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Mourning those lost on September 11th

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Mourning those lost on September 11th

The Ridgewood Police Department honors the memory of the twelve Ridgewood residents that perished in the World Trade Center Attack September 11th 2001.

As per Executive Order from Governor Chris Christie, all flags will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, September 11, in recognition and mourning of all of those lost in the September 11th attacks, and particularly, those lost from our home State.

 

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BPU Hearing on Ridgewood PSE&G Pole Project – Tonight Monday, September 9th

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BPU Hearing on Ridgewood PSE&G Pole Project – Tonight Monday, September 9th

The Board of Public Utilities (BPU), the State regulatory agency, will hold a hearing on PSE&G’s regional transmission upgrade project. The project includes installing 90 65 feet tall utility poles with 69-Kv lines in Ridgewood. The hearing will take place at 6PM in the Freeholder’ Public Meeting Room at the Bergen County Administration Building in Hackensack.

In the Matter of the Letter Petition of the Village of Ridgewood Concerning Installation of Electric Utility Poles and Appurtenant Facilities by PSE&G in the Village of Ridgewood

BPU Docket No EO13080751

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“Board”) hereby gives notice of
an evidentiary hearing,regarding the above noted matter,on September 9, 2013, at
6:00 P.M. to be held at:

Bergen County
Administration Building
Freeholders’ Public
Meeting
Room # 540
1 Bergen County Plaza
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601

On August 15,2013,the Village of Ridgewood (“Village”) submitted a letter petition to the Board requesting a hearing concerning (1) the installation of electric utility poles in the Village;(2) the continuation of a moratorium of any work to be performed by PSE&G during the course of the review/hearing process; and (3) expedited hearing process and review of the petition.PSE&G responded to that petition on August 16, 2013.

In light of the emergent nature of this request, Commissioner Joseph Fiordaliso
has been designated to act as the hearing officer at the above noticed hearing. A court reporter will be transcribing these hearings ,and all remarks will be made part of the final record in this matter.

Written comments may also be submitted to the Board by September 6, 2013 referencing the official docket number of this case
to the address shown above
.
Any questions regarding the upcoming evidentiary hearings should be directed to
BPU Legal Specialist Bethany Rocque -Romaine,Esq.at (609) 292-1496

 

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Planning Board Meeting – September 23

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Planning Board Meeting – September 23

PLANNING BOARD

AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE

Work Session & Public Meeting: Monday, September 23, 2013

In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting and work session for MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013, in the VILLAGE HALL COURT ROOM, 4th Floor, 131 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Board may take official action during this Work and Public Meeting at which time the Board will have discussion regarding multi-family housing and mixed-use developments in and near the CBD.

All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.

Click Here for Public Notice

Jane Wondergem

Secretary to the Board

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Village Council Awaits DEP Approval for ADA Ramp

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Village Council Awaits DEP Approval for ADA Ramp

Graydon Pool – Sloped Entry Ramp – Update

For two years the Village Council, Community, and Village Staff have discussed options to increase accessibility into Graydon Pool.

A ramp allowing direct access into the pool has been designed and was approved by the Council. Based on recent discussions with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), that plan was revised accordingly. We are now waiting for DEP approval.

Click Here for current site plan documents.

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Ridgewood crash injures two, including child

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Ridgewood crash injures two, including child
September 06,2013
Boyd A. Loving
4:07 PM

Ridgewood NJ, A Volkswagen Routan and Nissan Versa collided at the intersection of Ackerman Avenue and Bellair Road in Ridgewood on Friday afternoon injuring a child passenger of the Routan and the Versa’s driver.  Air bags deployed in both crash vehicles.

Ridgewood PD, EMS, and FD units all responded to the scene.  Both victims were transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and both vehicles were towed from the scene by flatbed tow truck.

A minor fluid spill resultant from the crash was handled by FD personnel.  FD personnel also disconnected the batteries of both crash vehicles to reduce the risk of fire hazard.  The victims’ injuries were not considered life threatening.  One summons was issued by the investigating police officer, Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Patrick Elwood.

Ridgewood Police Chief John M. Ward (blue long sleeved shirt with dark tie in photos) arrived first at the scene, and provided first aid and comfort to the injured child prior to the response of ambulance personnel.

