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Judge Rules Healthy Choice Organic Mattress of Ridgewood,sheep Betsey to Remain Indoors till Further Notice

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November 28,2017

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Ridgewood NJ, Betsey the sheep had her day in court and according to Healthy Choice organic Mattress of Ridgewood, “Betsy was found guilty for loitering, grazing, sunbathing etc. in front of our Healthy Choice Organic Mattress store on Wilsey Square. The judge at the Ridgewood Municipal Court kindly reduced her excessive fines. Being a peaceful and respectful soul, Betsy has agreed to remain indoors until the day the town ordinances allow her to once again roam free.”

Still seems a bit of selective enforcement on the Village’s part . Now if we could only get the Village to follow through with the same action on the walls and planters that litter the side walks of the Central Business District and at times make it impassable as well as represent a fire hazard.

 

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Judge rules no conflict for ex-Ridgewood councilman

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Nicholas Katzban, Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzban Published 7:38 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2017 | Updated 8:41 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2017

A Superior Court judge in Bergen County ruled Tuesday that a former Ridgewood councilman was not in conflict when he voted to rezone areas of downtown for multifamily homes, a council move that caught the ire of some residents who decried the push toward higher densities in their sleepy bedroom community.

Following four major amendments to the village’s master plan in 2015 that nearly tripled the allowable density in certain municipal zones, a group calling itself Ridgewood Citizens for Reasonable Development sued the Village Council, looking to block the ordinances that codified those amendments.

The group alleged that then-Mayor Paul Aronsohn and Councilman Albert Pucciarelli had discussed and approved the ordinances despite two separate conflicts of interest.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2017/08/29/judge-rules-no-conflict-ex-ridgewood-councilman/612683001

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Judge rules Teaneck must pay resident’s attorney fees

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Megan Burrow, Staff Writer, @MegBurrowPublished 8:29 a.m. ET Aug. 2, 2017

TEANECK — A Superior Court judge has ruled that the township must pay legal fees to Elie Jones, a township resident that Teaneck had sued to bar him from filing public records requests after he flooded the clerk’s office with hundreds of requests over the course of two months.

“I feel the township sued a resident improperly,” Jones said. “I’m statutorily allowed to request documents through the Open Public Records Act. They improperly sued me and this is the result.”

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/teaneck/2017/08/02/judge-rules-teaneck-must-pay-residents-attorney-fees/529211001/

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Calif. Employee Pensions Are Not Sacred Cows, Judge Rules. But Don’t Call the Slaughterhouse Just Yet.

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Calif. Employee Pensions Are Not Sacred Cows, Judge Rules. But Don’t Call the Slaughterhouse Just Yet.

Scott Shackford|Oct. 2, 2014 10:50 am

Public sector unions in California have used their enormous clout to protect their plum pensions, making it nearly impossible for municipal governments to scale back benefits in any way shape or form (even for employees they hadn’t even hired yet). Even as California cities file for bankruptcy, unable to pay off various creditors, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has argued that debts owed to them are special and off the table. They cannot be reduced or severed, even in the case of bankruptcy.

And then yesterday U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein’s told CalPERS it was wrong. In the case of a bankrupt city, pensions can be cut just like any other debt. That’s what the bankruptcy process is for. As The Sacramento Bee explains, the ruling came because a creditor in the bankruptcy of the city of Stockton, Franklin Templeton Investments, is upset that it’s only going to get a ninth of what it’s due and wants a better deal, and that might come from money going to pensions.

https://reason.com/blog/2014/10/02/calif-employee-pensions-are-not-sacred-c