Category: Village of Ridgewood

>Amid cuts, parking grace period mulled in Ridgewood
Thursday, April 15, 2010
BY MICHAEL SEDON
The Ridgewood News
STAFF WRITER

https://www.northjersey.com/news/90957419_Amid_cuts__parking_grace_period_mulled.html

The municipal budget is in flux with specific staff and service cuts still unknown, but the village government is kicking around an idea for a cut that residents may embrace.

While discussing this year’s budget for the Traffic and Signal Department, Village Manager Ken Gabbert asked Chris Rutishauser, village engineer, if it is possible to adjust parking meters to allow for a five-minute grace period.

The newer digital meters could be programmed to allow for a grace period, Rutishauser said. Gabbert requested that Rutishauser look at the time involved in opening up each meter to program the grace period.

The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce asked its liaison on the Village Council, Deputy Mayor Keith Killion, if the meters could count backwards to show the actual time of the grace period. Mayor David Pfund said the village should first focus on the meters in the Central Business District before looking at all of the town’s nearly 1,300 parking meters, including those at the Route 17 park and ride.

Revenue discussion

The Engineering Department will lose one employee through retirement who will not be replaced, Rutishauser said. The department might also be issuing three major soil moving permits for the Board of Education’s bond referendum projects at Stevens and Stadium fields and Benjamin Franklin Middle School, and possibly a fourth for remediation work at Hawes Elementary School.

But because about 2,900 truck trips will be required to move the soil, Gabbert said, the permit cost of between $4,200 and $4,800 each will be negated by the damage to neighborhood streets.

The number of permits issued by the Building Department has decreased again this year, “and that’s purely due to the economy,” said Michael Barker, village tax assessor. Revenues totaled $689,086 in 2009, and the department is facing the possible layoffs of one full-time and one part-time employee, said Treasurer Steve Sanzari.

“The building permits have picked up a little bit because of the spring,” said Tony Merlino, Building Department director. “But zoning reviews have kind of remained flat.”

“There’s not building going on,” Barker said. “There’s no added assessment work. And as well as the economy being off, the property values are down, so the work that people are doing is not affecting the overall value of that property.”

Around 300 property owners have filed tax appeals, Barker said, and with declining property values, the village cannot successfully win many of these challenges.

Staff reductions

Planning Board Secretary Barbara Carlton will retire at the end of this year, Rutishauser said, and Pfund asked if the planning and zoning board secretaries could be combined in one position. Rutishauser answered that “it is possible.”

One retiring employee at the Water Pollution Control Facility will not be replaced. Meanwhile, Rutishauser said, the liquid waste acceptance program has added a revenue stream to the village’s income. But he added that the waste water collection system is “aging,” and the village is looking into the possibility of applying for federal grants to upgrade some of that system.

The Finance Department is facing a staff reduction of four of its nine employees, which Sanzari said would have a “tremendous” effect on a department responsible for all the village’s payroll and accounting, all fees, special requests for project cost estimates, residents’ tax questions and the $118 million in taxes Ridgewood collects each year.

Employees from the tax assessor’s office could help the finance office at it busiest time of the year, around tax time, to make up for the loss of employees, Gabbert said. The village’s tax collection rate is still 99 percent, which is unchanged from the previous year, Gabbert said.

The village’s animal control officer will retire this summer, and the Health Department is not replacing him, said Health Supervisor Dawn Cetrulo. The department may also lose one part-time employee, Cetrulo added. Tyco Animal Control is currently under contract for $19,200, and that company will pick up the animal control duties of the retiring full-time employee at an additional cost of $28,800, she said.

The Information and Technology Department decreased its budget by 25 percent, said Dylan Hansen, network administrator. Further reductions to the department’s budget could come from reducing the number of cell phones the village issues to its employees. Hansen said the 102 village employees have been issued cell phones, and the council urged Hansen to evaluate which employees actually need them. Councilman Paul Aronsohn asked if the number could be cut in half, which would save between $20,000 and $25,000, Hansen said.

The village spent $205,000 for police and fire communications, landlines, wireless, long distance and Internet connections, but Hansen said by consolidating these services, the village could save an additional $30,000.

