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By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog | July 27, 2015

New Jersey’s three largest public pension plans are taking Gov. Chris Christie to court in a renewed effort to force the state to pay more than $4 billion in missed payments to retirement funds.

The papers were filed in Mercer County Superior Court Friday by the Public Employees Retirement System, Teachers’ Pension Annuity Fund and Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. Combined, the three state plans represent roughly 290,000 retirees and 475,000 active members.

Public employees unions lost a similar suit last month in State Supreme Court, but Bruno said this case is different because the state pension boards have statutory authority as fiduciaries for the funds.

 GUILLIN, China The Phillippines\’ under-12 Little League team finished a decent second runner-up recently in its return to the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regional tournament after 30 years. The team was led by manager Lillian Golez Urbina and University of the Philippines\’ baseball varsity head coach Anthony Dizer, who was in part assisted by Ruel Batuto…

 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested two animal rights activists and charged them with terrorizing the fur industry as they released about 5,740 minks from farms and ranches, and vandalized the homes and businesses of members of the industry. The activists, who were on cross-country road trips, were arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force,…

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On August 21, Union County Superior Court Judge James Hely is scheduled to hear argument in a case against the Summit Housing Authority for non-compliance with New Jersey\’s open public meetings law. The matter is currently set for 9 a.m. in Elizabeth.
 
The case, which alleges multiple violations of the state\’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) , was filed by the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) earlier this year. It\’s the latest of several \”affirmative litigation\” lawsuits brought by the public advocacy group to draw attention to such violations and encourage greater voluntary compliance with the law by public agencies statewide. NJFOG previously won similar suits against the Boards of Education in Trenton and Island Heights.

A small township in Pennsylvania has declared a state of emergency ahead of Pope Francis\’ visit to the United States in September. Authorities in Middletown, Pennsylvania, which is about two hours outside of Philadelphia, recently decided to adopt the emergency designation in an effort to help prepare for the pontiff\’s stopover. It could increase security and…

Jim Powers comes from a Catholic family that\’s been pretty good at planning ahead. In 1962, Powers\’ parents went partners with Powers\’ aunt uncle on some cemetery plots at St. Gertrude Cemetery in Colonia, a Catholic cemetery operated by Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark. They purchased space for eight people for $600, and they

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Nicodemo S. Scarfo, photo courtesy of the Bergen Dispatch