Category: Village of Ridgewood

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“What is truly amazing is the lack of press coverage of Corzine’s “donations” to the various African-American church in Camden and Newark and high-powered leaders of each in order to secure endorsements and votes. This insidious bullshit went virtually uncovered in the major state newspapers. He bought thousands upon thousands of votes with these bribes.

And wait until the news emerges (after the election) that Corzine funneled campaign money to Chris Daggett in order to drain votes away from Christie, thereby securing his own victory. Undoubtedly, Daggett will be given some job in the next Corzine administration, because his own nascent political career will end on November 3.

The Record has the audacity to endorse Corzine because he’s carrying Weinberg with him on the ticket. Her recent claims to fame are that she was stupid enough to be one of Bernie Madoff’s pigeons and that she had a political bone to pick with future jailbird Joe Ferriero. She’s a worthless hack.

We can only hope that Christie can get to as many people in person in the next 10 days in order to tell his story. The half-truths and flat-out lies that Corzine has spread since September would be actionable in any other state. But not here, in The Soprano State. “

>Village Council: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money!

On November 4th, Village Council members will begin debating whether the organizers of special events such as the 4th of July festivities, Annual Car Show, Fall Street Fair, Memorial and Veterans Day services, Ridgewood Run, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march will be billed for all overtime worked by municipal employees required to facilitate these events.

During this week’s Village Council Work Session, Acting Village Manager Heather Mailander revealed that the Village incurred $53K in non-reimbursed municipal employee overtime charges for this year’s 4th of July parade and fireworks.

It is rumored that if the Village were to begin billing organizers for overtime incurred in connection with their respective events, many of the events could no longer be held.

Stay tuned folks. The last fireworks you saw in Ridgewood may indeed be the last, period!

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>We see little reason not to support the incumbents David Russo and Scott Rumana for Assembly reelection in the 40th District. Scott Rumana,is the former Wayne mayor, and David Russo, long time resident of Ridgewood.David Russo is seeking an 11th term in the Assembly. Both men claim to be fiscal conservatives and social moderates. This stance seems attuned to the values and concerns of the 40th Each claims to favor leaner state government, and Scott Rumana, in particular, has been a very outspoken critic of the new, tougher regulations on COAH housing.We would like to see Mr. Russo a little more engaged in local politics i.e. Ridgewood issues and take more of a leadership role in pushing for less BIG government and more fiscal prudence which at times means saying “NO” on some social issues .

Russo and Rumana’s challengers are Democrats John Agostinelli, a civil engineer from Little Falls and Mark Bombace, a Ridgewood firefighter , former BOE President and another long term resident of Ridgewood .On face value both men seem earnest and eager and serious about public service.While we are not as familiar with Mr. Agostinelli we do commend Mr. Bombace for all his public service and his contribution to the community .

However right now we need “Leadership” more than anything and neither Mr. Bombace nor Mr. Agostinelli have demonstrated much of a grasp or convinced us they do represent some kind of a change. Durring Mr. Bombace’s tenure as BOE President he was perceived as more of a good soldier for the status quo and not a leader. His support for “education” seems to translate more into support for BIG government and BIG unions and not for students. Their campaign rhetoric is loaded with all the “buzz” words which history has demonstrated are merely a ruse from more tax increases.Their support for an increased gas tax based on the fact that New Jersey doesn’t have the highest gas tax yet is ridiculous and out of touch with the present economic situation. In order to be a “Trenton outsider” you need to do more than just talking the talk ,you need to walk the walk.

The Ridgewood blog strongly endorses Russo and Rumana for Assembly.

the Staff of the Ridgewood blog

>Horse Flu : A Case of Canine Influenza

WOW!!!! I am beginning to question the value of blog sites like this!! You read the first blog by John and you think he did his research and flu shot is a bad idea. It looks like he did his research by calling an expert hopsital like Oradell!! BUT…. then you read the article in the Record as noted above and you realize that John probably never spoke to Oradell because thier head doctor says vaccination is a good idea!!! Hey John, where did you get your info from or maybe I should ask who do you work for ???

I am really p—ed at the people who knock the Ridgewood vet hospital. They are trying to do the right thing which you should GET because they make you get a Flu shot so everyone is safe and you are saying they just want to make money. We have our dog and our cat groomed at Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital and I know that they would make more money on the grooming than they would on two vaccines. So when they turn people away without a vaccine they are LOSING MONEY!!!! You don’t have to be a genius to see that.