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>Here are some basic facts on New Jersey’s tax system and how it compares to other states:

Tax Freedom Day Arrives on April 25 in New Jersey
Tax Freedom Day is the day when Americans finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year. In 2010, New Jersey taxpayers work until April 25 to pay their total tax bill, ranking them 2nd highest in the nation. This is 16 days later than national Tax Freedom Day (April 9). The Tax Freedom Days of the neighboring states are: New York, April 23 (ranked 3rd nationally), Pennsylvania, April 13 (ranked 11th nationally), and Delaware, April 10 (ranked 18th nationally).
Full study of Tax Freedom Day, nationwide and in each state
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New Jersey’s State/Local Tax Burden Highest in Nation
Estimated at 11.8% of income, New Jersey’s state/local tax burden percentage is the highest in the country, well above the national average of 9.7%. New Jersey taxpayers pay $6,610 per capita in state and local taxes.
New Jersey’s State-Local Tax Burden, 1977-Present
Other States’ State/Local Tax Burdens
Historical Chart Comparing All States’ State/Local Tax Burdens from 1977 to 2008
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New Jersey’s 2010 Business Tax Climate Ranks 50th
New Jersey ranks 50th in the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index. The Index compares the states in five areas of taxation that impact business: corporate taxes; individual income taxes; sales taxes; unemployment insurance taxes; and taxes on property, including residential and commercial property. Neighboring states ranked as follows: New York (49th), Pennsylvania (27th) and Delaware (8th).
50-State Comparison of Business Tax Climates (data only)
2009 State Business Tax Climate Index, Sixth Edition (full study)
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New Jersey’s Individual Income Tax System
New Jersey’s personal income tax system consists of six brackets and a top rate of 8.97% kicking in at an income level of $500,000. Among states levying personal income taxes, New Jersey’s top rate ranks 6th highest nationally. New Jersey’s 2008 state-level individual income tax collections were $1,457 per person, which ranked 6th highest nationally.
50-State Table of Individual Income Tax Rates
50-State Table of State Individual Income Tax Collections
50-State Table of State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections Per Capita
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New Jersey’s Corporate Income Tax System
New Jersey’s corporate tax structure consists of a flat 9% on corporate income. However, corporations with total net income of $100,000 or less pay 7.5% and corporations with total net income of $50,000 or under pay 6.5%. Among states levying corporate income taxes, New Jersey’s top tax rate ranks 5th highest nationally. In 2008, state-level corporate tax collections (excluding local taxes) were $326 per capita, ranking the state 5th highest nationally.
50-State Table of Corporate Income Tax Rates, 2000-2009
50-State Table of State and Local Corporate Income Tax Collections Per Capita and Per Household, 2005
50-State Table of State Corporate Income Tax Collections Per Capita, 2006
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New Jersey Sales and Excise Taxes
New Jersey levies a 7% general sales or use tax on consumers, which is above the national median of 5.85%. In 2007 combined state and local general and selective sales tax collections were $1,424 per person, ranking 22nd highest nationally. New Jersey’s gasoline tax stands at 14.5 cents per gallon and ranks 47th highest nationally. New Jersey’s cigarette tax stands at $2.70 per pack of twenty, which is the 5th highest cigarette tax in the nation. The sales tax was adopted in 1966, the gasoline tax in 1927 and the cigarette tax in 1948.
50-state table of sales, cigarette, gas, beer, wine, and spirits tax rates.
50-State Table of State and Local General and Selective Sales Tax Collections Per Capita
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New Jersey Property Taxes: Highest Per Capita in the Nation
New Jersey is one of the 37 states that collect property taxes at both the state and local levels. As in most states, local governments collect far more. New Jersey’s localities collected $2,372.03 per capita in property taxes in fiscal year 2006, which is the latest year the Census Bureau published state-by-state property tax collections. At the state level, New Jersey collected $0.40 in property taxes during FY 2006, making its combined state/local property taxes $2,372.43 per capita, New Jersey’s combined per capita collections were the highest in the nation.
State property tax collections per capita by state
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Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures: New Jersey is a Donor State
New Jersey taxpayers receive less federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid than any other state. Per dollar of federal tax paid in 2005, New Jersey citizens received approximately $0.61 in the way of federal spending. This represents a decline from 1995 when New Jersey received $0.68 per dollar of taxes in federal spending (second lowest). Neighboring states and the amount of federal spending they received per dollar of federal taxation paid were as follows: New York ($0.79), Pennsylvania ($1.07), and Delaware ($0.77).
Comparing the amount of federal taxes sent to Washington with the amount of federal spending coming back to the state