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Meet John, one of our Client Care Representatives at Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital

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Meet John, one of our Client Care Representatives at Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital
September 4,2013

Ridgewood NJ, Meet John, one of our Client Care Representatives at Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital. Last night, Bookends Bookstore invited Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital to attend Lil Bub’s signing of her new book called “Lil Bub’s Lil Book”.

Lil Bub is an Internet Celebrity cat. She is a “perma-kitten”, a dwarf and polydactyl cat. Her tongue always hangs out because of her short lower jaw and toothlessness, but her appetite is unaffected. She also suffers from a rare bone disorder called osteopetrosis, for which she takes medication.

Many came out for Lil Bub’s appearance and to get a signed copy of her new book. John was there to greet the attendees and hand out Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital notepads, chip clips, pet magazines as well as a flyer for our upcoming Adopt-A-Pet Day on September 29th from 11am-4pm. It was a great night! If you were unable to make it, Bookends still has signed copies of “Lil Bub’s Lil Book”.

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Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce : Be On The Lookout For Fake Money

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Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce : Be On The Lookout For Fake Money

Over the past few months the county has experienced an increase in cases involving counterfeit bills, specifically 100.00 dollar bills.

KNOW YOUR MONEY
If You Receive a Counterfeit
• Do not return it to the passer.
• Delay the passer if possible.
• Observe the passer’s description, as well as that of any companions, and the license plate numbers of any vehicles used.
• Contact your local police department or United States Secret Service field office. These numbers can be found on the inside front page of your local telephone directory.
• Write your initials and the date in the white border areas of the suspect note.
• Limit the handling of the note. Carefully place it in a protective covering, such as an envelope.
• Surrender the note or coin only to a properly identified police officer or a U.S. Secret Service special agent.

https://www.secretservice.gov/money_receive.shtml

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Ridgewood Police Officers Assaulted

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Ridgewood Police Officers Assaulted
August 28, 2013
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Ridgewood NJ, On August 28, 2013 at 9:57 PM Ptl Sean Amoruso and Shane Broglia responded to the train station on a report of a woman urinating on the platform.

The two officers  located a woman who was in possession of an open container of alcohol. While attempting to investigate the woman assaulted both officers.

Martyna Golinska 30 of Ridgewood was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer. She was remanded to the Bergen County Jail unable to post bail.

All defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Ridgewood Police Chief John M. Ward warns of latest Phone Scam

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Ridgewood Police Chief John M. Ward warns of latest  Phone Scam
September 4,2013

Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Police has experienced a number of “phone scam” reports from residents over the summer months. Below are two examples of phone scams that have been recently reported by several residents.

The “Grandparent Scam” often involves a person who calls posing as a family member in trouble. He or she places a call to an older person and when they pick up, the scammer will say something along the lines of: “Hi Grandma, do you know who this is?” When the unsuspecting grandparent guesses the name of the grandchild the scammer most sounds like, the scammer has established a fake identity without having done any background research. The fake grandchild will usually ask for money to solve some unexpected problem (arrested and need bail money, overdue rent, payment for car repairs, etc.), to be paid via Western Union or MoneyGram, which don’t always require identification to collect. At the same time, the scam artist will beg the grandparent “please don’t tell my parents, they would kill me.” The fake grandchild will generally say they are in another state and may even say they are in another country on “vacation”.

In another recent scam the scammer places a call and has even left a voice message stating that they are from a government law enforcement agency. The name of the agency is usually fake, for example: “National Bureau of Crime”. The scammer will advise the person that criminal complaints have been signed against them or a family member and unless they give money or personal identifying information, the charges will be “filed”. This scam is not aimed at the elderly and anyone can be a victim of this. Please understand that no legitimate law enforcement agency will ever contact you this way.

The Ridgewood Police asks that you spread the word about these scams to your friends and family (especially the elderly). We also ask that you report suspicious phone calls to us so that we can continue to investigate them.

Chief John M. Ward

For more information on phone scams and ways to protect yourself please visit the following link: https://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud

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Media Sees Racist People Everywhere

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Media Sees Racist People Everywhere
By Ann Coulter | August 29, 2013 | 18:48

The media’s fixation on the Trayvon Martin case, while ignoring much more brutal crimes with clearer racial motivations, is a return to pre-O.J. America.

