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Visiting Police Officer Calls New Jersey Trump Protesters ,”the most hateful, evil people that I’ve ever seen”

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Wildwood N J, welcome to New Jersey ,Tucson police officer Brandon Tatum attended a Trump rally this past weekend to try and make up his own mind about the candidate, and the video he made describing his experience there has gone viral on Facebook. Tatum, a former supporter of Ben Carson, said he was shocked at the “verbally violent” protesters who he said treated him “like a criminal,” and that the Trump attendees were not initially adversarial with them. “These people were the most hateful, evil people that I’ve ever seen,” Tatum said of the protesters, while he found the Trump supporters to be restrained.

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Is Auto Insurance Mandatory in All States?

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Is this your first time to purchase a car? Or are you thinking of switching to a new auto insurance provider? Auto insurances are mandatory in all provinces and territories of Canada. You can’t hit the road without one. However, you have to understand that there are various types of auto insurance available in the market today. Check out this guide to know more about the right one for you. 

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Natural gas and Renewables are not mutually exclusive, natural gas is a necessary compliment

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Trenton NJ, Statement from Thomas R. Churchelow, Esq., President, New Jersey Utilities Association on Governor Murphy’s Final Energy Master Plan:

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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli : “Like most of the Governor’s policies, this plan does nothing to fix our broken state”

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Trenton NJ, GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli  trashes Gov. Murphy’s Energy Master Plan; “Not only is the Governor’s energy master plan unrealistic, but like his other policy proposals, it will drive up costs on families, retirees and small businesses, and worsen a state economy that is already dead last or next to last in job growth, wage growth and fiscal health.
Calling for the complete phase out affordable natural gas – which heats about 75% of New Jersey homes – is a disaster. Where is the Governor going to find the money for his grandiose plan to force conversion of furnaces, hot water heaters, stoves, and dryers to electric? I’ll tell you where – New Jersey taxpayers who are already being crushed.

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Gov. Phil Murphy calls for eliminating the state’s reliance on natural gas?

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TRENTON NJ,  The energy master plan announced by Gov. Phil Murphy today calls for eliminating the state’s reliance on natural gas. Assemblyman Jay Webber said the plan is irresponsible and called on the Legislature to stop it from moving forward.“The governor’s plan would effectively end natural gas service in New Jersey; but, New Jerseyans need natural gas, which is an abundant, affordable, clean and reliable energy source,” said Webber (R-Morris). “Not only are 75 percent of our homes and businesses heated with natural gas, but about 50 percent of our electricity is generated from it. Natural gas also is critical as a raw material for manufacturing.”

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New Jersey Taxpayers Face $130 Billion in Unfunded Liabilities for Government Retiree Health Care Benefits, Only California Faces larger

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Ridgewood NJ,  In terms of retired public employee health care benefits, New Jersey has greater unfunded liabilities – $130 billion – than every state but California, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The new report, Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities, 2019, examines the unfunded liabilities in each state for other-post employment benefits (OPEB), which include health insurance, life insurance, Medicare Supplement Insurance and more for retired public employees.

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The new law mandates the NJ Legislature to adopt a policy prohibiting sexual harassment by members, officers, and employees

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado’s bill requiring the first update of the Legislature’s sexual harassment policy in more than a decade was signed by the governor.

“I want to send a loud and clear message that sexual harassment will not be tolerated,” said Corrado (R-40). “News reports, and testimony we have heard in Trenton indicate sexual misconduct is more prevalent than we could have imagined. That has to end. The Legislature will lead by example with a no-nonsense policy that clearly provides protections from harassment and assault.”

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Governor Murphy Signs Legislative Package Protecting the Affordable Care Tax in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a package of bills to safeguard the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in New Jersey. The bills, which will codify into state law the basic protections for health care consumers that are part of the Affordable Care Act, include protections for no-cost preventative care and contraception, prohibit exclusions for pre-existing conditions, allow children to stay on their parents’ plan until age 26, and incorporate mental health and maternity care as part of essential benefits, among others. The Governor highlighted the importance of these bills during an armchair discussion with Hackensack Meridian Health Chief Executive Officer Bob Garret.

