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  • You better watch where you point your camera

    The two men detained Sunday night near Picatinny Arsenal have been charged with unlawfully photographing the installation by the Department of Defense, authorities said.

    Their presence Sunday afternoon produced an overwhelming police response that resulted in the closing of Route 15 for a spell.

    "We really do regret [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 12:40pm EDT

  • More on immigration

    The latest request from Don Cresitello, the mayor of Morristown, is that the county NOT participate in the 287-G program, but that it allow Morristown to use the county jail for illegal detainees.

    The feeling here is that, that is unlikely to happen. The real problem is that the [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 12:28pm EDT

  • Cresitello rumor unfounded?

    A rumor circulated on the Internet today that Morristown Mayor Don Cresitello would challenge incumbent Frank Lautenberg this year.

    Lew Candura, the chair of the Morris County Democratic Committee, laughed it off, saying he heard that months ago, checked it out, and found it to be untrue.

    Old [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

  • Beefsteak and Bucco

    State Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Boonton, had his annual beefsteak dinner fundraiser tonight in Randolph.

    This is a low-budget fundraiser ($65) that always draws a large crowd. About 300 atended.

    Bucco, whose term runs through 2011, eschewed a political speech and just thanked the crowd for attending. [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 10:10pm EDT

  • Will Lautenberg be challenged?

    Tom Byrne. the son of the former governor and a one-time chair of the state Democratic Committee, says he is considering a challenge to Frank Lautenberg.

    If he's serious, Byrne better move quickly: the filing deadline is in early April and the election is in June.

    The feeling [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 4:44pm EDT

  • Rodney starts his campaign

    Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, formally kicks off his reelection campaign by making stops throughout the 11th District on Saturday.

    He will be at the Madison Hotel in Convent Station from 1 to 3 p.m. [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 4:04pm EDT

  • From flying pigs to ....

    Flying tractors ... Check this out:

    Rain or shine, New Jersey farmers will rally in Trenton on April 1 driving tractors and other farm and landscape equipment and riding horses, to register their outrage at the planned dissolution and disappearance of the agency representing agriculture and nearly 1-million acres [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 3:57pm EDT

  • Pitfalls of a senate campaign

    Joe Pennacchio could have had a better night.


    There were county conventions tonight in Monmouth and Mercer counties. In Monmouth, Pennacchio lost to Andy Unanue, which was kind of amazing.

    Unanue entered the race three days ago and already there are stories about him losing [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2008, 11:10pm EDT

  • More on Iraq

    General William Phillips, the commanding general at Picatinny Arsenal, was the speaker today at a luncheon meeting of the Dover Area Chamber of Commerce. Phillips is a good speaker and he presented a fine review of Picatinny's mission.

    When it came time for questions, the general was asked what [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2008, 4:21pm EDT

  • What do you think of this comment?

    It comes, courtesy of the Denville school board and member Don Casse.

    He said at a meeting the other night; "You can't operate a school system with a zero (tax) increase."

    . [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2008, 5:42pm EDT

  • Let's keep the debate going ...

    Here's a statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:


    "Today, as a grateful and grieving nation, we mourn the 4,000 servicemembers who have died in this war and honor their families who have sacrificed so much in service to this nation. The 4,000th death is no less regrettable [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 2:53pm EDT

  • The new kid on the block

    Andy Unanue, the new Republican candidate for U.S. Senate issued the below letter to GOP leaders yesterday. Here are parts of it.

    Over the past several days, Republicans across the state have urged me to run for the United States Senate. They believe that New Jersey and our nation [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 2:04pm EDT

  • Two types of welcome

    Andrew Unanue, the president of Goya Foods, says he's running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

    That produced two different responses from the other candidates in the race _ Joe Pennacchio and Murray Sabrin. Let's start with Pennacchio; he had this to say:


    "New Jersey voters [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 1:04pm EDT

  • Paul and Sabrin; perfect together?