The thesis of my book, “Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama” — out in paperback this week! — is that after decades of liberals play-acting Racist America, wherein they cast themselves as civil rights champions, and other, random white people as Bull Connor (a Democrat), it all ended with the O.J. verdict.

That’s when white America said, That’s it. The white guilt bank is shut down. It was one of the best things that ever happened to America — especially for black people.

But then in 2007, Barack Obama brought it all back. In order to immunize the most left-wing presidential candidate the nation has ever seen, the Non-Fox Media went into overdrive reporting their fantasies of America as a nation full of racists, constantly terrorizing innocent blacks.

Of course, once Republicans got the Democrats to stop terrorizing black people, there was no one else doing it. Nonetheless, for decades, the media would highlight every apparent white-on-black crime, treating each such incident as the Crime of the Century.

White-on-black crimes were, and are, freakishly rare. But the media weren’t showcasing these one-off events as man-bites-dog stories, but rather as dog-bites-man stories in a universe brimming with packs of rabid dogs. According to liberals, whites attacking blacks was an epidemic — a nationwide “cancer,” in the words of erstwhile New York City Mayor Ed Koch.

In December 1986, a gang of white toughs were roaming around Howard Beach, Queens, brawling with anyone they met. They beat up an off-duty white fireman. They attacked a couple of Hispanics. But it was only when the young delinquents fought with three black men — Cedric Sandiford, Timothy Grimes and Michael Griffith — that they secured their place in history and became the literary event of the season!

Read more: https://newsbusters.org/blogs/ann-coulter/2013/08/29/ann-coulter-column-sixth-sense-media-sees-racist-people-everywhere#ixzz2dvr3KyE1

Perfect Example by long time NJ Columnist Bob Ingle : Lonegan’s appeal to bigots not worthy of New Jersey

 

Sometimes it’s hard to determine if Republican Steve Lonegan is serious about wanting to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg in the U.S. Senate or is auditioning for a reality show about an out-of-touch pol whose life’s ambition is to do mediocre stand-up.

 

Over the years, Lonegan and I have had conservations on a wide range of topics. Nobody sticks it to big government, needless bureaucracy or corrupt politicians better than he does. (Ingle/Gannett)

 

https://www.app.com/article/20130901/NJCOLUMNIST06/309010020/Column-Lonegan-s-appeal-bigots-not-worthy-New-Jersey

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Car Seat Safety: A How-To Guide

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Car Seat Safety: A How-To Guide

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for all children.  Child restraints, or car seats, reduce the risk of injury by 71% to 82% and reduce the risk of death by 28% in comparison to children in seat belts alone.   Booster seats reduce the risk of nonfatal injuries by 45% among 4 to 8 year olds.

All vehicle occupants need to be properly restrained by seat belts or child safety seats to prevent injury in case of a sudden stop, swerve or crash.  Seat belts and car seats contact the strongest parts of the body, spread crash forces over a wide area, help the body slow down and protect the brain and spinal cord.

Did you know 3 out of 4 car seats are installed incorrectly?

Before you install your car seat, be sure to read both the car seat instruction manual and your vehicle’s owner manual. Also consider having an expert check the seat. The service is free and only a step away. To find a certified technician, call (866) SEAT-CHECK or click here.

The best car seat is one that:

Fits your child;
Fits the vehicle;
And you will use correctly every trip!

Research tells us that safety belts and car seats are the most effective devices in preventing serious injuries and deaths in vehicle crashes.  All 50 states and the District of Columbia have laws that require child seat use; however, numerous gaps and inconsistencies exist. AAA believes that closing loopholes in existing state laws and educating the public about proper car seat and restraint use are essential to preventing child passenger injuries and deaths.

For more than a century, AAA has worked to foster a safe environment for travelers through education, research and advocacy. Since its founding, AAA has been a leader in developing and supporting educational and safety programs for motorists, pedestrians, cyclists and children.

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Driver fails to negotiate curve and slams into utility pole

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Driver fails to negotiate curve and slams into utility pole
September 2,2013
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Ridgewood NJ, The driver of a Lexus SUV heading northbound on South Maple Avenue in Ridgewood failed to negotiate a curve and slammed head on into a utility pole on Monday afternoon.

