photo Maryland School Resource Officer Blaine Gaskill
“arming teachers” is a liberal talking point attempting to advance a FALSE NARRATIVE that all teachers will be issued guns as standard practice without any training and who will keep wear these weapons as side arms or keep them on their desks similar to other school supplies..
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“arming teachers” is actually ALLOWING teachers or other on-site school personnel WHO ALREADY are qualified, responsible and trained gun owners who will receive additional training as needed and/or fully training and qualifying personnel (who MAY be classroom teachers or school personnel) to become qualified to handle weapons in an emergency situation.
You know… like the armed security guards and police officers were trained.
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But you ALREADY KNOW THIS.
You are just selling a disingenuous narrative to divert attention from the fact that armed onsite personnel IS EFFECTIVE in STOPPING SCHOOL GUN VIOLENCE AND SAVING STUDENTS LIVES.
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Your position is not helping children. It is allowing children to be murdered.
But you also know this.
Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations to Dee and Richard for winning “BEST BBQ” at the North Jersey BBQ Showcase on Thursday March 15, 2018 at the Garden State Plaza.
SMOKED offers slow smoked meats and fish. Homemade sides and desserts. Authentic, smokehouse meals eat in or take out. Complete home cooked meals to go.
Stop by and see their trophy at their Ridgewood location…2 Godwin Ave. Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Best smoked food in Bergen County…make sure you try all the other creative and delicious food…eat in or take out…Ask to see how they smoke their food or to eat in the kitchen…nothing like it.
Reader asks , ‘How could Alexandra Harwin possibly have any approach? She has absolutely no idea what is going on in town. She never, repeat NEVER, attends any meetings?
Reader answers ,” No specifics are necessary in a campaign if you blow all of the right dogwhistles. Progressive voters respond solely to emotional appeals so no true logic is necessary.She has a large email mailing list. Wait and watch her magic with it.”
The definition of non-partisan that people are using in these discussions isn’t accurate. Non-partisan elections are simply elections where candidates do not identify themselves as part of a political party. It has absolutely nothing to do with the particular issue being discussed. You are free to run for political office in Ridgewood as the “Pro-life, Anti-Gun, Pro-immigration” candidate you just can’t run as a “Republican.” Now it would be idiotic to run as the “Anti-gun” candidate because the village council has as much control over the gun laws as they do over the weather, but hey, if you want that to be your issue, you’re perfectly within your rights to run on that. And that is actually the point: without national parties, the issues tend to stay local not by law but because you can’t get elected without focusing on local issues.If you’re interested in snow day reading on the subject, here’s a reference: https://www2.pitt.edu/~cwb7/assets/papers/PB%2014%20article.pdf. That said, I do think that how the village government reacts to, funds security of, and otherwise supports peaceful protests is exactly the kind of issue that should be discussed among candidates. Oh, and I think any FB group that summarily dismisses non-trolling, otherwise polite members won’t be very effective at anything for very long.
Ridgewood NJ, as of 4:30PM, yesterday PSE&G was reporting about 600 customers are without power as a result of #WinterStormToby. Snow totals and winds have been lighter than expected, resulting in fewer outages. Additional crews are ready to respond to any outages that may occur if the storm intensifies .
Fortunately the storm seemed slightly tamer than expected .
PSEG also has tree trimmers available to clear downed trees and limbs from power lines. Crews from #Canada, #Indiana, #Michigan, #Mississippi, #NewYork and #Wisconsin are here to help restore power. Remember: Stay safe by staying away from and not driving over downed power lines!
At the 2pm conference call with Mayor Knudsen PSE&G reported
0 NO IMPACT ON ELECTIC PRESENTLY
o MUTUAL AID CONTRACTORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY ON HAND & READY TO GO
o STATE OF EMERGENCY = CREWS DEPLOY MORE FREELY
o HOSPITAL, MUNICIPAL, SCHOOL ROUTES PRIORITZEDAnd just a reminder REPORT OUTAGES BY REPORTING ONLINE OR TEXTING “OUT” TO 47734
REGISTER FOR ALERTS www.pseg.com/myalerts/register.jsp
AS ALWAYS, please check on elderly and/or disabled neighbors. STAY SAFE – STAY WARM
March 22 2018(All Day)
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Due to the hazardous road conditions from the winter storm, all Ridgewood Schools will operate under the delayed opening schedule tomorrow, Thursday, March 22, 2018. Under the delayed opening schedule, the school day will begin two hours laterthan usual.