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>April 15,2010

April 15th, Tax Day, has become a tangible reminder to Americans of a national tax structure that squeezes working families until they break instead of promoting economic growth and responsible spending. On this day, while filing their taxes, everyone is reminded of the hard truths our country is facing right now. At a time when 15 million Americans remain unemployed and many more are struggling to make ends meet, the Democrat Congress and President Obama continue to advocate policies that increase taxes and add to government spending that is already out of control.

Federal, state and local taxes claim almost 27 percent of the average American’s income. That means most Americans have probably worked the first three months of this year just to pay their taxes. And if Democrats in Washington have their way, that burden will increase dramatically.

President Obama and congressional Democrats are spending the federal government into a record deficit of $1.5 trillion dollars this year alone. Unfortunately, the burden to pay for it will be heaped on the backs of American families, small businesses and family farms for years to come.

The income taxes that Americans are paying today are only part of the exploding cost of government. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are pushing an agenda through Congress that is laying a heavy load on state and local governments. From New Jersey to California, states are facing record deficits and are looking to increase taxes on everything from fast food to property.

This is all on a national level, and of course, locally, New Jersey has its own tremendous tax woes. New Jersey has an $11 billion deficit which is the result of years of underfunded and out of control spending. This amount of deficit doesn’t happen overnight, it’s the result of state spending increases of 16% every year.

Spending usually comes with taxes and, of course, New Jersey is no exception. New Jersey has the highest property taxes, the second highest sales tax, among the highest marginal income tax rates and the sixth highest corporate tax. All of this for a grand total of 115 tax increases in the last eight years.

The solution is not taking more taxes from the American people. The answer is fiscal discipline in Washington, DC and Trenton, and most importantly tax relief for working Americans.

The American people already know that we can’t tax and spend our way back to a growing economy. It’s time for Congress to put the American people first and take steps that begin to take the pain out of Tax Day.

Rep. Scott Garrett

>Ridgewood has tons of fluff. As long as we still have “curriculum” people, there’s more to cut.


Voting NO send the message that the taxpayer is broke.


It’s not about what teachers should earn, the job they do, how many we have, their retirements.


THE STATE IS BROKE.
TAXPAYERS ARE BROKE.


10% are unemployed
19% are under-employed or gave up looking.


Many, many of us are working for much less money than we used to make.


My salary is down by 50%.


Why do the teachers DEMAND a raise in the worse recession in recent history.


Who do you think is the real bully? The darn teachers union, that’s who.


I’ll be voting NO on the 20th.

>“Blackmail?” How is it blackmail? He’s not forcing anyone to do anything. He is expressing his opinion and a lot of people agree with him. Tell me we all haven’t become more prudent with our spending. Tell me we all haven’t “cut back” and tried to save more. He’s trying to do the same thing on the State level.

Tell me how the State of NJ lost 121,000 private sector jobs in 2009 and local municipalities and school boards added 11,300 jobs and that makes sense. Tell me how teachers are going to take 4% pay increases when inflation is running at zero, people are getting laid off, property values continue to decrease and health care costs continue to rise and that makes sense. Tell me if in your job you can pay $124,000 towards your retirement, retire at age 49 and receive life time pension payments and health care benefits totaling $3.8 million dollars. My guess is you can’t but at least one retired state employee can.

Look, the system is broken. We’ve got a $11 billion gap on a $29 million dollar budget that doesn’t make for a lot of wiggle room.

Things need to change, dramatically and fast or we’re all going to be in big trouble. The Ridgewood BOE has cut $6+ million dollars out of the budget and some of it is unpleasant because people are going to lose their jobs but you want to know something? Take a good look at what they’ve cut and you’ll see in the total scheme of things there is not going to be a whole lot of difference in the education and activities the students will get. That just gives you a little taste of how much fluff is in not just our school system but the system as a whole. My guess is the next two years at least will be more of the same. We’re actually going to see school budgets shrink, not go up the state cap of 4% and then we can all afford to head back up town and shop or go out to dinner. Someone might want to let the Chamber of Commerce know they are wasting their time bitching about $.25 parking meter rates. No one cares about the quarter it costs to park, no one has money to spend, that’s why no one is up town anymore.