Fortunately, the driver was spared injury as a result of the vehicle’s air bags having been deployed.  The vehicle however was much less fortunate; it sustained extensive front end damage and had to be towed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck.

Ridgewood PD Patrol Officers Paul Dinice (left ) and Patrick Elwood (right ) responded to investigate the accident and handle traffic control.  South Maple Avenue remained open throughout the incident, although traffic flow was restricted to the southbound lane only.

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Ticket Discount Offer from the Ridgewood Concert Band

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Ticket Discount Offer from the Ridgewood Concert Band

September is here!

Have you taken advantage of the
Full Season or
Pick 3! ticket discount for
the Ridgewood Concert Band’s 2013-2014 Season?

Don’t miss out on the RCB’s 31st season
featuring guests:
Donald Batchelder, Principal Trumpet, New York City Opera
Alan Baer, Tuba, New York Philharmonic
Col. Bryan Shelburne, Director US Army Band, Pershing’s Own, Retired
Edward Lisk, Renowned Music Educator and Conductor

and program highlights such as:
Prelude and Fugue in C minor – J.S. Bach
Cuban Overture – George Gershwin
Incantation and Overture to Pirates of the Penzance – Arthur Sullivan
It Takes a Long Time to Grow Up in New Jersey – William Vollinger

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Radio Talk Show Host Mark Levin Continues to Comment on interaction he had at Bookends over “natural-born Citizen.”

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Radio Talk Show Host Mark Levin Continues to Comment on interaction he had at Bookends over “natural-born Citizen.”

Hey PJ:

New radio commentary from Mr. Levin from the first hour of his nationwide show on Thursday, August 29th seems to show that the interaction he had with the Ridgewood man at Bookends is still sticking in his craw. Note at least one detail he provides for the first time during his August 29th broadcast (by employing the technique of a simulated colloquy) corresponds with a detail provided by a witness and publicized previously by you in this article (“After cursing at the challenger, Mark replied: “I never said he was a natural-born Citizen.”, upon which his challenger said: “But you must be a natural-born Citizen to be President!”. Mark then said: “No you don’t!”, and the challenger said “Yes, you do. Read the Constitution.”). This seem to show that he is once again alluding to events that occurred on Sunday, August 18th at Bookends in Ridgewood.

Anyway, here’s what Mark Levin said on his radio program on Thursday, August 29th. FYI, a segment about a critic of Levin’s new book precedes the segment about Cruz’s eligibility (it’s relevant, trust me):

Partial Transcript of the Mark Levin Show aired live on Thursday, August 29, 2013

(prepared using the podcast recording of the show provided free of charge at https://www.marklevinshow.com)

[start at 13:30 of the podcast recording]