I am speaking out for Ridgewood vet hospital because a year ago they told me I should get a shot for something called leptospirosis that can kill a dog. I didn’t get it cause I was to busy. Well two months ago my dog almost died of leptospirosis but Dr. Cerf saved him!!!! If I’d gotten the shot when Dr. Cerf told me I could have saved a ton of money!!!

So the bottom line is: Who do we trust? A guy named John who says Oradell doesn’t suggest flu vaccine a week before Oradell is in the newspare reommending it or a doc like Cerf who has taken care of my pets since I was a little kid and took care of my Mom’s dog at midnight in the middle of a snow storm?? Daaaaaa?????

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Angry At Ignorance

Dear Angry,

I feel quite the opposite about TRB…it gives us a place to air ALL our views. It’s up to us to filter the content as we see fit. Oradell’s policy may have changed between the first comment and now or they’re all not on the same page. My pets have gone to Oradell, RVH and currently go to Glen Rock Animal Hosp. Why? Dr Steve is great vet, gives personalized attention to my pets and I spend about 1/3 annually than I did at OAH and RVH. If anyone asked me, I would wholeheartedly recommend them.

That’s the value of this blog. Discussion, communication, information, opinion. Thanks PJ!

>With just a week to go in New Jersey’s closely contested race for governor, Republican Chris Christie holds a three-point advantage over incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Jersey show Christie with 46% of the vote and Corzine with 43%. While the margin is little changed from a week ago and the week before, the biggest news may be that support for independent candidate Chris Daggett has dropped four points to seven percent (7%). The number of undecided voters is down to four percent (4%).

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2009/new_jersey/election_2009_new_jersey_governor

>Congrats! from the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Aronsohn Brings Nearly Two Decades of Private and Public Sector Experience asFormer Pfizer Executive, Congressional Candidate, Member of Clinton andMcGreevey Administrations and Current Ridgewood Councilman

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — MWW Group (https://www.mww.com/), one ofthe nation’s top 10 public relations firms, announced today that Paul Aronsohnhas joined the company as a vice president. Aronsohn brings nearly 20 years ofexperience working directly with elected officials, legislators,administrators and corporate executives. His extensive communications andpublic affairs background spans across both the public and private sectors. As a result, Aronsohn will service roles in both MWW’s corporate and publicaffairs practice.
Aronsohn’s experience includes senior public affairs positions at Pfizer Inc.and within the Clinton and McGreevey Administrations. Additionally, hecurrently serves as a Councilman in Ridgewood, N.J.

“Paul is an outstanding addition to our team. He brings extensive experienceand perspective to our team, gained from having worked in high level positionsin the private sector and in the top levels of federal and state government,”said Michael W. Kempner, president and CEO of MWW Group. “His insider’sknowledge and deep network of relationships will be a tremendous asset to ourteam and clients.”

Before joining MWW Group, Aronsohn served as a public affairs executive atPfizer Inc., where he led public affairs efforts to promote life enhancing,life saving medicines and handled issues management on international, nationaland regional levels.

Previously, Aronsohn ran for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th CongressionalDistrict, receiving a higher percentage of the vote than any Democrat inrecent decades. Prior to that, he served for a year as communicationsdirector and spokesperson for then Governor James McGreevey. Aronsohn alsospent eight years working on foreign policy and national security issues as amember of the Clinton Administration. At the U.S. Department of State, hehandled a wide range of international security matters – fromnon-proliferation to arms control to peacekeeping to Middle East policy.Aronsohn also served three American Ambassadors to the United NationsMadeleine Albright, Bill Richardson, and Richard Holbrooke.

Aronsohn is currently a Councilman in Ridgewood, NJ where he works on issuesacross both the public and private sectors. He is also a member of RotaryInternational and a Board Member of the National Spinal Cord InjuryAssociation. He holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from The GeorgeWashington University.

About MWW GroupMWW Group is one of the nation’s top ten public relations agencies and isknown for its results-driven approach to public relations and “Aim High.Deliver” commitment to client service. For four years in a row, MWW Group washonored with the #1 ranking in the Holmes Report agency client satisfactionsurvey. MWW Group achieved top rankings in the categories of accountleadership, strength of account team, creativity, strategy and planning, andprogram execution. In 2008, MWW Group was named PR Agency of the Year by TheAmerican Business Awards and Mid-size PR Firm of the Year by PR News, inrecognition of the firm’s growth, strategic account leadership andindustry-leading employee retention. MWW Group is part of the InterpublicGroup of Companies (NYSE: IPG).