>Dems to Propose $23B ‘Putting Off Hard Decisions’ Fund [Daniel Foster]

National Review blog today: Democratic leadership in the Senate is proposing a $23 billion ’emergency’ fund that would act as a stopgap for states considering layoffs — primarily in education — to overcome budget deficits.

While nobody wants to see widespread teacher layoffs, this bill would represent yet another unpaid-for (hence the ’emergency’ bit, which lets Dems get around PAYGO rules) bailout of state and municipal governments, allowing them to once again put off getting their fiscal houses in order.

Closer to home, it could undermine the gutsy work being done by Gov. Chris Christie in my native New Jersey. As part of an across-the-board effort to close a nearly $10 billion budget deficit (in a $30 billion budget!),Christie has slashed state aid to local schools, but promised to restore it in districts where teachers agree to a one year pay-freeze, and to a 1.5 percent salary contribution to their health insurance. (Most New Jersey teachers currently pay zero for benefits that cover employees and their families from the first date of hire until their deaths — I know!)

A federal bailout to New Jersey could thus short-circuit any chance Christie had of balancing the powerful teacher unions by holding them accountable to parents and taxpayers for their out of control wages and benefits.

>I’m a teacher who sometimes posts on this blog. I have one nagging question. How would one measure ‘merit’? Let’s assume we’re talking about an art teacher, a music teacher, etc. Is there some type of test you propose to give the kids? Would that prove the teachers’ merit? What about special education teachers?

If I’m a good teacher, I may get more kids in my classes that have 504 plans and IEP’s (google it) because “I can handle it” or maybe my schedule works better with the services that these kids get. Now if you test my classes, my kids would score lower overall. Do I get punished?

The second that someone can explain to me exactly HOW merit pay would work, I would jump on board. Maybe then I would finally make what I am worth.

>Why I took a stand

‘If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything.’
By Jim Bunning

I have been serving the citizens of Kentucky for nearly 24 years in Washington. During that time I have been a member of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. I have taken thousands of votes in relation to spending the taxpayers’ money. I will be the first one to admit that I have cast some bad votes during my tenure, and I wish I could have some of them back. For too long, both Republicans and Democrats have treated the taxpayers’ money as a slush fund that does not ever end. At some point, the madness has to stop.

Over a month ago, Democrats passed and President Obama signed into law the “Pay-Go” legislation. It calls on Congress to pay for bills by not adding to our debt. It sounds like a common sense tool that would rein in government spending. Unfortunately, Pay-Go is a paper tiger. It has no teeth. I did not vote for the Democrats’ Pay-Go legislation because I knew it was just a political dog-and-pony show to get some good press after some political setbacks. Since the Pay-Go rule was enacted, the national debt has gone up $244,992,297,448.11 (as of Wednesday, that is).

Why now?

Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked to pass a 30-day extensions bill for unemployment insurance and other federal programs. Earlier in February, those extensions were included in a broader bipartisan bill that was paid for but did not meet Sen. Reid’s approval, and he nixed the deal. When I saw the Democrats in Congress were going to vote on the extensions bill without paying for it and not following their own Pay-Go rules, I said enough is enough.

Many people asked me, “Why now?” My answer is, “Why not now?” Why can’t a non-controversial measure in the Senate that would help those in need be paid for? If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything.

America is under a mountain of debt. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a hearing last month that the United States’ debt is unsustainable. We are on the verge of a tipping point where America’s debt will bring down our economy, and more people will join the unemployment lines. That is why I used my right as a United States Senator and objected.

Only in Washington

After four legislative days of impasse, I reached a supposed deal with Majority Leader Reid to have an up-or-down vote on a pay-for amendment that would fully fund the legislation and not add to the debt. Only minutes before the vote, Democrats used a parliamentary maneuver to set aside my amendment and not vote on the actual substance of it. Only in Washington could this happen. The Democrats did not want to vote on my amendment because they knew they were in the wrong and ignored their own rules. Hypocrisy again rules the day in Washington.

