>A Christie doctrine for charter schools?
It was news enough that Gov. Chris Christie yesterday announced 23 new charter schools in New Jersey, the largest class yet of the semi-autonomous schools. Nine were approved for Newark alone, nearly doubling the total in that city. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0118/2302/
>Rasmussen polls: Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On
Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On, Favor Putting Bills Online Well In Advance
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner like many of his predecessors has pledged that the new Congress will be more open and transparent than the previous one, but voters want even more openness than he has promised.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 11% of Likely U.S. Voters think most members of Congress read laws before they vote on them. Sixty-five percent (65%) don’t think that’s the case, and another 24% are not sure.
Just before Democrats in Congress passed the national health care bill last March, only 20% of voters believed most members of Congress understood what was in the plan.
>Abbott Schools : Pouring other people’s money into the patronage mills of urban schools and the unions which hold these children hostage.
It has been disproved that poor children can’t perform as well as those in more affluent districts. It is time to stop blaming the kids’ home environment and start looking at how these failing schools are run and by whom.
Educrats and the teachers’ union use poverty as an excuse for their own failings.
Abbott is a typical liberal solution, pouring other people’s money into the patronage mills of urban schools and the unions which hold these children hostage.
>Valley Renewal : The Renewal doesn’t expand the ER department at all
The Renewal doesn’t expand the ER department at all. Remember it’s all about the single patient rooms and the bigger operating rooms for day surgery (that won’t attract any new patients or traffic :-)).
Don’t buy the Renewal as a way to end over-crowding in the E.R. Valley will do what they did in the past, get a massive expansion approved, then come back for the ER later. “What, you don’t want a bigger ER?” To parapharse, those who don’t study history are destined to repeat it.
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>PJ – Happy New Year.. I haven’t checked in for some time.. My apologies.
ON A SEPARATE NOTE.
I want to commend the men and woman with Ridgewood’s DPW on how they have been handling this barrage of snow storms and now this icy mess. I can only speak for myself, but I am sure that I am not alone in saying how tired I am of cleaning my driveway, never mind the countless miles of road the Village has to clear up.
So let me take this moment and say with all sincerity, GOOD JOB EVERYONE and MOST IMPORTANTLY…THANK YOU.
Craig S. Hueneke
>In 2011 redistricting, population change will drive GOP gains
New Jersey’s legislative redistricting process officially kicks off in Trenton this morning, as the state commission in charge of reapportioning legislative districts after the 2010 U.S. Census meets for the first time. (Magyar, NJ Spotlight)
https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0118/0143/
>NJ school voucher program in committee’s hands
A bill that would create the state’s first school voucher program and offer scholarships to students in low-performing school districts is scheduled to be considered Thursday in a key Senate committee. (Method, Home News Tribune)
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110117/NEWS/101170334/1098/POLITICS
>Ridgewood Schools : DELAYED OPENING TODAY, JANUARY 18
DELAYED OPENING: Under the delayed opening plan, the school day will begin two hours later than usual. School bus schedules will operate two hours later. The morning kindergarten will be canceled; the afternoon kindergarten will follow the regular hours. Children in grades 1-5 who have not ordered lunches must bring a bag lunch to school. There will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.
>Arizona Shooter Jared Loughner : Bush Hater
Looking Behind the Mug-Shot Grin
NYT
This article was reported by Jo Becker, Serge F. Kovaleski, Michael Luo and Dan Barry and written by Mr. Barry.
TUCSON — Moments after the swirl of panic, blood, death and shock, the suspect was face down on the pavement and squirming under the hold of two civilians, his shaved head obscured by a beanie and the hood of his dark sweatshirt.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Audetat, a chiseled former Marine with three tours in Iraq to his credit, dug his knee into the gangly young man’s back and cuffed him. With the aid of another deputy, he relieved the heroic civilians of their charge and began searching for weapons other than the Glock semiautomatic pistol, secured nearby under a civilian’s foot, that had just fired 31 rounds.
In the left front pocket, two 15-round magazines. In the right front pocket, a black, four-inch folding knife. “Are there any other weapons on you?” Deputy Audetat recalled demanding.
>Gov. Christie urged Republicans in Congress not to “paper over” the problems facing deficit-racked U.S. states
Christie tells Congress not to give states more
Gov. Christie on Sunday urged Republicans in Congress not to “paper over” the problems facing deficit-racked U.S. states with an additional round of stimulus spending. (Dopp, Bloomberg)
https://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20110117_Christie_tells_Congress_not_to_give_states_more.html#ixzz1BHulUjWi
>Is NJ’s unemployment program too generous?
Speaking on a panel before a group of business leaders last month, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce must have thought his remarks that the state’s unemployment benefits were too generous would resonate with the audience. (Diamond, Asbury Park Press)
https://www.app.com/article/20110116/NEWS03/101160339/Is-NJ-s-unemployment-program-too-generous-
>New Jersey tax collections 4.5% above projections
New Jersey’s tax revenue exceeded projections by 4.5 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year as income levies surged 11 percent above estimates, the treasurer said. (Dopp, Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-14/new-jersey-tax-collections-4-5-above-projections-update1-.html
>Business tax cut to be included in Gov. Christie’s budget this year
A tax break for New Jersey businesses will be included in the budget Gov. Chris Christie will present next month, he said in an interview that aired today on Fox News. (Gibson, The Star-Ledger)
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/gov_christie_to_cut_business_t.html
>Abbott Schools :When do we deal with real school problems?
When do we deal with real school problems?
The state Supreme Court quickly appointed a special master to determine whether school aid cuts are hampering the state constitution’s mandate for a “thorough and efficient system” of education in the so-called Abbotts. Too bad he can’t take a look at what’s really holding the kids back. (Ingle, Daily Record)
https://www.dailyrecord.com/article/B3/20110116/OPINION0503/101160332/1093/COLUMNISTS/When-do-we-deal-with-real-school-problems?