    Ron Paul will host what is described as a "major fundraising event" for Murray Sabrin in New York City on April 28. In addition, the campaign is having a "Dollar-A-Day until Election Day" online fundraising drive through their website www.MurraySabrin.com. Every day between March 22 and March 31 [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2008, 10:51am EDT

  • The posting of the week

    Anonymous said...
    I love you morons that write all you negative comments without giving your names. One of you calls anyone on the council that supports the mayor, a puppet if they do support the mayor and when they do not support the mayor you say it is because they [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 5:53pm EDT

  • "Jersey Joe" and oil

    What follows is an energy proposal by U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Pennacchio:


    My vision to achieve energy independence follows three phases:

    A: We must find new sources of oil and coal along with new and cleaner ways to extract the energy these resources promise. Expanded exploration will [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 3:40pm EDT

  • A promise by Sabrin

    U.S. Senate candidate Murray Sabrin had this to say today:


    If all combat troops are not out of Iraq by September 2010, I will resign from the United States Senate. In addition, we are calling upon every candidate for Congress, Democrat or Republican, to sign The Sabrin Promise. [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 3:38pm EDT

  • Messing up in Parsippany

    A rule of thumb is that candidates seeking public office submit far more signatures than they need to get on the ballot.

    Andrew Choffo, a school board candidate in Parsippany, did not follow that course. You need 10 signatures to get on the school board ballot. Choffo apparently submitted [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 3:29pm EDT

  • Vote for Me, I'll take your house

    There's a catchy campaign slogan for you.

    You catch the comments in the Daily Record today by Mayor Donald Cresitello. He condemned the state Public Advocate for trying to make eminent domain more difficult.

    Eminent domain should not be used as a tool to remove poor and working [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 3:21pm EDT

  • A winning brew for Murray?

    Murray Sabrin has an interesting way to attract young voters to his campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate: lower the drinking age.

    He said the following:

    In 1984 the Federal Government imposed another big government mandate called The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 requiring [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 5:05pm EDT

  • Five years later ...

    Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, is still defending the war in Iraq. In a statement in today's paper, the congressman talks of progress and adds, "Although al Qaeda and the other extremists in Iraq have been dealt a critical blow, they will strike back at the Iraqi people and us [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 1:16pm EDT

  • The quote of the week!

    It comes from Kaltoum Iguenarane of Queens, whose son was just arrested on charges of robbing a bank.

    She said, "I have three other kids, It doesn't matter if one is bad." [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 12:38pm EDT

  • Get ready for church

    Word is that the West Morris Regional School Board will reverse gears and declare Good Friday a holiday.

    Classes were scheduled on Good Friday, a normal holiday, because the board said it needed to make up four days -- three school days and a day school was closed after [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 7:26pm EDT

  • County unlikely to agree with Cresitello

    Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello met last Thursday night with Morris County officials to talk about the county's reluctance to house illegal residents rounded up as part of the federal 287G program in the county jail.

    Sheriff Ed Rochford says doing that would be too costly and that the jail [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 2:53pm EDT

  • On the screen in Denville

    Thanks to the wonders of You Tube, we now have a video condemning the proposed $69 million middle school in Denville. My view is that the video weaves into silliness by talking about a formal board meeting room and a formal dining room. Also, the scenes of homeless people are, [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 10:30am EDT

  • Sabrin on the attack

    Murray Sabrin says Joe Pennacchio should resign _ not onlyas a candidate for the U.S. Senate _ but as a state senator as well.

    Sabrin says he will hand out copies of what he calls an "88-page manifesto" Pennachio allegedly wrote in 1991.

    A release says that Sabrin [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 3:13pm EDT

  • A win for Sabrin

    Murray Sabrin won the Gloucester County Republican Convention last weekend by a vote of 86 to 58 over state Sen. Joe Pennacchio of Montville.

    That was a surprise, considering that Pennacchio had assumed front-runner status after the bowing out of candidate Anne Estabrook.

    A release from a happy [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 10:47am EDT

  • Egads -- Boos for Alex

    As the parade began, Alex DeCroce, the Assembly Minority Leader, led off the contingent of marching politicians by riding in a car.

    The other officials walked behind him.

    As DeCroce and his vehicle appeared, a hothead in the crowd booed him lustily.

    It was a rude hello [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 10:38pm EDT

  • Marching in Morristown

    The parade had ended around 2 p.m. today when Pete Demnitz, the Morristown Police Chief, drove his vehicle up South Street.

    "Things seem calm," I said to the chief.

    He laughed and said, "Well, let's see what happens tonight."