I have 40 grandchildren, and I want them to grow up in a country where they have all of the same opportunities I had as a child. I fear that they will not have those opportunities if Washington continues on its course of spending without paying for it. We are at over $12 trillion in debt. I know many Americans sit around their kitchen table and make the tough decisions. It is time for the politicians in Washington to do the same.

Jim Bunning is a Republican senator from Kentucky.

>Yudin: McNerney stole GOP idea

Bergen County Republicans say that County Executive Dennis McNerney stole their idea to cut an open space tax because he’s facing a tough reelection battle.

“Our organization and our candidates have argued for years that the open space tax is being misused and that it must be cut to provide tax relief, but the Democrats have ignored our proposals,” said county GOP Chairman Bob Yudin in a written statement. “Now all of a sudden, when McNerney is facing a desperate election, he is trying to co-opt our ideas that he ignored for years.” 

McNerney, a Democrat, mentioned the idea in his “state of the county” address last night.
 (Friedman, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/37369/yudin-mcnerney-stole-gop-idea N.J.

>Both sides of this discussion are missing the point.

The NJEA exists to get the highest compensation/benefits and maximum number of days of with pay for its members that it can. That’s it! It doesn’t care about the students or the quality of education.

Now that we understand the NJEA’s purpose. The question is whether the $731 that a full-time teachers pays to the union each year ($98mm in NJ annually) achieves that goal. By the teachers’ own admission, the answer is “no”. Every teach on this blog has complained about being underpaid in comparison to the private sector. So, clearly the private sector non-union approach allows deserving professionals to earn higher levels of compensation. If I was a good teacher, I would be angry about having my earnings potential artificially capped, in exchange for minimum guarantees. I would be angry that other teachers, who are not as qualified or as effective as me, earn as much or more than I do. I would want the opportunity for my hard work provide a higher standard of living for my family.

From the taxpayer’s perspective, the current cost structure for public education and its source of funding is unsustainable. At the current rate in Ridgewood, we will see more and more service, programs, athletics and curricula cut to accommodate the NJEA’s negotiated terms and meet the budget. Eventually, this leads to uncertainty about the existence of some teachers’ very jobs. This is the opposite of what teachers want. Taxpayers want the best school systems for their children. That means the BEST teachers. In a free market environment, the best teachers will go where they are rewarded for their efforts and receive the best treatment. This would require school systems to compete with each other to attract the best talent. In other words, quality teachers could command the best benefits. There is no reason why the best teachers should not earn well over $100K a year.

There is a common ground here. And, the common ground does not require the abolition of the union. However, it does require that the terms of the discussion change. The nature of the workplace has evolved dramatically in the past 100 years.

Few, if any, employers can afford to cover the cost of their employees’ benefits without a substantial shared financial responsibility from the employee. Yet, it is as if the people, who support the NJEA’s current position, are ignoring the facts that come out of Washington every day on the healthcare debate. Costs have risen exponentially. It is unrealistic to expect the status quo to continue, without something breaking down. And, what is breaking down is the ability to fund our current level of education. So, teachers must begin to assume a greater financial responsibility for the cost of their benefits – across the board, not just with new teachers. I would argue that the majority of teachers’ union dues would be better spent to help cover the cost of their family benefits.

It is time for the NJEA and school boards to agree on merit based pay. Maximum pay scales must rise and guarantees on the other end must be removed. The incentive to earn more money as a result of superior work is a powerful motivation. So is the fear of unemployment or reduced compensation. It is possible to phase this in. But, the devil is in the details and it will be a difficult transformation. This is in the best interest of teacher, students and taxpayers, alike. It must be done to salvage education in NJ.

The reality is that tenure must be abolished to allow for these changed to work. Tenure serves no legitimate purpose toward meaningfully increasing a teacher’s earning potential, improving the quality of education or motivating a teacher. The natural tendency is for a teacher to view tenure as the “goal”. Tenure is not particularly difficult to attain and, once attained, there is no motivation not to “coast” to retirement.

>Dear Supporters,

Last night my husband, , and another parent active in the community, Brian Dowd, announced their intention to run for the two Council seats that we believe will be vacated this year by David Pfund and Pat Mancuso. I will forward their bios as well as their position paper, but our immediate need is to collect 165 signatures from registered voters to enable them to be candidates. Here is the text of the message that was sent last evening, and I apologize of you already received this directly:

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

We are pleased to announce that we are running for the two Village Council seats that are available this year. We feel strongly that Ridgewood is a very special town that is reaching a pivotal point in its history, and it requires responsive government. As parents of school age children who plan to make the Village our home for many years, we are committed to preserving the fabric that makes our town unique, while providing the strong leadership and business acumen needed to manage our current fiscal situation and adequately plan for our future needs.

