Blue Jersey report 3/7

New Jersey NEWS Round-Up Wednesday, March 7

by: Hopeful

reprinted with permission of Blue Jersey

  • Environmentals groups continue to oppose dredging the Delaware River. You can find the report at Delaware River Keeper\’s website. Meanhwile, the DRPA is still being held hostage by Governore Rendell, so there\’s no budget. It\’s enough to make the Supreme Court battle between Delaware and New Jersey look amicable.

     

  • There are public meetings about the proposal to raise bus, light rail, and train fares.

     

  • A plan to build an ethanol plant in Cumberland County seems to be on track.

     

  • Long Branch failed in its attempts to have both Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen to be and a nonprofit public interest firm kicked out of a eminent domain case. They are supporting landowners who are fighting the city.

     

  • The legislature is considering allowing traffic cameras at intersections to give tickets.

     

  • Non-profits have to obey the same disclosure rules as for-profit businesses, according to the state Election Law Enforcement Commission. Nonprofits say this will have a chilling effect since they will now have to ask directors about contributions, as well as be an administrative burden. The ELEC board says that since the donations are already listed in the candidates\’s reports, it won\’t be much of a chilling effect.

     

  • A Princeton study noticed that blacks at Ivy League schools are more much more likely to be immigrants or children or immigrants than the general population. They don\’t mention it, but both Colin Powell and Barack Obama fit into this group.

    Everything after this point is basically gossip.

     

  • So Union leader Carla Katz bought an expensive condo through an LLC corporation:

     

    Union leader Carla Katz paid $1.1 million three months ago to buy a luxury condominium in the same Hoboken building where Gov. Jon Corzine lives.

    Corzine, who dated Katz for two years before running for governor and previously financed her purchase of a home in Hunterdon County, said last night that all financial ties between them were severed shortly after their relationship ended in late 2004.

     

  • Hoboken City Councilman Christopher Campos rejected a plea deal. He\’s accused of Driving While Intoxicated. The cop is also in trouble

     

  • The Asbury Park Press is calling for Monmouth County Republican Chairman Adam Puharic to resign or be \”pushed out the door.\”

     

  • In the \”it may be the Internet, but behave yourself\” department, it seems the new, lone Democrat on the Middletown Township Committee is not getting along with the Republicans. He says they\’re \”pompous,\” they say he\’s \”insensitive.\” I say he should drop the talk of sex organs in his e-mail. More seriously, a teacher is in trouble for sending her students sexually explicit text messages.

     

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    Hopeful :: News Roundup and Open Thread for Wednesday, March 7, 2007

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