>New public workers must move to N.J.
Governor Christie announced Thursday that he signed a bill into law that will require public workers hired after Sept. 1 to live in New Jersey. (Livio and Friedman, The Star-Ledger)
https://www.northjersey.com/news/122279029_New_public_workers_must_move_to_N_J_.html
>Prices for solar certificated plummet – but why?
In a trend that is good news for ratepayers, the cost of solar renewable energy certificates (SRECs) is dropping in New Jersey, falling from about $650 a month ago to less than half that, before rising in recent days. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)
https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0520/0023/
>Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders wants state to repeal emissions-reduction program
The Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted Tuesday to urge the state to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI – a multistate “cap and trade” emissions-reduction program that opponents claim is a burden on businesses and rate-payers and supporters claim is a revenue-generating way of slowing climate change. (Lemongello, Press of Atlantic City)
>Sen. Ruiz’s long study of tenure finally coming to fruition
State Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s first deliberations on teacher tenure started more than a year ago, even before Gov. Chris Christie made it a centerpiece of his education reform agenda. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0519/2336/
>Pension council approves shift to more investments in ‘alternatives’
Of the targeted allocations for fiscal 2012, the investment plan’s greatest shift would be toward hedge funds. (Tangel, The Record)
https://www.northjersey.com/news/122279004_Pension_fund_adding_riskier_investments.html
>Despite Public Sector Layoffs the state added 13,400 private-sector jobs and 600 public sector jobs last month
N.J. gained 14,000 jobs in April
New Jersey’s economy added 14,000 jobs in April, and its unemployment rate remained steady at 9.3 percent, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday. (Diamond, Gannett)
https://www.app.com/article/20110519/NJBIZ/305190128/N-J-gained-14-000-jobs-in-April
>Expert: Expand sales, cut income tax
New Jersey’s sales tax should be expanded in order to reduce other taxes, an expert from a conservative think tank told top members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration Thursday. (Method, Gannett)
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110519/NJNEWS/305190031/Expert-Expand-sales-cut-income-tax
>Ridgewood’s unlimited parking pass included in revisions to rate structure
Friday, May 20, 2011
BY MICHAEL SEDON
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
STAFF WRITER
Commuters and downtown workers can stop saving bags full of change by getting a new unlimited parking pass, village officials said this week.
“The idea for unlimited parking was adopted to better meet the needs of customers, downtown workers and commuters,” said Councilman Paul Aronsohn, the liaison to the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce. “Currently, many are forced to move their cars or illegally feed the meters. This new approach recognizes and accommodates those that need more than two hours of parking.”
The “Unlimited Prepaid Parking Permit” (UP3) was part of revisions in the village’s parking rate structure approved by the Village Council last week.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/122278034_Keep_the_change.html
>”Bill Clinton, back in 1992, when he was running for office, you know, their campaign coined the phrase, ‘It’s the economy, stupid,'”
>BOE: It is the sworn obligation of ALL the board members to act in the taxpayers’ interests
It is the sworn obligation of ALL the board members to act in the taxpayers’ interests. It is mind-numbing to listen to and read all the complaints about VC and BOE members, watch the complainers elect unqualified/inappropriate candidates and then listen and read as those same complainers give their candidates passes when they cow-tow to a vocal minority, instead of acting in the best interests of Ridgewood.
your joking right?…
A few don’t seem to be acting in my best interests. My taxes keep going up, while the schools and the village don’t get noticeably better. Why is it that none of them seem willing to take a hard line against any of the public sector unions? The way that the Village Council caved to the police union a few months ago was embarrassing. Five years of raises? Minimal healthcare contributions? In a recession? I hope that the BOE shows more of a backbone in their negotiations with the teachers.
>BOE Elections and High Property Tax
At the polling site at the Ridgewood High School gym, Sara Johnson said she was “very grateful for the schools and what they have done for my children.” As the wife of the high school football coach, she said, she votes yes “to offset the malcontents.”
“We’re all being taxed out of our homes,” she added, “but I don’t think people realize the state gives us so little, and we’re so dependent on local property taxes.” Ridgewood expects to get $1.9 million in state aid for its proposed $86.8 million budget for fiscal 2012.
Unbiased viewpoints…this is the only person they could get a comment from at the polls?
https://www.northjersey.com/news/042711_Passaic_Bergen_voters_approve_most_school_budgets.html
>AUTHOR PAULA POLACCO WILL SPEAK TO PARENTS ON MAY 2
Elementary School Librarians to Host Author Paula Polacco
Parents Invited to Special Presentation on Monday, May 2
Children’s author and illustrator Paula Polacco will be visiting the district elementary schools in early May. Ms. Polacco will give a special presentation to adults on Monday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. at George Washington Middle School. Her topic will be the heroes in her life. All district parents are invited to attend. For more information, contact Orchard School librarian Maureen LaBarr at 201-670-2730, ext. 53525 or [email protected].
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BOOK TO REVEAL OBAMA’S ‘TRUE’ IDENTITY?
Wed Apr 20 2011 10:35:52 ET
This year’s high stakes publishing project quietly went to press this week, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
After years of research and digging by the nation’s top private investigators, here it comes:
“WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President.”
https://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm
>Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Ronald Reagan
Read more: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan.html#ixzz1Jo9FpdWv
>Christie will not raise taxes if required to find additional school funding
Continuing to believe the Abbott v. Burke Supreme Court decision on state funding for the poorest school districts is a “failed legal theory,” Gov. Chris Christie reiterated Tuesday he will not raise taxes if the Supreme Court decides to require the state to provide an additional $1.6 billion. (Hassan, State Street Wire)
