A Warren County magistrate said he’ll decide tomorrow whether Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has to get proof that Barack Obama was born in the United States.
David M. Neal, a Turtlecreek Township resident who runs a political Web [...]
A FOX News poll released Thursday shows the race between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama has tightened considerably, with Obama now leading McCain by just three points among likely voters, 47 percent to 44 percent.
Just last week, Obama held a 49 percent [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to help the nation avoid a constitutional crisis by halting Tuesday's election until Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama documents his eligibility to run for the top office in the nation.
Accusing API of colluding with American internet bloggers in an effort to bring down her husband, Mrs Obama said she decided to call API because of what she termed, API’s help to spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets in their efforts to damage a [...]
Guess what people?? It's even much lower than $150K - Obama and Joey are lying thru their teeth. It's as low as $42,000 a year that'll see a tax increase.![[Commentary]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AI448_Calabr_D_20081027164931.jpg)
Obama's redistribution ConstitutionOne of the great unappreciated stories of the past eight years is how thoroughly Senate Democrats thwarted efforts by President Bush to appoint judges to the lower federal courts.
Chad CroweConsider the most important' [...]
Well, [...]
October 28, 2008 11:39 AM
Natalie Gewargis-->The respected Israeli newspaper Ha'artez reports that according to a "senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate's stance on Iran as 'utterly immature'" [...]
Posted by: Erick Erickson
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 08:03AM CDT
What if the Los Angeles Times had video of John McCain toasting a known Islamic terrorist? What would the reaction be if the Los Angeles Times told everyone it had the tape, but refused the release the [...]
Did you know that Mohamed Atta, the 9/11 ring leader, had a valid Florida driver's license?
Did you know 13 of the 19 hijackers had obtained valid driver's licenses? Armed with [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Close to one in every three newly registered Ohio voters will end up on court-ordered lists being sent to county election boards because they have some discrepancy in [...]
...unless your associated with ACORN: they have a "special" way of doing things...
Barack Obama contends that he is' [...]
MANALAPAN — The GOP candidates for Township Committee have challenged their Democratic opponents to limit campaign spending to $5,000 per candidate and limit the signs they post to 250 per campaign.
But the Democrats say they plan to' [...]
Trenton, NJ – New Jersey Republican State Chairman Tom Wilson issued the following statement regarding Senator John McCain’s announcement that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president:
“New Jersey is going [...]
TRENTON Some of the state's poorest school districts required by court order to receive extra state funding spent thousands of dollars' [...]
School districts seeking advice on how to spend tax dollars got a dense lesson from the state on Wednesday.
The Education Department released a 205-page rulebook on how districts must craft their budgets, hire and fire top administrators, [...]
Senator Anthony Bucco asked Joe Doria, Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, in a letter today to correct huge flaws in the new Council On Affordable Housing (COAH) study. The study was intended to identify open acreage available for the construction of court mandated housing. Instead the study identified [...]
Andrew Unanue, a former chief operating officer at family-run Goya Foods Inc. courted last month to run for U.S. Senate by Republican Party leaders, dropped his bid for the nomination Friday morning.
Unanue's given reason for dropping out was "extensive business commitments along with new business opportunities," and he will be [...]
As millionaire businessman Andy Unanue appeared to be ending his Republican race for U.S. Senate, former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer said yesterday he is ready to run if asked by party leaders.
The 40-year-old Unanue informed his campaign staff yesterday he was quitting, three ranking Republicans with knowledge [...]News Transcript - BY KATHY BARATTA and MARK ROSMAN
There will be a Republican primary in Manalapan in June as four candidates seek the nod to run for two seats on the Township Committee in the November general election.
As previously announced, Ryan Green and William Garcia were nominated [...]
Republican Russell F. Bohlin of Belmar Boulevard filed to run as [...]
More than 150 teachers — carrying signs with slogans such as "No contract, still working, always caring" — protested outside Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools' Main Street administration offices Monday, urging district officials to settle contract negotiations as soon as possible.
Among sticking points in the negotiations are salary and benefits, said [...]
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The municipal court here has been flooded this morning with calls from people who want to know if their case has been mishandled by a Superior Court clerk accused of altering checks valued at more than $18,000.
"It's not our court or our employee and we have nothing [...]
"Well, we wouldn't call it before the trial is over, some sort of whistle-blower case," Judiciary Chairman Sen. John [...]
Since 1998, the costs of public worker salaries and benefits have increased by more than $4.2 billion.
That's 45 percent of the total increase in the state budget, according to the state Treasury Department documents provided to lawmakers.
Since 1998, just the cost of [...]
In some of the state's poorest communities, school superintendents make more money than the governor or the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
In Camden, former school Superintendent Annette Knox boosted her 2004-05 salary of $180,081 by cashing in $11,630 in unused sick [...]
MANALAPAN — The increased police presence will continue at the high school tomorrow, after a parent overheard a student speaking about rumors that a shooting would take place at the building today , authorities said.
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the high school principal called police to tell them he had received [...]
Two months after we the people rejected Corzine's little $450 million in new borrowing for his stem-cell initiative, he stood before the state legislature and informed that the state was in a deep financial crisis - that NJ borrowed much more than it can pay back and something must be [...]