    This is now "tonight" and according to one [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 10:28pm EDT

  • Let's talk again about paid family leave

    This from Assemblyman Gary R. Chiusano, R-Morris, Sussex.

    I voted No on the Paid Family Leave Act. During the floor debate on the bill, I recommended that the bill should include a sunset provision. The bill does not contain such a provision, which I find troubling. If this [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 11:16am EDT

  • A debate in Gloucester

    Joe Pennacchio, the now front-runner in the contest for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, will debate his opponent Murray Sabrin Saturday in Gloucester County. For that, Pennacchio will have to miss the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Morristown.

    It's still possible for someone else to jump into the [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 2:41pm EDT

  • Rodney needs help

    Check out this ad:

    Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) seeks to interview candidates for the position of Press Secretary for a fast-paced office. The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal skills as well as the proven ability to manage multiple communications projects. She/he will be responsible for writing [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 2:26pm EDT

  • The school board campaign is ...

    underway, at least in Roxbury.

    Drive around town and you see signs for the slate of Branigan, Day and Rogers. This is a team that is critical of the current board.

    You can tell that by their slogan, which is "had enough." [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 7:38pm EDT

  • A DWI in Wash. Twp.

    Committeeman Kevin Walsh is hardly the first politician to get arrested for drunken driving, but since he is in public life, his transgression plays out in public.

    You have to wonder if he is going to stay in office, or if he should, considering that this latest arrest follows [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 12:44pm EDT

  • More on St. Patrick's Day

    The point I wanted to make is that to keep the parade a family event, the town should try to control the drinking that goes on throughout the day.

    I am hardly a prude, but drunks puking is no fun.


    Ever since the parade began, Morristown has [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 12:39pm EDT

  • I see that ...

    the St.Patrick's Day Parade in Morristown is almost upon us. Last year's parade was probably the booziest I've seen and I imagine that I have been to more than half of them.

    The question is, what, if anything, is the town doing to control drinking. For example, are some [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 8:12am EDT

  • More news from Florida ...

    The papers in recent days have had two stories of note.

    One had to do with a retirement program for public employees in this state that allows them to "retire" after 25 years, but keep working. And yes, they get both a salary and a pension.

    Also, there [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 8:08am EDT

  • Things don't change much

    Going through the newspapers here in Florida, I stumbled upon an item about a local school board in Hilsborough County.

    It seems as if the board decreed that those speaking during the public portion of the meeting were forbidden -- that's right, forbidden -- to mention the names of [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2008, 8:24am EST

  • Give it a break, will you

    Speaking of Joe Pennacchio, a poster elsewhere here is still miffed that Joe ran against Dean Gallo in the 1994 primary.

    The poster talks about Pennacchio "viciously attacking a noble knight."

    Come on, give it a rest.

    Gallo was running for reelection. It was no crime for [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2008, 8:21am EST

  • Away in the sun

    I'm taking a few days off from Morris County and visiting Florida to watch some spring training ... If I don't make the Mets' team, Ill be back next week.

    As for the U.S. Senate race, the question now, one presumes, is whether someone else will jump in, now [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2008, 8:12am EST

  • Joining the bandwagon?

    Now that Joe Pennacchio is picking up some steam in his run for the U.S. Senate, he has garnered support from Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Harding.

    Frelinghuysen endorsed Pennacchio this week [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2008, 10:28am EST

  • Trying to hold the line

    There are nine candidates running for three school board seats in Roxbury. The election is occurring while the board is in the midst of teacher negotiations. And it looks as if negotiations are going to be part of the campaign.
    A message being circulated on line by school board candidate [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2008, 10:18am EST

  • Is it St. Patrick's Day already?

    Sheriff Ed Rochford's St. Patrick's Day fundraiser-party is tonight at the Zeris Inn in Mountain Lakes.

    Two things are known about this event: You'll see a lot of people you know, and those you do not see, you'll probably bump into.

    It gets to be pretty crowded. That's [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 4:15pm EST

  • A win for the public.

    The state Government Records Council has found that the Madison board of education violated the Open Public Records Act by attempting to charge Martin O'Shea, a public access crusader, $30 for a tape of a meeting and for not responding to his request for a record in a timely manner.
    [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 3:26pm EST

  • Who are these people?