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Governor Phil Murphy :‘I don’t wake up every morning reflexively trying to figure out ways to tax people’

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Trenton NJ,after his 2020 State of the State address, Governor Murphy struck back at criticism that looks for ways to tax the residents of New Jersey, during a Q and A with reporters following the launch of his Jobs NJ initiative.

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BRIDGE-GATE 2.0: NJDOT Orders Timely Road Construction Impacting Trump Rally

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Trenton NJ, it appears that the Trump Rally at Wildwoods Convention Center  will be impacted by some very timely road construction ordered by the NJDOT  can you say Bridge-gate 2.0 or perhaps Wildwood-gate .

Route 47/S. Delsea Drive to be closed and detoured for priority roadway repair beginning next week in Cape May County Closure in place until June to repair sinkholes undermining the road

From the NJ DOT , New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced that Route 47/ S Delsea Drive will be closed and detoured beginning Monday for priority roadway repairs in Middle Township, Cape May County. 

Beginning at 7 a.m., Monday, January 20, NJDOT’s contractor Mount Construction is scheduled to close and detour Route 47 in both directions between Indian Trail Road and Springers Mill Road for priority repairs to a culvert over Dias Creek resulting in sinkholes that are compromising the roadway. The project is anticipated to be completed by June 2020. Local access will be maintained for residents and businesses. The following signed detour will be in place throughout the duration of the project: 

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Assemblyman Robert Auth blasts Murphy “as out of touch with fiscal reality”

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TRENTON NJ , Assemblyman Robert Auth blasted Governor Phil Murphy for his spending plans despite the state’s nation-worst fiscal position.

“The smoke and mirror State of the State address was another example of Governor Murphy’s abject denial of our current financial situation,” said Auth(R-Bergen). “We are currently fifty out of fifty in fiscal stability, two-hundred-nine billion dollars in the red and he’s extolling the virtues of excessive spending and bloated government. Even members of his own party were incredulous after the speech.”

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Legislation to Repeal the Religious Exemption for Mandatory Vaccines Fails

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Trenton NJ, thousands descended on the state capitol ,honking horns, chanting “My GOD, My Choice,” “Vote No!”, “Kill the Bill”, “We Will Vote You Out”, intermittently reciting the LORD’s Prayer, displaying a giant American flag, with megaphones and placards, thousands of opponents of a Bill that mandated vaccinations without informed written parental consent, and that also eliminated religious exemptions, surrounded the New Jersey State House and Senate chambers until long after darkness fell. A new day in New Jersey! An army of Milennials, Generation Z, fighting for parental rights and freedom of religion, has arrived for such a time as this!i Let not the sun set on this movement heading in the “right” direction!

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The Governors State of the State message, another brew of New Jersey Stuck on Stupid Economics

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Trenton NJ, The Governors State of the State message  was just another brew of New Jersey Stuck on Stupid Economics . The governor once again continued to promote his vision of a “fairer and stronger” economy, with the answer to everything being to raise taxes . Our question is once again fairer for who?,strong for who?  He of course  failed to address the “pension black hole ” , and reigning in the idiotic spending and regulatory over reach in the state, leading to the current affordability crisis.

The Murphy agenda seems to be drive all the business out of the state , and replace residents will illegals and criminals .

The massive numbers of Garden Stater’s fleeing the state or looking to flee the state in the next 5 years taking their assets and spending power with them guaranteeing to make matters far worse . Nothing said in the state of the state would make anyone change their mind . Its just the same old same old from the state house .Begging the question; will the state survive two more years of Phil Murphy and his Stuck on Stupid Economics.

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New Jersey Economic and Fiscal Policy Review Commission Will Push Fiscal Responsibility at State Goverment

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Trenton NJ, Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Steve Oroho that would establish the New Jersey Economic and Fiscal Policy Review Commission was advanced by the Senate and Assembly and now heads to the governor for final approval.

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NJ legislator Wants to Educate Drivers on Rights and Responsibilities When Stopped by Police

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Trenton NJ, Many new drivers are unaware of their rights and proper protocol when being pulled over by a police officer. To help educate residents to that extent, a bill encouraged by national dialogue on incidents occurring during routine law enforcement stops advanced in the Assembly Thursday.

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