happy Hour drink specials and a delicious food buffet. BiBi’z serves Global American food with influences from around the World. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you can attend and if you will bring a guest so the restaurant can accommodate for enough food
Located at …..284 Center Ave, Westwood
>House GOP budget to slash taxes
By Erik Wasson and Bernie Becker – 03/19/12 06:48 PM ET
House Republicans will roll out a fiscal 2013 budget on Tuesday that will slash tax rates for both corporations and individuals, setting a marker for future negotiations with Democrats on taxes and other fiscal matters.
The plan from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would collapse the current system of six tax brackets for individuals into two marginal rates: 10 percent and 25 percent, according to GOP aides. The proposal would also lower the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent, and scrap the Alternative Minimum Tax.
https://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/216813-ryan-budget-to-slash-tax-brackets
>EDWARD W. SZAWIEL candidate for Senate to speak at NJ Tea Party Coalition
The speaker will be candidate for Senate: EDWARD W. SZAWIEL
Ed obtained his BS at the University of Detroit, summa cum laude,, Finance Management at Stanford University and his master’s in Business administration at Harvard Business School. His business experience encompasses, but is not limited to, Business Operations, General Management, Profit Enhancement and Cash and Asset Management
Ed served in the military as U.S. Army, Captain, Artillery, Honorable Discharge – received 2 Bronze Stars, 1 Meritorious Unit Citation
All will have time to ask questions at the end of his presentation.
7:00 PM – 124 Essex Street, Rochelle Park, NJ – Harley Davidson Building
>The Ridgewood Historical Society Presents :Adam Badeau
March 19, 1895, marks the death of Adam Badeau, a Ridgewood resident and Civil War general, who had a surprising connection John Wilkes Booth.
Few, if any, Ridgewood residents could claim as strong a connection to 19th century American history as Adam Badeau.
Prior to the Civil War, Badeau was a theater critic for a Sunday newspaper in New York. In this role he met many of the famous actors of the day. When war broke out, Badeau became part of General Sherman’s staff. A serious injury en route to Vicksburg
disrupted his military career, and he returned to New York City to recover.
While in New York, he was reportedly cared for by two New York stage actors he had befriended as a theater critic – Edwin Booth and his younger brother, John Wilkes Booth! The following year, Edwin Booth would save the life of Abraham Lincoln’s oldest son, while John Wilkes Booth would, of course, become best known for assassinating the president in 1865.
Upon recovering, Badeau became a member of General Grant’s staff and was present at Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. He later worked for the State Department and was the U.S. Consul to Cuba and England. Thefinal years of Badeau’s life were full of legal troubles, a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding payment for his services to the government. Fortunately for Badeau, he was
eventually found eligible for military retirement payments.
To learn more about Adam Badeau and the Civil War in New Jersey, visit the Ridgewood Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum, on East Glen Avenue. The museum is open Thursdays and Saturday 1-3pm and Sundays 2-4pm. Please visit www.ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org. for more information.
>Ridgewood parents asked to take pledge against underage drinking
Monday March 19, 2012, 11:34 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
As prom and graduation season creeps closer, the Ridgewood Municipal Alliance is hoping parents throughout the village take a pledge that could end up saving their children’s lives.
The committee recently launched the Safe Homes Parents Network, which encourages parents to join a growing team whose collective goal is to combat the underage use of alcohol and drugs.
The formation of the network spawned from a Municipal Alliance meeting last fall, when several parents identified specific worries regarding their children. According to Sheila Brogan, chair of the alliance, approximately 230 people attended that meeting at Ridgewood High School, and many expressed concern about underage drinking.
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>Auto Insurance PIP: medical care a “pot of gold to abuse”
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Garrett Visits the Bergen Arts and Science Charter School
(RIDGEWOOD-NJ) Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) visited the visit Bergen Arts and Science Charter School (BASCS) in Hackensack to tour the facilities and speak with the students about their school.
“It was a pleasure to speak with the students at Bergen Arts and Science Charter School about their academic goals,” said Garrett after the visit. “The students I spoke to certainly have a healthy curiosity for the world around them. I encourage them to keep their positive attitude and continue to challenge themselves to be better students and citizens.”
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>Report warns of $13B budget gap for New Jersey without consolidating services
>The Village Council turned down the Board of Education’s (BOE) request to convert specific spaces along Heermance Place into permit-only parking.
FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012, 1:58 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Village Council turned down the Board of Education’s (BOE) request to convert specific spaces along Heermance Place into permit-only parking.
“It is my feeling that we should not grant this request,” Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh said during a council work session last week. Walsh’s sentiment was echoed with little discussion by Mayor Keith Killion, Deputy Mayor Tom Riche and Councilman Paul Aronsohn. Councilman Stephen Wellinghorst was absent.
The BOE previously asked that the village designate 12 parking spots on Heermance, the one-way road that runs in front of Ridgewood High School, as staff-only parking. The spaces are currently open to faculty and students and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Had the village approved the school board’s request, the spots would have required a permit between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