    A poll we saw today suggests that the three Republicans seeking the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate are pretty much unknown.

    Joe Pennacchio has the highest name recognition, but it's a mere 16 percent.
    The name of Anne Estabrook rings a bell with 13 percent and Murray Sabrin is [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2008, 11:40am EST

  • Cops on my mind

    Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous than Mayor Donald Cresitello in Morristown talking about cutting 12 police officers in response to a suggestion by the council to review his budget. The mayor proposed a budget that would raise property taxes by about 3 percent.

    Morristown, which has a [...]
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    Posted: February 29, 2008, 10:49am EST

  • Jay Webber disagrees ...

    with paid family leave

    Here is what he said in a statement:

    "I find today's passage of the paid leave act very disturbing. Just two days ago, Governor (Jon) Corzine finally admitted Trenton's status quo is no longer acceptable and that taxpayers should not have to bear the [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 3:03pm EST

  • Good news for workers

    The Assembly Labor Committee today voted to release legislation establishing a Paid Family Leave program in New Jersey.

    The New Jersey State AFL-CIO said in a statement that "workers should not have to choose between their jobs and having to take care of a newborn or ill family [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 2:03pm EST

  • On the road for Hillary

    With major Democratic primaries approaching on Tuesday, Bob Menendez will travel to Texas this weekend to campaign for Hillary Clinton at the request of the Clinton campaign. Menendez, a Clinton campaign National co-Chair, will arrive on Friday evening and will return on Monday, campaigning in three cities over the weekend.
    [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 1:58pm EST

  • RIP William F. Buckley Jr

    Buckley, who died today, was a literary giant. Irrespective of your political leanings, he will be remembered as a serious thinker who spoke and wrote forcefully and eloquently _ and, of course, with humor.

    Consider this exchange:
    "Mr. Buckley," one non-fan wrote (him) in 1967, "you are the mouthpiece [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2008, 3:35pm EST

  • Good news for "Jersey Joe"

    Joe Pennacchio, who is running for the U.S. Senate, won Monday night's Republican convention in Hunterdon County, which means he will have the endorsement of the Hunterdon Republican party in the June primary.

    One of his opponents, meanwhile, Anne Estabrook, issued the following statement in regard to Corzine's budget [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 4:59pm EST

  • Garrett in Afghanistan


    Rep. Scott Garrett is just back from touring Afghanistan: Here is what he said:

    "My recent trip to Afghanistan was helpful in learning more about America's role in fighting Islamic radicals. The servicemembers I met with reinforced my belief that our nation is committed to protecting the [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 4:42pm EST

  • A good start

    Love must be in the air, as a series of press releases from Republicans are offering guarded praise for Gov. Jon Corzine's budget speech today.

    Most Republicans said the budget is a good start and expressed willingness to work with the governor,

    As well they should, the budget [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 3:37pm EST

  • Common sense in Maine

    The governor is proposing to consolidate the state’s 152 school administrative districts into 26 megadistricts.

    The effort is aimed at reducing statewide school administrative costs from an average of $396 per pupil to the national average of $186 per pupil. Since Maine has one administrator for every 393 [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 9:18am EST

  • No sense of timing here

    KATE WHITMAN TO MAKE FORMAL CONGRESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT blared the headline on a press release:

    That will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Peapack town hall.

    The problem: tomorrow is the day that Gov. Corzine gives his budget address; that will captivate the attention of the state's political [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 12:24pm EST

  • Budget/toll road discussion

    State Legislators representing the 26th District in eastern Morris County plan a town hall meeting on Wednesday, February 27, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Parsippany High School.

    Participants will include state Sen. Joe Pennacchio and Assemblymen Alex DeCroce and Jay Webber. [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 11:49am EST

  • Splash fight in Randolph

    With a vote on a community pool on tap for tomorrow in Randolph, supporters are getting a bit nasty.

    A recently-circulated flyer suggests that opponents are CAVE people. That would be Citizens Against Virtually Everything.
    The flyer says that this mentality has opposed such things as parks, trials, fields [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 10:37am EST

  • Ralphie Again ...

    That would be Ralph Nadar, who appears to be forfeiting all the good will many people had for him, by again trying to be a spoiler, which he was in 2000.

