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Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Press Runs My Letter

They asked me to submit a shortened version of it and then they even edited that, but for what it’s worth you can see it here.  The print version was even shorter still.

Belmar Council Meeting of Jan 3, 2012

Gift Cards Give Us A Lesson

The most recent public squabble between Councilman Jim Bean and Mayor Matt Doherty is over Mr. Bean’s OPRA request for information on the collection and distribution of donated gift cards.  I would have hoped that the administration would have cheerfully complied with Mr. Bean’s request.  After all, Bean was willing to donate his spare time, […]

They Blew The Money From Their Tax Increase…….

The First Day!   It was supposed to save us.  Just raise taxes on the rich.  Make the rich pay their fair share and fix the budget!  Well they got their big tax increase on those making over $450,000. According to the Congressional Budget Office, we will see as a result of the increase an […]

Politicians Behaving Badly

It seems the United States Senate can never just do the right thing.  They are asked to prepare a Sandy relief bill to assist the victims of the storm and instead they produce a bill loaded up with hundreds of millions, maybe billions, of pork spending on projects having nothing to do with Sandy.  See […]

“The Law is a Ass”

The Star Ledger story: “N.J. saw fewer deaths on roadways in 2012, but pedestrian fatalities increased” reports that motorist fatalities in 2012 were down a little from the 2011 number and then goes on to mention:   However, the number of pedestrians killed rose to 165 last year from 143 in 2011, amounting to the […]