School bus schedules will operate two hours later. Elementary school children who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch to school as there will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.
Ridgewood NJ, according to FOX Business News ,”Two-and-a-half million U.S. homeowners were underwater on their mortgages as of the fourth quarter of 2017, according to property analytics provider .” and New Jersey has once again claimed the honor of leading the nation in foreclosures in 2017.According to a new report from ATTOM Data Solutions last year close to 70,000 properties went through the foreclosure process in the Garden State, still less than the roughly 74,000 in 2016. That’s far from the rest of the nation, which is experiencing 12-year lows.
Bergen County had : 3,357 (one for every 105 houses) Foreclosures, which was actually down from 2016 by -15 percent . 46 homes are currently listed in Foreclosure on Real Estate website Trulia in Ridgewood .
New Jersey is hurt in the numbers because foreclosures take longer to play out in the state, but with the new drive from Governor Murphy and the Trenton mafia to raise taxes on everything , you can be sure that added cost pressures will and drive more businesses and home owners out of the state.
*** CORRECTION – RECYCLING PICKUP***ON THURSDAY, MARCH 22ND AND FRIDAY, MARCH 23RD***
March 21,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood Nj, the Village has issued a correction for it’s latest E-Notice , “As a correction to the previous E-Notice, pickup of recycling for Area 3 on Thursday, March 22nd and for Area 4 on Friday, March 23rd, will take place as scheduled, on those dates.”
UPDATE ON SPECIAL PICKUP – TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES
The Parks and Street Departments began the collection of tree limbs and branches on March 19th, in Section A (using the leaf pickup schedule), and the volume was greater than expected. Given the fact that there will be another nor’easter tomorrow, the crews should be able to complete Section A by the end of the week, and might be able to move on to Section B. Pickup in Section B will resume next week, and once all streets in Section B have been picked up, the crews will then move on to Section C. Once all streets in Section C have been picked up, the crews will then move on to Section D. Please be patient, as our crews work to remove the many tree limbs and branches which fell during the March 7th storm.
As a reminder, the crews will remove the limbs and branches from every street in each section only once and after this pickup has taken place, there will be no additional pickups for these tree limbs and branches.
BULK PICKUP, RECYCLING, AND GARBAGE COLLECTION
The bulk pickup, on the East Side, will take place on March 21st, and our crews will do their best to complete it, weather permitting. On March 22nd and March 23rd, all garbage cans must be brought to the end of your driveway (not in the street), for the safety of our Village employees. Backyard collection of garbage will resume on March 26th, weather permitting. Please remember that our crews will not resume backyard collection of garbage unless there is a clear path to the garbage cans. Therefore, if the path is not clear, please continue to bring your garbage cans to the end of your driveway in order to have it picked up.
Ridgewood NJ, After two major nor’easters earlier this month, PSE&G is preparing for a new massive storm that will hit already saturated landscapes and has the potential to bring down additional trees and power lines. PSE&G has mobilized nearly 600 mutual aid and contract employees and urges customers to remain safe.
“The landscape is fatigued, the system has been stressed and we’re expecting outages,” said John Latka, PSE&G senior vice president of electric and gas operations. “While we will be prepared to respond as quickly and safely as possible, we’re urging everyone to take precautions, particularly by staying away from and not driving over downed wires. If possible, people should stay off the road tomorrow so that our crews can do their work.”
Latka said the predicted combination of ice, snow and wind gusts could also cause motorists to veer off the road and strike utility poles. The storm, which starts tonight, is expected to last through early Thursday.
PSE&G will have personnel ready to respond to any outages and emergencies beginning Tuesday night. The utility is also ensuring that additional supplies, including poles, transformers and other pole-top equipment, are on hand. Employees work closely with county and municipal emergency management personnel to inform them of outages and expedite restoration efforts. Some 170 mutual aid line personnel are en route to assist and more have been requested. Crews are coming to New Jersey from Canada, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New York and Wisconsin. Another 115 contract line personnel and 300 tree trimmers have been secured.