We look forward to discussing our thoughts with you in more detail in the coming weeks, but our immediate focus is to collect the 165 signatures needed to secure a place on the May 11 ballot.

We ask for your support by having each registered voter in your home sign both petitions by Friday, March 12. The petitions can be printed from:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nzoozdmuwmm/Petition_Cronk.pdf

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wmlnz3tmn5w/Petition_Dowd.pdf

Please note that each registered voter in your home may sign a maximum of two petitions this year. Additional nominations will be voided by the Village Clerk.

The signed petitions can be dropped at 404 Shelbourne Terrace
(mail slot located on front door), or, if you contact us, we are happy to pick them up.

Thank you very much for your support.

Sincerely,

Doug Cronk & Brian Dowd

>March 2, 2010, 6:35 pm
Fuel Taxes Must Rise, Harvard Researchers Say
By SINDYA N. BHANOO

To meet the ,Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon.

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving must simply increase, according to a forthcoming report by researchers at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

The 14 percent target was set in the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal 2010.

In their study, the researchers devised several combinations of steps that United States policymakers might take in trying to address the heat-trapping emissions by the nation’s transportation sector, which consume 70 percent of the oil used in the United States.

Most of their models assumed an economy-wide carbon dioxide tax starting at $30 a ton in 2010 and escalating to $60 a ton in 2030. In some cases researchers also factored in tax credits for electric and hybrid vehicles, taxes on fuel or both.

https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/fuel-taxes-must-rise-harvard-researchers-say/

>Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey
Presented at Ridgewood High School, E. Ridgewood Ave. from 9am to 1:30pm – FREE ADMISSION – Previous Presenters Are NASA & Cornell on the Mars rover Findings; Valley Hospital & Youth Fitness; Ridgewood Police & Fire; Whole Foods Nutritional Experts; Goffle Poultry Farm & Turtle Back Zoo – check out the website for updated infor www.SuperScience Saturday.org Join us at Ridgewood Middle and High School Students for a special area for you to present your projects. Meet doxens of professional presenters along with hundreds of other students also excited about science. More information – Michael Aaron Flicker 201/300-2900 or [email protected]

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Today, March 2nd at the Ridgewood Library at 1:00 PM TODAY Show Janice Leiberman Consumer Reporter – how to shop from groceries, energy efficient appliances and HOW TO SHOP FOR A HUSBAND – her fun book!

SNOW got you down? Here’s a treat right around the corner.

Join the members of the College Club and let’s have some fun AND learn
from TV Consumer Reporter and Journalist Bergen County’s own Janice Lieberman.
….discussing her latest book “How To Shop For A Husband” .
Janice will give insight and practical ways to shop for a husband that may surprise you.
Great information on how to keep that marriage, friendship or relationship going too.
Hear from a variety of TV “friends”

She will also share lots of other “deals and steals” she has learned through the years giving
advice and assistance to all of us who shop for everything from the family dinner to buying
that energy saver appliance.

Bring a friend ($10 fee) …College Club members: this program is free to you!.

Janice will autograph her books for us and as usual Bookends in Ridgewood
will work with us to give us a percentage of the sales. What a great gift for family
and friends and you help the scholarship fund.

Mar 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM
“How to Shop for a Husband”
Ridgewood Public Library, 125 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood
Janice Lieberman, a journalist and consumer reporter for The Today Show and the Reader’s Digest will autograph copies of “How to Shop for a Husband” 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 at the Ridgewood Public Library, 125 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood. Bookends will donate a percentage back to the Ridgewood College Club for all books sold. For more information, please call Bea O’Rourke, (201) 445-9423 or e-mail [email protected]. College Club Program Committee

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O’Rourke Group
Bea O’Rourke CSW, RP, GRS
321 Spring Ave.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450-4511
[email protected]
201-445-9423

“The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.”
“The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.”

Ridgewood Library
131 North Maple Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450-3256
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