Mark Levin: [Discussing a critic of his latest book “The Liberty Amendments, Restoring the American Republic”] It’s hilarious! [chuckles] But it’s really kinda … thin stuff. Silly stuff. I’m thinkin’, this guy used to run Pepperdine? And he’s at the Hoover Institute? David Davenport? That’s scary! And I may or may not address this later. I think I will. And, uh…the person who I will have on, his name is Rob Nadelson. Senior fellow in Constitutional Jurispri … prudence at the Independence Institute, the Montana Policy Institute, he’s a former law school professor, and he’s a scholar. And there are others. We had Randy Barnett on here. Georgetown University Law School. Professor. Great guy. Brilliant! I don’t always agree with him, but I don’t always agree with anybody. And he was on here last week. And what do the opponents have? Scare tactics, generalities, superficiality? I mean, folks … they can support the status quo. They can pretend that we’ll elect sixty conservatives to the senate, over and over and over again, to reverse course. They can pretend that all we need is a Republican president, to keep nominating Republicans to the Supreme Court. We’ve been doing that, by the way, for a long time! Somehow they progress, they evolve. But we’re in this position today, where the Constitution is really abused. It’s been disassembled. And some of us want to bring it back together. And then he says I must be the utopian. I must be the czar coming up with these amendments. Ladies and gentlemen, he clearly didn’t read the book! What do I say in the first chapter? These are just my reform proposals. My amendment proposals. Obviously, I’m not king of some state convention! The delegates to the state convention, they’ll make up their own minds, based on what the state legislature suggest that they do! I’m laying them out as what I consider possibilities that actually might help us! But I have no way of imposing them! So how am I a czar? This is what I mean. This guy used to head Pepperdine, and now he’s at the Hoover Institute! It’s stupid! You want to address this issue, I warn all you liberal crackpots, all the pseudo-conservatives, all the guys with degrees and the … and the funny hats at graduation and all the rest, I want to warn you all! You better be prepared. Because some of us has actually really, really dug in to this, and we know far more than you’ll ever know. So when you come up with your scare tactics, and your silly arguments, and you … and you throw your myths around, some of us do know what the framers said! Some of us actually know what the founding fathers said. Some of us actually know what occurred before the nation actually became a nation. What conventions were. How they were conducted. Who sent delagates. How they were selected. How they voted. We know! And you don’t. It’s obvious. With your silly … articles. But we’re ready! I’m ready. I can’t wait! But they don’t matter, ladies and gentlemen, you matter! It’s important that you’re convinced! Which is why I wrote “The Liberty Amendments”. And not one of these people so far, has proposed a serious alternative for restoring the republic. Not one! Because they have none. Not one of them has proposed a serious alternative based on what our framers said, and wrote! Not one! [Bumper music begins playing softly] They defend the status quo! And they pretend the status quo, is what the framers would support! Out of one side of their mouth, and out of the other side of their mouth, they condemn what Washington is doing. They don’t make sense! It’s time to give it up! It’s time to embrace what the framers said. Alright, more when I return! [Bumper music grows louder]

[Cut to different bumper music at 17:50 of the podcast recording (new segment)]

Announcer: This is America’s Constitutional Convention! The Mark Levin Show! Call in now. (877) 381-3811.