PSE&G urges its customers to be cautious during and after the storm:
Downed wires should always be considered “live.” Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything that it might be in contact with.
To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, do not run any gasoline powered engine, including generators and snowblowers, in a garage or any other enclosed space.
Customers should report downed wires or power outages by calling PSE&G’s Customer Service line at 1-800-436-PSEG. Also, customers can report outages at www.pseg.com or by texting “OUT” to 4PSEG (47734). The utility’s mobile-friendly website includes an “Outage Map” that is updated every 15 minutes and displays the location and status of power outages in PSE&G’s service area.
Ridgewood NJ, the JOLT Facebook group begins purge of non conforming ideology in order to maintain intellectually purity. Reader explained , “The JOLT kicked Laurie Bender out because she asked a question of former councilman Hauck. That’s all I need to know about the JOLT. Laurie Bender is worth 1,000 of Gwenn Hauck”
Its seems you must be in 100% compliance with the JOLT promoted doctrine .
Laurie Bender on Facebook commented , “As a former member of Ridgewood Jolt, I am all for the causes they represent. However, if they are going to exploit having the ear of a section of our community in order to cast doubt on our current VC by publishing biased remarks and misinformation in contemplation of our local elections, I will call that out.
My views on topics of the current national discourse are beyond liberal, but that has nothing…ZERO…to do with our local nonpartisan government. And trying to interject those topics into that discussion in the context of upcoming elections is about as disingenuous as can be.
When a page administrator allows a former VC member to criticize the current VC on her page, that she describes as “issue based” with its “main focus on issues of national importance,” while censoring any rebuttal, she is indeed complicit with an attempt to tie divisive state and national politics in with our local nonpartisan government as we approach a local election.
I am posting here with the purpose of urging my fellow residents not to allow yourselves to be exploited. Certain members of our community are attempting to connect our current incumbents with a very false narrative that I have seen repeated by at least one of those challenging for a seat on the VC. The other challenger openly admitted to me her alignment with at least one of those people when she prepared to run in the previous VC election.
We have a NONPARTISAN local government. Please do not fall for any attempt make connections with and exploit your feelings on current matters that are indeed very important, but not part of the job our local officials are charged with. Please do not reward partisan style smear campaigns with your votes.”
All Village offices will be closed on March 21st, 2018 due to incliment weather. Sanitation and Recycling Pickups will continue until weather no longer permits.
March 21, 2018 Village Council ‘s Special Public Budget Meeting is Cancelled
The Village Council’s March 21, 2018 Special Public Budget Meeting CANCELLED – Due to the predicted nor’easter, the Village Council’s Special Public Budget Meeting scheduled for March 21, 2018 has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 26, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the Court Room of Village Hall.
UPDATE ON SPECIAL PICKUP – TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES
The Parks and Street Departments began the collection of tree limbs and branches on March 19th, in Section A (using the leaf pickup schedule), and the volume was greater than expected. Given the fact that there will be another nor’easter tomorrow, the crews should be able to complete Section A by the end of the week. As soon as they finish Section A, they will proceed to Section B, then Section C, and finally Section D. Please be patient, as our crews work to remove the many tree limbs and branches which fell during the March 7th storm.
As a reminder, the crews will remove the limbs and branches from every street in each section only once and after this pickup has taken place, there will be no additional pickups for these tree limbs and branches.
BULK PICKUP, RECYCLING, AND GARBAGE COLLECTION
The bulk pickup, on the East Side, will take place on March 21st, and our crews will do their best to complete it, weather permitting. Recycling will also be picked up on March 21st, weather permitting. On March 22nd and March 23rd, all garbage cans must be brought to the end of your driveway (not in the street), for the safety of our Village employees. Backyard collection of garbage will resume on March 26th, weather permitting. Please remember that our crews will not resume backyard collection of garbage unless there is a clear path to the garbage cans. Therefore, if the path is not clear, please continue to bring your garbage cans to the end of your driveway in order to have it picked up.