    Fortunately, Nadar's 2004 presidential campaign netted him less than one percent of the popular vote; he was insignificant [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2008, 7:47pm EST

  • There were three main reasons why ....

    Morris County opted not to take part in the 287-G program. They are, according to the county:

    1: The jail is identifying illegals who "check-in" now.

    2: Participating in the program would have cost at least $1.5 million in hiring staff, handling auxiliary costs such as food and [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 4:34pm EST

  • Some glory for former Parsippany Police Chief

    The $469,000 terminal leave payout to former chief Mike Filippello made its way into "The Soprano State," a recent book detailing corruption and other peculiarities about New Jersey.
    It's great to see Morris County represented ... [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 1:53pm EST

  • No despots for McCain?

    Statement by John McCain on Senator Obama's Remarks on Cuba

    "Not so along go Senator Obama favored complete normalization of relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Last night, he said that as president he'd meet with the imprisoned island'd new leader without preconditions. So Raul Castro gets an audience with [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 1:35pm EST

  • Bad news for Cresitello

    The mayor's plan to crack down on illegal residents struck what could be a fatal snag today when Morris County officials said that rounded-up illegals could not be housed in the county jail ...

    More to come on this ... [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 12:21pm EST

  • Fun in the Seventh District

    Kate Whitman, the former governor's daughter and congressional candidate in the seventh district, is already setting her sights on Democratic opponent Linda Stender.

    In a release today, she complains that Stender is spending too much time campaigning for Congress and not enough time at her "real" job as a [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 6:36pm EST

  • Mayors still marching for Jersey Joe

    State Sen. Joe Pennacchio announced the support of three more Morris County mayors in his campaign for United States Senate.

    Lincoln Park Mayor David Runfeldt, Long Hill Township Mayor George Vitureira, and Morris Plains Mayor Frank Druetzler have joined with numerous other local elected officials around the state to [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 5:04pm EST

  • Moving to the "dark side"

    This from the Asbury Park Press:


    Star Ledger Reporter Deborah Howlett is going directly from covering Gov. Jon Corzine to helping spread his message as the governor's communications director.
    Howlett, who covered the governor's office for the past three years, had previously worked for Gannett's USA Today for [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 12:57pm EST

  • The race for U.S. Senate

    A Quinnipiac poll today suggests that people like the job Frank Lautenberg is doing, but that a majority think he may be too old at 84 to serve another six years.

    Here's the spin from the camp of Anne Estabrook: one of three Republicans seeking the GOP nomination:
    "After [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 12:26pm EST

  • Gay Marriage

    This from Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon in regard to gay marriage.

    "What is being proposed here is a dramatic change to our society as it exists now and has existed over time. In a democracy, the people should have a role in considering these changes [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 12:18pm EST

  • Fidel departs

    The resignation of Fidel Castro may not change anything of substance, but it certainly carries much symbolism.

    One supposes that it will not change U.S. policy toward Cuba, but one thing seems clear to me: U.S. policy definitely should change. The U.S. boycott of Cuba, which is a relic [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 12:00pm EST

  • STOP ALREADY!

    Can't we eschew the verbal banter and just have an arm-wrestling match, or a 100-yard dash, or a drinking contest between Messers Jones and Nedd? [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 10:51am EST

  • Chris Christie in Washington

    It should be an interesting scene in Washington next week if U.S. Attorney Chris Christie testifies before a Congressional committee about his retaining of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to monitor a settlement agreement with makers of hip and knee replacements.

    The real issue is not so much [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 6:08pm EST

  • Roll me a joint ...

    Assemblyman Mike Carroll, R-Morris Twp. has put in a bill to permit medical use of marjuana in New Jersey. Cheers for him. This is a common sense position and a compassionate way to help those in pain.

    One hopes that this bill is NOT stymied by those misguided souls [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 2:44pm EST

  • Of all the things to debate ....

    Some here are bogged down on Malcolm X. His name keeps popping up in the continuing sparring between Greg Jones and Kevin Nedd.

