>Independents turn to GOP in Senate races
Independent voters are tuning into Senate races and settling on candidates in the final week before the election, clarifying some of the hardest-fought contests of the campaign.
And with many of these unaffiliated voters unhappy with President Obama and the country’s direction, they’re showing signs of breaking to Republicans. (Martin, Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44220.html#ixzz13YD43TRS
>Trenton Democrats don’t care about your property taxes
On Monday, October 25th, I went to Trenton to attend an event organized by the New Jersey Conference of Mayors, which is the largest and oldest Mayor’s organization in the United States. The purpose of the event was to meet with Governor Christie, the Assembly Republicans and the Assembly Democrats to urge the passage of a key provision of the Governor’s “Tool Kit” reforms: capping interest arbitration awards to the 2% property tax cap passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor last Summer. (Mayor Michael Halfacre, guest columnist for PolitickerNJ)
https://www.politickernj.com/42542/trenton-democrats-don-t-care-about-your-property-taxes
>Democratic leaders look to skirt cap public-employee raises
N.J. Assembly tables vote on measure to allow exceptions to proposed cap on public-employee raises
Josh Margolin/Statehouse Bureau
TRENTON — Republican Gov. Chris Christie beat back the Democratic leaders of the Legislature Monday — and he used one of their own to do it.
Christie joined with the Democratic Essex County executive to stop a legislative effort to water down his proposal to cap public-employee raises. And by day’s end, even the governor’s most vocal adversaries could do nothing but admit defeat.
Democratic lawmakers were trying to pass a bill that would have allowed exceptions to Christie’s proposal for a so-called “hard cap” on salary increases in public-worker contracts.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/postponed_nj_bill_on_arbitrati.html
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Witches Moonlight Masquerade Ball
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010
DoubleTree Hotel
180 Route 17 South
Mahwah, NJ 07430
8:00 p.m. to Midnight
Tickets – $50 each presale – $55 each at door
(Price of ticket includes 3 chances for raffle)
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT
ST. JUDE’S HOSPITAL
AND
FOUR LEGS GOOD.
AUTHENTIC RITUAL!!!!
Featuring Settie Nave!!!!!
All invited to attend
Commences PROMPTLY at 8:30 p.m.
(no one admitted into ritual after it starts)
Dinner!!!! Dancing!!!!! DJ!!!!! Raffles!!!!!!!
Prizes for Best Costumes!!!!!!
Psychic Readers*!!!!!
https://sacredlightcenter.com/masquerade.shtml
>Voters overwhelmingly prefer a free market economy to an economy managed by the government
Only 14% Prefer Government-Regulated Economy Over Free Market
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Voters overwhelmingly prefer a free market economy to an economy managed by the government and think government economic control helps big businesses at the expense of small ones.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely U.S. Voters think a free market economy is better than an economy managed by the government. That’s up five points from December 2008 following Barack Obama’s election as president but consistent with findings in surveys since then.
Only 14% think government control of the economy is better. (To see survey question wording, click here).
The Political Class isn’t so sure. Ninety percent (90%) of Mainstream voters prefer a free market economy. Among Political Class voters, however, just 34% feel that way, while 30% like a government-managed economy better and 35% are undecided.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of all voters think increased competition rather than increased government regulation is the best way to hold big business accountable. Thirty-four percent (34%) say increased regulation is the best way to go.
But again while 74% of Mainstream voters favor increased competition, 70% of the Political Class prefer increased regulation.
>MacMurphy’s Restaurant in Ridgewood invites all to watch the World Series,
or Jets and Giants football on one our our 10 screens.
We have Direct TV and FOX5.
On Saturdays, we have most of the college football conference packages.
We will certainly accommodate you if your favorite team is playing and
you want to watch on one of the screens.
The Jets and the Packers are on Fox5 this Sunday. Cablevision customers
welcome. Stop in for our new Sunday specials including $1.00 wings,
$1.50 sliders, and $2.00 Coors Light.
Happy Hour during the week from 4 pm to 6 pm.
Thursday night drink specials.
Trivia on Tuesday’s @ 8 pm.
Outdoor patio dining
Stop in and say hello
Scott & Eileen Smith
MacMurphy’s
8 Godwin Ave.
201-444-0500
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Ridgewood’s own Rich Locke appears at the end of the video (in the background). Go Ridgewood!
>Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation Seeks Christmas Tree
The Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation is seeking quality pine tree,a minimum of 45 feet to 55 feet tall to use as the Village’s traditional holiday adornment in the central business district at the foot of East Ridgewood Avenue.Resident who would like to provide a tree are asked to call the Parks Division office at 201-670-5565.
>Census response down in N.J.: loss of seat feared
Seventy-four percent of New Jersey households returned their 2010 Census forms, according to the federal Census Bureau, a figure equal to the national participation rate, although down by 2 percentage points from the state’s performance 10 years earlier. (Statehouse Bureau, Asbury Park Press)
https://www.app.com/article/20101025/NEWS03/10250355/Census-response-down-in-N-J-loss-of-seat-feared
>Extreme left leaning Career Politician Steve Rothman vs Republican candidate retired Army Michael Agosta in 9th District
Stark differences of Rothman and Agosta in 9th District debate
PARAMUS – In a Democratic district that snakes though southern Bergen County and touches Passaic and Hudson, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-Fair Lawn) has a challenger from inside his home town. (Carroll, PolitickerNJ)
Republican candidate Michael Agosta spent 20 years in the Army, five years as a federal air marshal, and also calls Fair Lawn home.
Rothman’s resume is also extensive: lawyer, mayor of Englewood, county surrogate, and seven-term congressman.
https://www.politickernj.com/42506/stark-differences-rothman-and-agosta-9th-district-debate
>Village Council Elections : Why is Steve Wellinghorst seemingly The Anointed One?
Why are people trying to get Oliver Train to resign from the race? Why is Steve Wellinghorst seemingly The Anointed One? What ideas has he had besides opposition to Valley and a vague promise of fiscal responsibility? Train, by contrast, has put forth far more specific ideas about how to improve the Village. He has worked far harder to earn my vote than Mr. Wellinghorst.
This isn’t a high school election, where we vote for the handsome, popular kid for class President. Our tax dollars are at stake. We should be voting for the guy that will spend them the most wisely, and have the best ideas to improve Ridgewood.
>ARC Tunnel: the great train rip-off
We don’t need ARC, we have Lautenberg
THE ARC tunnel may be on again. The Access to the Region’s Core project is New Jersey’s own version of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” One day you can ask, one day you can’t and the next day, it’s back into the closet. Or in the case of the great train rip-off, back into the subterranean station. (Doblin, The Record)
https://www.northjersey.com/columnists/doblin/doblin_102510.html
>Barack Obama made politics cool again,but now most students have moved on
For college students, it’s so not ‘08
On college campuses where Barack Obama made politics cool again, most students have moved on.
They’ve quit bugging their friends about change, they’re no longer trying to sign up new voters and the knock-on-door day trips now draw only the most hard-core. (Negrin, Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44093.html#ixzz13MVIZ6Ma
>New Jersey Authorities are one of the bigger money drains
TRENTON — Gov. Christie says to change New Jersey’s image nationally New Jersey itself has to be changed, and let’s face it: New Jersey can’t be changed in any substantial way until the independent agencies and authorities are brought under meaningful control or eliminated. (Ingle, Daily Record)
>Assembly bill would bind arbitrators in effort to keep tax hikes in check
TRENTON – Ask a New Jersey mayor what he or she needs most to keep property-tax increases in check and chances are you’ll hear about changing the salary-arbitration process for police and firefighters. (Lu, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
