Tag: Ridgewood Schools

>Garage Sale April 15th and 16th (303 Kenilworth Rd. Ridgewood, NJ)

children’s clothes, men’s clothes, toys, baby equipment, pictures, frames, furniture, kitchen goods, etc.

>NJSIAA official: Future still uncertain

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association continues to face an uncertain future. (McGarry, Press of Atlantic City)

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/njsiaa-official-future-still-uncertain/article_59cacdaa-9e9b-53a1-aae6-d4752bbb912c.html

>Christie proposes 7-bill package to change tenure to demand accountability and reward good teachers

Gov. Christie Wednesday sent to the Legislature a package of seven bills that he maintains would get at the root of problems in New Jersey’s public schools by changing the teacher tenure system to reward the best and brightest educators. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)

https://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/christie-proposes-7-bill-package-to-change-tenure-to-demand-accountability-and-reward-good-teachers

>There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap

A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men

By CARRIE LUKAS

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day—so dubbed by the National Committee for Pay Equity, which represents feminist groups including the National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, the National Council of Women’s Organizations and others. The day falls on April 12 because, according to feminist logic, women have to work that far into a calendar year before they earn what men already earned the year before.

https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704415104576250672504707048.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

>NJ Wastes Millions on Clothing Allowances for State Workers: Report
By Beth DeFalco

New Jersey spent more than $3 million this fiscal year on clothing allowances for white-collar workers who aren’t required to wear uniforms, according to a new report from the state comptroller.

Under collective bargaining agreements, New Jersey provides an annual clothing allowance for uniforms to certain employees of $700 a year for full-time workers and $350 for part-time workers. The allowance is a flat amount included in payroll checks and doesn’t require that employees provide a receipt.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NJ-Wastes-Millions-on-Clothing-Allowances-for-State-Workers-Report-119773899.html

>Jefferson on Government:
“With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.”

– Thomas Jefferson
First Inaugural Address
March 4, 1801


CATO Institute 

>Perverted TSA Continues to harness US Citizens with patdown 6 year old


Parents of 6-Year-Old Girl Pat Down at Airport Want Procedures Changed
Selena and Todd Drexel Say They’re ‘Struggling to Explain’ Screening to Daughter

April 13, 2011

The family of the 6-year-old girl who received a pat down at airport security in New Orleans said today there needs to be a different screening process for children.

“We struggle to teach our kids to protect themselves, to say ‘no, it’s not ok to touch me in this way in this area,” the girl’s mother, Selena Drexel, said. “Yet here we are saying it’s ok for these people.” If we don’t find other ways we’re making them more vulnerable, she said.

Drexel and her husband, Dr. Todd Drexel, of Bowling Green, Ky., appeared this morning in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America.”

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/parents-year-girl-pat-airport-procedures-changed/story?id=13363740

>Garrett Slams President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Plan 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 13, 2011 – Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee and Chairman of the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) Budget and Spending Task Force, issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s speech on his so-called deficit reduction plan:

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The president needs go back to the White House, formulate a new plan, draft a new speech and then try again. Not only does his proposed plan fail to meet the deficit reduction benchmarks set by his own fiscal commission, it doesn’t even come close meeting the benchmarks set by House Republicans. The president needs to take the fiscal crisis facing our country seriously by offering a credible deficit reduction plan that balances the budget in ten years or less without raising taxes on Americans.”

>Abbott funding has done well for lawyers’ pockets but little for kids

Circle Wednesday, April 20, on your calendars and remember to pay close attention to news events that day. That’s when the state Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the latest round of lawsuits seeking to dump more of your money into failing schools. (Ingle, Gannett)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110413/OPINION02/104130318/1005/OPINION/Abbott-funding-has-done-well-lawyers-pockets-little-kids

>Robert Menendez: Democrats must seize energy debate

The Senate Democrat who presided over the loss of six seats in 2010 says his party can make gains in 2012 by seizing the debate over gas prices, the budget and federal spending. (Goode, Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53069.html#ixzz1JOazhiUE

>Christie tells crowd at Cape May Airport he plans to make failing teachers re-earn tenure

Gov. Chris Christie brought his case for education reform to a cavernous airport hangar Tuesday, warning the state’s entire budget hinges on the issue. (Fletcher, Press of Atlantic City)

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/christie-tells-crowd-at-cape-airport-he-plans-to-make/article_e040d6de-652d-11e0-8387-001cc4c002e0.html

>Easter in the Park, Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce

Saturday, April 23rd 11am to 2pm AT 10am – Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at Smith Brothers -Call for reservations: 201/444-8111 FREE – AT Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, join the Easter Bunny with a parade; parents will be able to take pictures of their children sitting on the Bunny’s lap; There will be lots of fun things oing on in the Park for families to do. The Ridgewood News has provided a TROLLEY -Bunny Express – which will travel throughout the business district, taking families to stores where there will be fun projects going in and out of the stores. All activities are free. At www.experienceridgewood.com – you will find all the stores that are participatiing and their locations – print it out and bring it to Ridgewood on Saturday, April 23 – Bring your rewards card for extra savings! Information: 201/445-2600

>After former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was appointed in 1979, the consumer price index surged into the double digits, causing the now revered Fed Chief to double the benchmark interest rate in order to break the back of inflation. Using the methodology in place at that time puts the CPI back near those levels.

Inflation, using the reporting methodologies in place before 1980, hit an annual rate of 9.6 percent in February, according to the Shadow Government Statistics newsletter.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/42551209