    I have no quibble with anyone who admired Malcolm X. Yes, the Black Muslim view was a racist one as evidenced by the "white man is [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 2:37pm EST

  • It's time for a party

    Now that Parsippany Mayor Michael Luther has indeed won his long disputed 2005 election, he wants to party:

    And he will do so at a $250 per person shindig on March 13 at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel. [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 7:22pm EST

  • And now there are even more ...

    members of the governor's steering committee in regard to his toll plan. Here they are:



    The following new members were announced today: Bishop Mark Beckwith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark; Geraldine Reed Brown, President, Reed Brown Consulting Group; Chuck Chiarello, Mayor, Buena Vista Township; Rafael [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 4:15pm EST

  • 'Jersey Joe' and spying

    Here's the start of an AP dispatch (Doesn't using the word, "dispatch" sound so historical?) today from Washington:


    President Bush said Friday that "our country is in more danger of an attack" because of Congress' failure to extend a law that makes it easier for the government [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 4:03pm EST

  • Mayors march for Pennacchio

    The U.S. Senate campaign of Joe Pennacchio today announced endorsements of the following Morris County mayors:

    Boonton Mayor Edward Bolcar, Florham Park Mayor Scott Eveland, Jefferson Mayor Russell Felter, Kinnelon Mayor Glenn Sisco, Netcong Mayor Joseph Nametko, and Randolph Mayor Allen Napoliello. [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 4:52pm EST

  • An answer to Bucco

    State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, R-Boonton, the other day criticized a report by New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal think tank, that suggested raising the state’s gasoline tax. Bucco noted that Jon Shure, the group’s president, was Jim Florio’s communications director.
    Here is Shure’s reply:


    Dear Senator Bucco:
    [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 12:24pm EST

  • More on Bob Roe and Route 23

    Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, R-Parsippany, says that he just sent the following letter to the family of John and Julia Worosila

    Dear Mr. & Mrs. Worosila,

    This letter is to inform you that after reading of your concerns in the newspaper regarding the legislation naming Route 23 for former [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 3:29pm EST

  • Merkt takes a swipe

    Assemblyman Richard Merkt said today that Governor Jon Corzines's proposed massive road tax and borrowing scheme will signal the death knell for New Jersey's middle class families as yet another new survey shows the Garden State ranked as one of the nation's largest population losers in 2007.

    "This [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 3:14pm EST

  • OK, what will he do?

    Scott Garrett is opposing the governor's toll hike plan. The following is from a release:

    I strongly oppose Governor Corzine's plan to increase tolls on the public highways of New Jersey. These efforts by Mr. Corzine are once again an example of the liberal agenda perpetuating its tax and [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 12:19pm EST

  • Can Obama's momentum be stopped?

    The feeling here is that it probably can not. Obama has "won" the votes of the young and the ideological liberal. Race may have been a factor in Alabama and Georgia, but not in Nebraska and Maine.

    He has another thing going for him, namely that he is [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 9:40am EST

  • Is there that much snow out there?

    After calling us to say they were open on Lincoln's Birthday, the Morris County Library shut its doors at 5 p.m. today because of the weather.

    The Morristown Council also cancelled its meeting. This ain't a blizzard, is it? [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 7:18pm EST

  • Go get a book ....

    An official with the Morris County Library reports that contrary to other government offices; the county library is open today _ Lincoln's Birthday. [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 2:31pm EST

  • More on Denville school referendum ...

    A presentation on plans to build a middle school in Denville is scheduled for tomorrow (Tue) nite at the Lakeview Elementary School Library. It begins at 7:30 p.m. and will feature superintendent Drucilla Clark and board president Michael Bertram.

    The school is projected to cost a total of $69 [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 7:32pm EST

  • Rodney and television

    At a United Way forum tonight on challenges facing today's youth, Rep. Rodney P. Frelinhuysen, R-Harding, said:

    "I think young people _ and this sounds old fashion _ watch too much television. It does have a way of penetrating and dumbing down our young people." [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 7:29pm EST

  • Take that, Jon Corzine ...

    Republicans have their own meetings:

    Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce and Assemblyman Michael Doherty today announced the dates of a series of town meetings to be held throughout New Jersey to seek public input on Governor Jon Corzine’s massive toll hike plan.
    The meetings will take place in [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 2:25pm EST

  • Bob Roe and Route 23

    The state Legislature recently named the highway after former Rep. Robert A. Roe, a man who was convicted of drunken driving in 1993. Roe was an excellent congressman, but a guy who is a convicted drunk driver should not have a highway named after him.