A 54-member panel chosen to educate the public about Governor Corzines financial restructuring plan contains a mix of administration loyalists and veteran Trenton insiders positioned for a piece of multibillion-dollar highway spending. (Heres a link to the Whos Who on the panel)
Three [...]
TRENTON In an effort to reduce costs and increase voter participation, state lawmakers Thursday discussed moving school board elections from April to the general election in November.
The Senate Education Committee held discussions Thursday with education groups about consolidating election days, as well as eliminate the requirement that voters decide [...]
TRENTON An Assembly panel unanimously approved a measure Thursday that would limit elected and appointed public office holders to one public health plan, while a pair of lawmakers hopes to take this a step further by eliminating all publicly paid health plans for elected officials who earn less than [...]
Superintendent of Schools James Wasser said today the administration is not ready to disclose that information until Monday's board meeting, the final one [...]
Tough lesson to learn: NEVER leave a handyman unsupervised.
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FREEHOLD A Monmouth County jury on Tuesday heard from the father of a young girl allegedly sexually assaulted by an Ocean Township handyman charged with videotaping the acts over more than a four-year period beginning when the girl was [...]
For the last three years, Kevin Clawson made it his mission to help care for his father, terminally ill with heart disease and the victim of two strokes.
The 13-year-old Freehold Township boy gave his dad back rubs and pep [...]
Some described feeling a dull numbness that follows a deep and personal loss.
A packed church service; grief counselors at [...]
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FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP A combination of dark clothing, a shadowy area [...]
LAKEWOOD Five months after returning from a 60-day unpaid suspension for giving no-bid contracts to a boyfriend, Housing Authority chief Mary Jo Grauso was awarded a $4,000 bonus Tuesday on top of the standard 3 percent (you godda love it!)
Authority commissioners defended [...]
Lisa Morton, 41, of Freehold was arrested Feb. 15 and released on her own recognizance, Prosecutor [...]
Mary J. [...]
Azzolina, who acquired the third license in 1999, received approval every year from the Township Committee until 2005, [...]
TRENTON A Democratic-led effort to make New Jersey the third state to
let workers take paid leave from work to care for a sick relative or newborn child
received a boost Thursday, much to the displeasure of businesses and Republicans.
The Assembly Labor Committee voted 6-2 to approve [...]
But Tuesday, he will be just another criminal defendant in federal court as he begins the first of two federal [...]
James, who as leader of New Jersey's largest city for 20 years and a state [...]
Passaic County Freeholder Terry Duffy said he felt pressured to support a $10 million budget fix because of the county counsel's warning in December of possible criminal charges and a government shutdown.
But exactly what County Counsel William Pascrell III said at the Dec. 11 closed-door meeting [...]
Monmouth County government officials have decided to oust the head of the Shade Tree Department from the $78,000-per-year job when the position comes up for reappointment in two weeks though Middletown resident Gary Lovallo said the department made significant strides in the two years he was superintendent.
(Now well [...]
A public hearing on the budget, which includes a tax levy of $25,796,028 -- up $941,401 over the previous [...]
Monmouth County freeholders are on pace to equal or exceed last year's spending on lucrative contracts given to consultants and other professionals. Meanwhile, time is running out for the board if it will deliver on hinted cuts to a proposed $8.1 million tax levy increase.
The board will meet at 7 [...]
Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education paid $18,500 tax dollars to a consultant to help them find a new superintendent, and this is the best they can do?? Am I missing something here?
After paying $18,500 to a consultant to help the district find a new school superintendent, youd think the Matawan-Aberdeen [...]
Spending and borrowing restraints are two pieces of Corzine's "fiscal restructuring" [...]
MANALAPAN - The Manalapan summer recreation program will no longer pick up the cost of economic waivers for children from Englishtown who cannot pay the $500 registration fee.
Manalapan is asking Englishtown to cover the costs for children from that town who cannot pay to participate in the [...]
The ordinance is expected to have a [...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee did nothing to enhance public trust in government by holding a mere 14-minute hearing last week before unanimously advancing former Republican Sen. Nicholas Asseltas nomination to the state Board of Public Utilities. Most of the [...]
Today is the deadline for any additional candidates to declare their intention to
meet with the party's screening committee, said party Chairman Adam [...]
In just a couple of weeks, New Jersey drivers who may be distracted by some electronic devices while behind the wheel will be facing stiffer penalties.
Starting March 1st, it will be a primary offense for drivers caught by police using hand-held cell phones to talk or text message while [...]
The Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees also voted unanimously to strip the pension benefits Scarpelli accrued from 1998 until his resignation [...]
Under pension rules, judges of the supreme, [...]
Marlboro claims that the corrupt activity [...]
Amazing numbers here - the preplexing question (other than where the heck all these spending numbers come from) however is Why is Gov. Corzine is in such a panic to pay our bills?
Hmmm. Terrific read by our friends at Enlighten NJ
Thanks guys - keep doing what youre [...]
The Courier Post online had an article about a New Advocacy Group called Save our State NJ (coincidence - its in opposition to save our assets nj?). Its registered as a 501(c)(4) organization.
In the article, spokesman Jennifer Godoski states We are going to raise whatever it takes [...]
Candidates vie for GOP nomination