SOURCE MWW Group

Karla Merida of MWW Group, +1-212-827-3756, kmerida@mww.com

>I chair the New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Open Government Advocacy Project and thought that your blog’s readers might be interested to know of my plan to gather up ALL the Village Council’s meeting minutes, including work sessions, regular meetings, special meetings and closed meeting, from July 1, 2008 through to September 30, 2009 and put them on-line. I’m doing this because the Village’s web site is not up to date and I believe that citizens should have ready access to the Village Council’s meeting minutes. (Note, this matter has already been reported in the Ridgewood News.)

I put the minutes that I have gathered so far, plus a table that shows which ones I’m still seeking access to, on the Internet at

https://www.lpcnj.org/OGTF/RidgewoodMinutes.pdf

Also, I learned that the Village is improperly suppressing minutes from public meetings held as early as March 2009 and executive meetings held as early as November 2008. Since the Sen. Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act requires meeting minutes to made “promptly available,” I have notified the Mayor and Council that I will file suit unless they discuss the matter at their October 28, 2009 meeting and agree to make substantial changes to their minute release policy by October 30, 2009. My letter to the Mayor and Council, that contains a draft of the lawsuit I intend on filing, is on the Internet at

https://www.lpcnj.org/OGTF/RidgewoodLawsuitThreat.pdf

If you would like more information, contact me at 732-873-1251.

John Paff
Somerset, New Jersey

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RHS Lacrosse Car Wash

Rescheduled to Saturday, October 31
The Ridgewood High School Girls Lacrosse Teams’ Car Wash has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 31 from 10AM to 2PM in the Ridgewood High School Parking Lot near E. Ridgewood Avenue entrance. Good opportunity to support the 2010 RHS Girls Lacrosse teams!

Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Networking in Ridgewood

Tue, November 10, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Location: A Mano, 24 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood
Cost:$10 Ridgewood Chamber Members,$15 all others
FREE PARKING IN RIDGEWOOD AFTER 6PM! RSVP by November 9. Call 201-445-2600 or email info@ridgewoodchamber.com, fax 201-251-1958.

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Robert Reich: What An Honest President Would Say About Health Reform ; )

>The Record: Rumana, Russo in the 40th
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Record

https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/65963057.html

THE REPUBLICAN primary campaign for the Assembly in the 40th District was not pretty to watch. The feud that had long simmered between Passaic County Republican Party Chairman Scott T. Rumana and his rivals, Peter Murphy and Michael Mecca, spilled over into a full-scale civil war.

There were two different Republican tickets in many Passaic County Assembly district races. But in the 40th, where Rumana was also an incumbent, the race was most bitter.

In the end, Rumana and his running mate David C. Russo beat back the challenge and seem in fit form as they head toward the home stretch in a heavily Republican district.

Indeed, the wounds from infighting have begun to heal, and there is little reason not to support the incumbents for reelection. Rumana, the former Wayne mayor, and Russo, of Ridgewood, are both attorneys. Russo seeks an 11th term in the Assembly. Both men are fiscal conservatives and social moderates, attuned to the values and concerns of their district and to the ever-escalating cost of living in New Jersey. Each favors leaner state government, and Rumana, in particular, has been an outspoken critic of the new, tougher regulations on affordable housing.

The problem we have with Rumana is not about policy. It is about his continued role as Passaic County Republican Party chairman. It might not have hurt his campaign for reelection, but certainly it hurts his party. More important, it is a distraction he doesn’t need as he works for the people of the 40th District.

Russo and Rumana’s challengers are Democrats John Agostinelli, a civil engineer from Little Falls and Mark Bombace, a firefighter and former school board member from Ridgewood.

Both men are earnest and eager and serious about public service. Agostinelli just missed being elected mayor of Little Falls a year ago. He sees many of Trenton’s problems occurring because of a “lack of planning.” Bombace believes the state’s recovery rests on a stronger education system that measures “one student at a time, based on their individual potential.”

Overall, though, and by comparison to their opponents, Agostinelli and Bombace lack governing experience and a full grasp of the issues and hard choices that must be made in Trenton in the coming term. Facing an $8 billion budget deficit, the Legislature needs as many fiscally prudent lawmakers as it can find. Rumana and Russo fit that bill.

The Record endorses Russo and Rumana for Assembly.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/65963057.html

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