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Ridgewood NJ, The promise was clear: give Ridgewood voters a voice. Advocates for election reform campaigned on the principle that any tax increase exceeding 2% would trigger a public ballot.
Continue reading Ridgewood School Tax Hike Hits 4%: Why Haven’t Residents Been Asked to Vote?
Ridgewood’s ‘Open Space’ Tax Exposed? Turf Battle Heats Up, Puts League of Women Voters on the Spot
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Ridgewood NJ, the political temperature in Ridgewood, NJ, is soaring as the controversial topic of artificial turf fields and the Village’s Open Space Trust Fund takes center stage. A recent statement by the League of Women Voters (LWV) regarding the turf expansion has drawn significant public criticism, leading many to question the transparency and accountability of local political groups and committees.
Continue reading Open Space or Slush Fund? Ridgewood’s Turf War & League of Women Voters Under Fire
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Paramus NJ, League of Women Voters and Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey will host the Bergen County Commissioner Candidate Forum. Bergen County Commissioner Candidate Forum will be Monday, October 23, 2023 at 7:30pm . At the Moses Conference Center at Bergen County Community College (400 Paramus Rd, Paramus) .
Candidates: Agninshalah N. Collins (R); Mary Jo-Ann Guinchard (R); Rafael Marte (D-Incumbent); Joan M. Voss (D-Incumbent)
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Continue reading New Jersey Lt. Governor Tahesha Way, Esq. Arrives to Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ,Village Council Candidate Siobhan Winograd spearheaded a group called “One Village One Vote” ,which promoted the idea that eliminating the school budget vote would somehow increase voter turn out , yes you read that right , voting less would somehow increase voter turn out . The group also claimed that eliminating the school budget vote would also increase voter participation and increase transparency, not voting would increase transparency.
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Ridgewood NJ, October 19th – 7:00 p.m. – Ridgewood Village Hall Court Room – The League of Women Voters sponsors a Candidates’ Night for Candidates for Village Council – Come and listen to the candidates for Village Council answer questions posed by the League of Women Voters. This will be broadcast on FiOS Channel 34, and on YouTube.
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Ridgewood NJ, the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood will be hosting two candidate forums ahead of the November 2nd election.
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Hackensack NJ, Do you know 15 candidates are running for five seats on the Hackensack Council in the election being held on Tuesday, May 11? Find out more about these candidates and their positions on some key issues with the League of Women Voters’ handy voting resource tool, Vote411.org.
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Ridgewood NJ, Late last week, we were made aware that 710 ballots in the May 12, 2020 Municipal and Board of Education Elections were rejected and, therefore, not counted in the results. There is not a lot of exact information available at this time as to why so many ballots were rejected. I can tell you that the Village Council and the Ridgewood Board of Education are exploring our legal options to determine why such a large number of ballots were rejected and determine if there is a remedy. Currently, based on the defeated budget, the Village Council required and the RBOE accepted a $630,000 cut from the proposed 2020/2021 budget due to its defeat. Additionally, we have been informed that we will have at least a $440,000 reduction in state aid for the 2020/2021 school year. We will work to make all necessary cuts to have the least impact on the student experience as possible.
Continue reading May 12, 2020 Municipal and Board of Education Elections Ballot Rejections
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MARLBORO NJ, the League of Women Voters is holding a candidates’ forum at the Marlboro synagogue this Sunday October 21st . The candidates seeking to represent New Jersey’s sixth congressional district will be there. The incumbent Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat who has long represented the area, and challenger Rich Pezzullo, the conservative Republican who is looking to unseat him.
Rep. Pallone and Pezzullo confirmed they will be there. The candidates will be talking about the issues and fielding questions from the public. Pallone has represented New Jersey’s sixth district for years, which stretches from the Woodbridge area into New Brunswick and Aberdeen Twp. and down into Marlboro. It also hugs the northern New Jersey coast and includes the towns of Long Branch and Asbury Park. It’s a reliably blue district, having voted Democratic for years.
Continue reading Frank Pallone to Debate Rich Pezzullo, This Sunday At Marlboro Synagogue
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Washington DC, League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase was arrested Thursday at the U.S. Capitol for participating in an illegal anti-Brett Kavanaugh protest, along with hundreds of left-wing activists.
Funny how the League of Women Voters calls itself a “nonpartisan” organization, and is responsible for hosting hundreds of candidate forums in political races across the country this fall (and in every other election).
Far from downplaying Kase’s arrest, however, the League of Women Voters is celebrating it — though there are women on both sides of the issue of Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Ridgewood NJ, Mark your calendars for a Public Water Forum co-hosted by the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood, NJ on October 17, 2018. The featured speaker is Debbie Mans , Deputy Commissioner for the NJDEP.
Co-Hosted by League of Women Voters of Ridgewood, NJ with Debbie Mans (Deputy Commissioner of the NJDEP) as the featured speaker. Find out how this summer’s excessive rain will impact our water supply and if tiered pricing is the way of the future for water.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Ridgewood Public Library
125 N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
May 17,2018
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Ridgewood NJ, 2018 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards – The Dedicated Life honoring Isabella Altano, recipient 2018 Preservation Leadership Award, posthumously. Isabella worked tirelessly to save the historic Zabriskie-Schedler Jersey Dutch framed house.
“Isabella Cirilli Altano, 63, Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Molfetta, Italy, she came to America in 1969 at 15, settling in Jersey City, where she met her future husband, Brian Altano. The couple has been married for 39 years. Isabella earned an A.A. from Bergen Community College (B.C.C.), a B.A. from Columbia University, and a Masters in Architecture from Pratt Institute. She practiced architecture in Bergen County, specializing in educational facilities and hospitals. She was also an adjunct professor of Design at B.C.C., where she taught for 20 years. An indefatigable community activist, she spearheaded the drive to preserve the Zabriskie Schedler House in Ridgewood and have a park constructed on the property. She was also on the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Bergen County and a member of the Ridgewood Planning Board and the town’s historic commission.”
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Ridgewood NJ, the Annual Luncheon of the Ridgewood League of Women Voters (LWV) will host Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno as the key note speaker . Thursday September 22nd ,12-2pm Old Paramus Reformed Church , 660 East Glen Ave. Ridgewood NJ.
On July 20, 2009, Republican gubernatorial nominee Christopher J. “Chris” Christie announced that Guadagno was his choice as running mate, in the first New Jersey election to include voting for a lieutenant governor.
Christie also announced that as lieutenant governor, Guadagno would also serve as New Jersey’s Secretary of State, along with overseeing economic development efforts and the streamlining of government regulations. She was sworn in on January 19, 2010 as the first Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey and the 33rd Secretary of State.heading up
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, also a former Monmouth County sheriff, is heading up the not-for-profit “as honorary chairwoman of Building a Better New Jersey Together Inc., a self-described think tank to find “smart and effective solutions to the challenges still facing New Jersey.” ,in what many feel could be her first steps toward a 2017 run for governor.