PARKING ON STREETS PROHIBITED ON MARCH 21ST TO ALLOW FOR PLOWING
To allow the Village crews to clear the streets of snow, we ask that as the snow intensifies during daylight hours, that residents refrain from parking their vehicles on the streets. In addition, residents are prohibited from parking on the streets overnight on March 21st into the morning hours of March 22nd. Please be aware that there is a protocol for plowing roads, which is as follows: The primary roads into the Village are plowed first, which include the roads into the Village, particularly those by the hospital and the schools. The secondary roads, located off of the main roads, are plowed second. Finally, the tertiary roads, such as cul de sacs and dead ends are plowed. Due to the large amount of snow which will be falling, over a short period of time, the crews may take some time to get to the secondary and tertiary roads.
SNOW REMOVAL
Snow must be removed from all residential sidewalks within 24 hours of it forming. Please do not put the snow into the street, put it back onto your property.
POWER OUTAGES
High winds from the storm may again cause power outages. Please stay away from downed wires. If you experience a power outage, please do not call the Police Department unless there is an emergency. Please call PSE&G directly at 1-800-436-7734.
Please remember that our tree crew can only remove a tree or limb blocking a street if it is not entangled in wires. Once PSE&G has removed wires from downed trees or limbs, our tree crew will be able to remove the downed tree or limb and open up the street.
FIRE HYDRANTS
If you have a fire hydrant on your property, please clear it of accumulating snow. The house you save could be your own!
OTHER INFORMATION
Please remember to check on the elderly and share this information with your neighbors. Stay safe and warm.
For continuing updates, please see the Village website at www.ridgewoodnj.net.
file photo by Boyd Loving
March 21,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, do to the anticipated heavy snow garbage collection will revert to curbside .
March 22 and 23, 2018 – Garbage Collection
GARBAGE COLLECTION – March 22 and 23, 2018 – To ensure the safety of sanitation staff, with the forecast of a heavy snow predicted for Wednesday and the early morning hours of Thursday, all garbage cans must be placed at the end of your driveway on March 22nd and 23rd. Rear yard garbage collection will resume next week, and we remind you that you must have a clear path shoveled to your garbage containers.
March 21, 2018 – East Side Curbside Bulk Pick Up
EAST SIDE CURBSIDE BULK PICK UP – MARCH 21, 2018 – After reviewing weather forecasts, curbside bulk pick up will be collected on Wednesday, March 21st as scheduled. Our crews will begin collection earlier than usual, so please have your bulk placed curbside on Tuesday night, for an early morning pick up. We will make every effort to complete the collection, weather permitting. If you are able to wait until the next scheduled East side bulk pick up, scheduled for April 11th, it would be greatly appreciated.
Five of the state’s public pension funds will still be insolvent by 2027. Murphy’s tax hike is really an effort to pay off his union vote support, it won’t help anyone in the state except his union bosses and public sector workers who already have excessive pension and healthcare benefits. Won’t last much longer as net immigration and loss of employers will accelerate under this budget. It’s easy to spend other people’s money until all of the private sector workers leave.
JOLT admins say they HATE republican hate.
It’s okay for them to HATE Republicans but it’s not okay for Republicans to hate anti nationals.
You should read posts from JOLT members. They are filled with HATE towards anyone that does not agree with them(even moderate democrats)
JOLT is a wild group of very angry people. All women. Their leader is a nucking futcase.
Jolt is a bunch of people who are filled with hate against anyone that doesn’t agree with their view of the world.
She has listed 4 issues on her website, without any proposed approach to solve them.
1. Save us Money – HOW? Everything she wants to do with her 3rd and 4th issue is going to raise the taxes. She just says she is going to save us money without any concrete examples.
2. Promote Progressive Values – Who decides that she is more progressive compared to the other three candidates? If we have to run the election on political affiliation, then lets first do a primary contest.
3. Focus on quality of life – HOW? Which Village roads are bad? All roads in desperate need of repair are county roads. Not Village roads. If she plans to repave all village roads which are not in a bad shape, how will she save us money?
4. Revitalize Downtown – HOW? By following her mentor’s agenda and build a 5 story garage which covers a street and brings out of town commuters to the town? By changing all available lots to multi family housing? By selling the soul to Valley hospital, developers, and rich restaurant owners? – WHAT EXACTLY IS HER PLAN?
Basically EVERYTHING she says – sounds like its coming straight from her mentor’s mind. We all dislike her mentor. He ruined Ridgewood forever.
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