Mark Levin: Alright, we got a full board, I’ll get to the callers in a second. I want to throw this issue out there. Ready for this one? Uh, oh, here it comes! Do you know Ted Cruz, Mr. Producer? You’ve heard of that name? Senator from Texas? He’s an American Citizen. A naturalized American Citizen. He can run for President of the United States. Oh, it’s true! It’s true! Here’s the Cato Institute, of all places, libertarian think tank, Ilya Shapiro. “As we head into a potential government shutdown over the funding of Obamacare, the iconoclastic junior senator from Texas continues to stride across the national stage. And with his presidential aspirations as big as everything in his home state”, writes this writer, “by now many know what has never been a secret. Ted Cruz was born in Canada.” [Shouting] Oh my God! [Speaking at normal volume] “But does that mean that Cruz’s presidential ambitions are gummed up with marble [sic] syrup, or stuck in snowdrifts altogether different from those plaguing the Iowa Caucuses? Are the birthers now hoist on their own petards, having been unable to find any proof that Obama was born outside the Uni …” Uh, oh! “…by forcing their comrade in boots to disqualify himself by releasing his Alberta birth certificate? No, actually it’s not even that complicated. You just have to look up the right law. It boils down to whether … wh … ba … whether Cruz is a natural-born Citizen” … quote, unquote … “of the United States. The only class of people constitutionally eligible for the Presidency. You see, the founding fathers didn’t want their newly independent nation to be taken over by foreigners on the sly. So what’s a natural-born Citizen?” Well, may I add this? It’s not in the column. Seems like every jerk with access to Google has decided what a natural-born Citizen is. And they insist that everybody agree with them! “… but the Constitution doesn’t say. But the framers’ understanding, combined with statutes enacted by the first Congress, indicate that the phrase means both birth abroad to American parents, in a manner regulated by federal law, and birth within the nation’s territory, regardless of parental citizenship. The Supreme Court has confirmed that definition on multiple occasions and in various contexts.” [Shouting] Oh my God! [Speaking at normal volume] It’s true! [Shouting] Wait a minute! We have a meeting scheduled in my mother’s basement to go over this, eh … eh … we’re gonna, we’re gonna post a lotta comments on the Mark Levin eh … eh social sites! [Speaking at normal volume] Let me continue. “There’s no ideological debate here. Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe and former Solicitor General Ted Olson, who were on opposite sides in Bush v. Gore, among other cases, coauthored a memorandum on March 2008 detailing the above legal explanation in the context of John McCain’s eligibility. Recall that McCain, lately one of Cruz’s chief antagonists, was born to U.S. citizen parents serving on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone. In other words, anyone who is a citizen at birth, as opposed to someone who becomes a citizen later, that is, naturalizes, or who isn’t a citizen at all, is what we’re talking about. So the one remaining question is whether Ted Cruz was a citizen at birth. And that’s an easy one. The Nationality Act of 1940 outlines which children became nationals and citizens in the United States at birth. In addition to those who were born in the United States, or born outside the country to parents who were both citizens, or, interestingly, found in the United States without parents and no proof of birth elsewhere…” That would be people from Mars, I think… “…citizenship goes to babies born to one American parent who has spent a certain number of years here. That single parent requirement has been amended several times, but under the law in effect between 1952 and 1986 – Cruz was born in 1970 – someone must have a citizen parent who resided in the United States for at least ten years, including five after the age of fourteen, in order to be considered a natural-born Citizen. Cruz’s mother, Eleanor Darragh, was born in Delaware, …” Is Delaware part of America? I think so. “… lived most of her life in the United States, and gave birth to little Rafael Edward Cruz in her thirties. So why all the brouhaha about where Obama was born, given there’s no dispute that his mother, Ann Dunham, was a citizen?” Oh lord, I go down this … this road, all the kooks will be shooting at me. And he says “It may be politically advantageous for Ted Cruz to renounce his Canadian citizenship before making a run for the White House, but his eligibility for that office shouldn’t be in doubt. Remember George Romney? Born in Mexico. Remember Barry Goldwater? Born in the Arizona Territory. Cruz is certainly not the hypothetical foreigner who John Jay and George Washington were concerned might usurp the role of Commander-in-Chief.” Here’s the practical problem, … uh, in addition to all this. Do you think any court in the land … any court, because, you have to adjudicate this, right? Do you think any court in the land is gonna say “You know what? You were born of an American citizen mother in Canada, therefore you’re disqualified”? There’s really no historical basis for this. And actually, I could have added to this piece, you look at the 1790 Naturalization Act, which had some very terrible things in it, by the way, Cruz would qualify under the 1790 Naturalization Act! And there were a lot of …. founding fathers involved in that Act … the act of the first Congress. So can we cut it out? No. No, pe … people do not want to cut it out, they’re gonna keep it up, there gonna show up here and there, waving some crap in front of my face or somebody else’s, [Shouts] “Don’t you read the Constitution?” Yes. [Shouts] “It says natural-born Citizen!” Yes. [Shouts] “Well look at that.” I did read it. It says natural-born Citizen. He’s born of an American mother. [Shouts] “Yeah, well it doesn’t mean that.” Well, what does it mean? “Hey look! Haven’t you read the book by Cuckoo Clock over here, and uh, eh …” Please. Save it for somebody else. As a matter of fact, bother Hannity. Leave me alone. Leave me alone. No, Mr. Call Screener, no calls on this either. I’m just not interested. This bores me, the whole topic. I’m just raising it, to address it, knock it down, done with it, hopefully never to be spoken again on the Mark Levin Show. Let’s take some calls, shall we? Kerry – Houston, Texas. The great KTRH country, home of my buddy Michael Berry. Go!

[end at 25:58 of the podcast recording]

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MAYOR’S OFFICE HOURS FOR RIDGEWOOD RESIDENTS – Saturday, September 7 – Noon to 3PM

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MAYOR’S OFFICE HOURS FOR RIDGEWOOD RESIDENTS – Saturday, September 7 – Noon to 3PM

Mayor Paul Aronsohn holds office hours for Ridgewood residents the first Saturday of every month usually from 9:00 a.m. to Noon in the Council Chambers (Sydney V. Stoldt, Jr. Court Room) on the fourth floor of Ridgewood Village Hall. The Saturday, September 7 session hours are being adjusted to Noon to 3pm.

For an appointment to meet with the Mayor, please call the Village Clerk’s Office at 201-670-5500 ext. 206. You may come to the Mayor’s office hours without an appointment, but those with appointments will be given priority.

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