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>NJ Senate Committee to Take Up Resolution Forming Obamacare Bureaucracy
Here we go again on Thursday, January 20, the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee is once again making an effort to establish the NJ Health Care Reform Implementation Council and begin the process of setting up Obamacare in New Jersey.
This time through a Concurrent Resolution – SCR-141.
The following legislators sit on the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee:
Loretta Weinberg (D-37) Joseph Vitale (D-19) Dawn Marie Addiego (R-08) Diane Allen (R-07) Robert Gordon (D-38) Sean Kean (R-21) Fred Madden (D-04) Ronald Rice (D-28) Robert Singer (R-30) Jim Whelan (D-02)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s health care overhaul on Tuesday, meaning more than half of the country is challenging the law.
The announcement was made as House members in Washington, led by Republicans, debated whether to repeal the law.
The six additional states, all with Republican attorneys general, joined Florida and 19 others in the legal action, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
“It sends a strong message that more than half of the states consider the health care law unconstitutional and are willing to fight it in court,” she said in a statement.
The states claim the health care law is unconstitutional and violates people’s rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties.
It was news enough that Gov. Chris Christie yesterday announced 23 new charter schools in New Jersey, the largest class yet of the semi-autonomous schools. Nine were approved for Newark alone, nearly doubling the total in that city. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
>Abbott Schools : Pouring other people’s money into the patronage mills of urban schools and the unions which hold these children hostage.
It has been disproved that poor children can’t perform as well as those in more affluent districts. It is time to stop blaming the kids’ home environment and start looking at how these failing schools are run and by whom.
Educrats and the teachers’ union use poverty as an excuse for their own failings.
Abbott is a typical liberal solution, pouring other people’s money into the patronage mills of urban schools and the unions which hold these children hostage.
Looking Behind the Mug-Shot Grin NYT This article was reported by Jo Becker, Serge F. Kovaleski, Michael Luo and Dan Barry and written by Mr. Barry.
TUCSON — Moments after the swirl of panic, blood, death and shock, the suspect was face down on the pavement and squirming under the hold of two civilians, his shaved head obscured by a beanie and the hood of his dark sweatshirt.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Audetat, a chiseled former Marine with three tours in Iraq to his credit, dug his knee into the gangly young man’s back and cuffed him. With the aid of another deputy, he relieved the heroic civilians of their charge and began searching for weapons other than the Glock semiautomatic pistol, secured nearby under a civilian’s foot, that had just fired 31 rounds.
In the left front pocket, two 15-round magazines. In the right front pocket, a black, four-inch folding knife. “Are there any other weapons on you?” Deputy Audetat recalled demanding.
>Abbott Schools :When do we deal with real school problems?
When do we deal with real school problems?
The state Supreme Court quickly appointed a special master to determine whether school aid cuts are hampering the state constitution’s mandate for a “thorough and efficient system” of education in the so-called Abbotts. Too bad he can’t take a look at what’s really holding the kids back. (Ingle, Daily Record)
Voters overwhelmingly want to see last year’s health care law changed, but there is substantial disagreement about how best to do it.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely U.S. Voters want to change the law, while only 18% want it left alone. Those figures include 20% who want the law repealed and nothing done to replace it, 28% who want it repealed and then have its most popular provisions put into a new law and 27% who say leave the law in place but get rid of the unpopular provisions
>2010 Hospital Performance Report: Hackensack University Medical Center and The Valley Hospital – have higher than expected rates of central-line associated bloodstream infections
State releases hospital performance reports Friday, January 14, 2011 BY LINDY WASHBURN THE RECORD STAFF WRITER
The state issued its 2010 Hospital Performance Report today, including information for each hospital about patient safety, the quality of care provided and – for the first time – the rate of hospital-acquired infections among patients.
The new information shows that two hospitals in North Jersey – Hackensack University Medical Center and The Valley Hospital – have higher than expected rates of central-line associated bloodstream infections, while Englewood Hospital Medical Center has a lower than expected rate.
These infections occur when bacteria or other germs travel down a “central line” such as a catheter used to administer medicine, and enter the blood. They are very difficult to treat, and are fatal in 12 to 25 percent of cases.
All are invited to participate in this inspirational event!
29th ANNUAL RIDGEWOOD & GLEN ROCK DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. OBSERVANCE Monday, January 17, 2011 at United Methodist Church, 100 Dayton Street, Ridgewood, New Jersey. “Working FOR THE COMMON GOOD” – 10:00 A.M. Interfaith Service Reverend Dr. George W. Maize,III Pastor, Metropolitan AME Zion Church – Outdoor Rally and luncheon. – 1:00 P.M. Fellowship Program will feature Yvonne Smith Segars, who has served as New Jersey’s Public Defender since 2002.
>Light Gate : Ridgewood BOE declines new meeting over field lights
Ridgewood BOE declines new meeting over field lights Tuesday, January 11, 2011 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 2011, 5:58 PM BY KELLY EBBELS THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS Staff Writer
Ridgewood’s Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously Monday night to “courteously decline” an invitation from the village Planning Board to host a new meeting with neighbors of Ridgewood High School (RHS) regarding the installation of stadium-style field lights at the school’s two athletic fields.
BOE members said they have provided enough opportunities for full dialogue with the neighbors – including resolving issues surrounding the fields’ increased usage – in their own forums and meetings.
“I think we need to keep moving forward at all times,” said BOE member Laurie Goodman, a member of the communications committee and the BOE’s representative to the joint Village-District Fields Committee. “I don’t see why we need the planning board to have a dialogue … we have plenty of space here for meetings.”
Neighbors of RHS stepped forward in recent months following the installation of 11 light poles between 70 and 80 feet tall at Stadium and Stevens fields, alleging that the BOE did not provide adequate consultation or properly inform residents of the development. They have raised concerns about how the field lights reflect a new field usage policy, as well as criticized the quality of information presented at the first courtesy review at the planning board on Oct. 5.
The planning board voted in December to extend an invitation for a new meeting
>“Sorry Peter, mail trucks have the right to collide with pedestrians, and so do angry New York drivers, according to the legal experts at the Ridgewood Blog whose word must be accepted as gospel. It’s your own fault for arrogantly slapping your messenger bag against a speeding mail truck, whose government-employed driver had no social responsibility to pay attention while he was driving.
Ditto for the New York driver, a state known for its calm and level-headed residents, who nearly had to deal with the inconvenience of your blood staining his Certified Pre-Owned BMW.
Please improve your walking skills so that property taxes won’t go up in an attempt to save the lives of our children.” PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LAWS CHANGED – APRIL 1, 2010
Revisions to law concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control went into effect on April 1, 2010. Among other revisions, such as an increase to the portion of fines to be deposited into the “Pedestrian Safety Enforcement and Education Fund”, the new law requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians under certain conditions. https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/SoNJ1329PED.pdf
>Energy Tax: Controversial ratepayer-subsidy bill passes both houses
Controversial ratepayer-subsidy bill passes both houses
The legislature gave final approval yesterday to a controversial bill meant to lower the cost of electricity in New Jersey by having ratepayers subsidize the construction of new power plants — but it took new amendments and some behind-the-scenes lobbying to get the measure passed. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)