    Perhaps this incident will [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 10:58am EST

  • Here's a suggestion from a poster ...

    Hey, what about we reduce the salaries and bennies of ALL State House reps? Let's say, maybe 20%?What about reducing the budget for the State Corrections Dept, maybe 15%? Let's increase tuitions 25%. Arts funding reduced to zero. And snow removal is zeroed for the next 5 years.I want to [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2008, 11:05am EST

  • The numbers are in ...

    And 22, 664 previously unaffiliated voters in Morris County registered as Democrats on primary day; some 12,396 registered as Republicans.

    More voters declared themselves to be Dems than Republicans in every town in Morris County. This means that total GOP registration in the county jumped from 97,000 to 109,000 [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2008, 7:26pm EST

  • Pigs really did fly ...

    at a Statehouse rally today to protest Gov. Jon Corzine's financial restructuring plan. At about 12:40 p.m., dozens of pink pig balloons were sent aloft into the air.

    Some got caught in trees while others drifted until there were out of site ... [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2008, 3:34pm EST

  • Is there any end to this?

    There are still MORE members of the governor's steering committee for his financial restructuring plan. The names announced today bring the number of people on the committee to more than 40.

    Here are the new appointees:
    Roger Bodman, DOT Commissioner under Governor Kean; Ken Ender, President, Cumberland County [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 5:10pm EST

  • Now this is a shock!

    A majority of the Morris County freeholders are endorsing state Sen. Joseph Pennacchio's bid for the U.S. Senate. Pennacchio is a former freeholder.

    Here are some of the platitudes offered by the endorsers in a recent release:

    "New Jerseyans can count on Senator Pennacchio to boldly lead on [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 2:35pm EST

  • Key Democrat opposes Corzine plan

    State Sen. John Adler, D-Cherry Hill, is bucking the governor of his own party in opposing Jon Corzine's financial restructuring plan.

    Here's part of what Adler, who is running for Congress this year, had to say:

    "Increasing highway tolls would inflict yet another financial hardship on our [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 2:30pm EST

  • How much of a bounce will Morris County

    Democrats get from the surge of new registered voters as a result of this week's presidential primary? There were 41,000 registered Dems when voting began and more than 48,000 of them voted. So, the increase was at least, 7,000, and likely much more. It would have been only 7,000 if [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 12:18pm EST

  • Some 6,000 new Dems

    Going into today's primary, there were 41,000 registered Democrats in Morris County; About 47,000 voters took part in the Democratic primary.
    So, the party picked up 6,000 new voters. These were presumably unaffiliated voters who declared at the polls.
    The question is, will they remain active Democratic voters?

    Republican [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 11:02pm EST

  • McCain wins easy in N.J. ....

    But Hillary had to scramble. Her lead will probably hold up, but it's narowing as the night wears on. At this writing, it's down to 53 percent to 45 percent with about three-quarters of the vote counted.

    Considering that Clinton was up by 30 points a few weeks ago, [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 10:43pm EST

  • Will Rodney be easy to beat?

    Some Democrats apparently think so. They may be lining up to run against him.

    Tom Wyka, who ran against Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, in 2006, plans to do it again. But we hear that other Democrats are interested as well.

    Ellen Greenberg of Mendham Township is another [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 6:27pm EST

  • Some happy Democrats

    Lew Candura, the chairman of the Morris County Democratic Committee, was all smiles around 4 p.m. today.

    "Party declaration forms are 2-1 in our favor," he said. What he meant was that twice as many voters registered as Democrats for the primary than Republicans. Candura said that will help [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 6:19pm EST

  • Excitement, yes, real excitement ...

    The phones were constantly ringing this afternoon in the office of the superintendent of elections in Morristown. Many voters are NOT familiar with a primary. So, there were questions from people who were not sure if they were registered in a particular party or not.

    In Washington Township, officials [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 6:03pm EST

  • Mike Carroll on John McCain

    It's good, but it's too damn LONG!

    Conservatives for McCain (if Necessary)

    I confess to a significant degree of puzzlement over (some) conservative attitudes toward John McCain. Who would ever have thought that a staunch pro-lifer who understands the need for unequivocal victory over our enemies in war [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 2:56pm EST
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