Category: Village of Ridgewood

>DOG RABIES CLINIC – May 25Dog Rabies Clinic, Wednesday, May 25 from 6 to 7pm at the Recycling Center, East Glen Avenue

 

>SCIENCE REVIEW PRESENTED TO THE BOARD

Click here to view the Science Five Year Plan, presented to the Board of Education on May 23, 2011.https://tinyurl.com/4xn4bmm

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>Court orders taxpayers to continue to subsidies failed Abbott Schools and NJEA


Court orders New Jersey to increase aid to failed Abbott schools

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a major piece of Gov. Chris Christie’s cost-cutting was unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to raise spending for poor, urban schools by $500 million next year, despite a state budget shortfall estimated at $10 billion.  (Pérez-Peña and Hu, The New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/nyregion/new-jersey-is-ordered-to-increase-aid-to-schools.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=jersey&st=nyt&scp=4

>White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media 
By Chris O’Shea on May 23, 2011 2:32 PM

 The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response. According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible for building up Obama’s online presence as he prepares for his reelection bid, and squashing any negative stories:The post is a new one for this White House. Rapid response has usually been outsourced to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), if not done on an ad-hoc basis by administration officials. And it signals that the White House will be adopting a more aggressive defense of the president and his policies as his re-election campaign gears up.

 https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/white-house-dedicates-new-position-to-deal-with-unfavorable-online-media_b36292

 

>Valley Hospital Did you know…?

Valley Health System is comprised of The Valley Hospital, Valley Home Care and Valley Health Medical Group.

More than 4,300 professionals are employed by Valley Health System.
There are more than 1,000 physicians on Valley’s active medical staff.
More than 51,000 individuals were admitted to Valley in 2010.
More than 3,000 babies were born at Valley in 2010.
More than 72,000 people were treated in the Emergency Department in 2010.
More than 1,000 babies have been born with the assistance of our Fertility Center.
More than 1,600 Volunteers and 2,000 Auxilians donated more than 195,000 hours to Valley Health System in 2010.

https://www.valleyhealth.com/FastFacts_Default.aspx

>Residents continue to flee New  Jersey in droves

Census shows more moved out of NJ than into state

Nearly 190,000 residents fled New Jersey for other states in 2009, accelerating a trend that has seen tens of thousands leave the Garden State in the past decade. (Mike, Gannett) 

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110524/NJNEWS10/305240009/Census-shows-more-moved-out-NJ-than-into-state

 

>From Medicaid to managed care: The Christie Administration’s plan to slash NJ healthcare costs 

 Theodora, a 20-year-old Summit resident, is unable to walk, talk or eat on her own. With a tracheotomy that requires careful cleaning and constant monitoring, she even needs help to breathe. (Stainton, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0524/0311/

 

>Poll: Fox, O’Reilly Most Trusted News Sources
By PAUL BEDARD
Posted: May 20, 2011

In a stunning rejection of network news and nightly news anchors, cable news, driven by the Fox News Channel and mouthy Bill O’Reilly, is now the top most trusted source—by a mile.

In a new poll from Boston’s Suffolk University, more than a quarter of the nation says Fox is tops when it comes to who they trust the most and O’Reilly is the most believable.

“This poll shows two things: first, the network news have completely lost their brand. Second, the only network with any intensity is Fox News,” says Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center. “Bottom line: the more they attack Fox, the stronger it is getting,” he adds.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/05/20/poll-fox-oreilly-most-trusted-news-sources

I know, liberal heads will explode over this post.  They just can’t stand the fact that “Faux News” is number one in the ratings. According to a poll by Suffolk University, Fox News is also the most trusted news source.

The University polled 1,070 people which included democratics (39%), republicans (34%), independents (22%) and other (5%).  Question 58 (on page eight) asked: What political news source do you trust the most? The results:

Fox News – 28%
CNN – 18%
Undecided – 12%
NBC – 10%
Other – 10%
MSNBC – 7%
ABC – 6%
CBS – 6%
C-SPAN – 3%
Guess that “Lean Forward” concept isn’t working so well for MSNBC!

https://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/fox-news-is-the-most-trusted-news-source/

>Time for a boycott: Towns make up revenue loss with more tickets


With the summer driving season quickly approaching us this is a good reminder for drivers to slow down and also avoid towns altogether  that write excessive tickets due to budget constraints perhaps even boycott towns all together that are looking to raise revenue through excessive ticket writing schemes .

Towns make up revenue loss with more tickets
6:24 AM, Mar. 6, 2011
Column by
BOB INGLE

TRENTON — Last week we discussed how so many towns have so many cops and so little crime and pondered what they all do. The answer is they write a lot of tickets to make up for lost municipal aid from Trenton.

In an impressive investigation, the Asbury Park Press found the top 20 ticket-writing towns and cities lost an average of $2.9 million in state aid last year. You think that’s a coincidence? The investigation showed each municipality wrote an average of 8,300 additional tickets in the last half of 2010 which could translate into $830,000 more per town from fines.

This story is a must read. It’s in print today, on line Tuesday, March 8.

When asked about the ticket increase, officials said the sped-up activity has nothing to do with a dwindling flow of cash from the state treasury. They would have us believe it was stepped up because they’re concerned for our safety.

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110306/NJCOLUMNIST06/103060320/Towns-make-up-revenue-loss-more-tickets?odyssey=mod|mostcom

 

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New Jersey’s Clean Energy By the Numbers
The New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard 2010 annual report

By Tom Johnson, May 23 in Energy & Environment

https://tinyurl.com/3jogrzb

The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) annual report tracks the state’s progress in achieving its goals to shift New Jersey’s reliance on fuels contributing to global climate change to newer and cleaner ways of producing electricity. The reporting year ended May 31, 2010

77 million megawatt hours: The amount of retail electricity sold in New Jersey during the reporting year, down from 81 million megawatt hours the previous year.

$122 million: The one-year cost of complying with the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, expenses primarily associated with the cost of renewable energy certificates (RECs) and solar renewable certificates (SRECs), which owners of renewable energy systems earn for the electricity the systems produce.

24: The number of megawatts of solar capacity installed in December 2010, an all-time monthly high.

8,037: The total number of solar systems installed since the clean energy program began in 2001, as of December 31, 2010.

17: The total number of biomass systems, which burn renewable sources of fuel, such as wood chips, to produce electricity, installed since the program began.

8: The total number of fuel cells funded since the program began. Fuel cells create energy by converting a fuel, such as hydrogen, into electricity.

$373,192,234: The total amount of rebates handed out to help develop solar, wind, biomass and fuel cell projects.

$349,578,777: The total amount of rebates handed out to help develop strictly solar capacity in New Jersey.

132: The amount of megawatt capacity installed from solar projects in reporting year 2010, which is more than the cumulative capacity of solar since the inception of the program in 2001.

https://tinyurl.com/3jogrzb

>State Senate panel’s tenure bill would add mentoring for new teachers

>Obama collecting dirt on Christie 

 President Obama’s re-election campaign is trying to dig up dirt in the Garden State.Despite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s repeated pronouncements that he will not seek the GOP presidential nomination, Obama operatives are compiling a dossier of what they call “opposition research” — material that could be used to damage Christie if he changes his mind, The Post has learned. (Margolin, New York Post)

https://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/research_destroy_yhiecoqPgh4cpbgEZ4gmmM#ixzz1NAQ7jz3v