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Monthly Archives: August 2013

No, Congressman. Read The Constitution.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

From the Wall Street Journal “President Obama is abdicating his responsibility as commander-in-chief and undermining the authority of future presidents,” said Rep. Pete King (R., N.Y.). “The president doesn’t need 535 members of Congress to enforce his own red line.” Obama is doing exactly the right thing by seeking congressional approval to attack Syria.  Only […]

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We Did It!

Friday, August 30, 2013

ORDINANCE 2013-16 BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A STORM DRAIN LINE FOR SILVER LAKE IN AND BY THE BOROUGH OF BELMAR, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $1,860,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,767,000 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE BOROUGH TO FINANCE PART OF THE COST THEREOF. One question though: […]

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Maybe It Didn’t Rain In Asbury Park

Friday, August 30, 2013

Or Spring Lake. Below: Monmouth County portion of a graphic from a story in today’s APP.

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Flashback

Friday, August 30, 2013

Some of my ads from the 2010 race.                 .       .

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It Was 24 Years Today,

Thursday, August 29, 2013

The State Told Us That We Couldn’t Play. To Beach Visitors We Couldn’t Sock-it, And Put The Money In Our Own Pocket. . ALFRED A. SLOCUM PUBLIC ADVOCATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. THE BOROUGH OF BELMAR DEFENDANT. Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Monmouth County. Decided August 29, 1989.   […]

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Do I Have An Angel At The Press?

Thursday, August 29, 2013

This is a little weird.  After my minor rant yesterday morning about the Bloomberg writer using the word “unsuccessful” to describe my 2011 Libertarian candidacy, I took a look at the print edition in the Press over dinner last night and noticed that an editor there had substituted the word “former” for “unsuccessful”.  Whoever it […]

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Definition Of Insanity

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The civil war in Syria is basically between Sunnis allied with Al Qaeda and Alawites allied with Shiite Iran.  How on earth can it be in America’s national interest to get in the middle of that? Like pretty much all of all our interventions over there, this will end with all parties hating us and […]

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Schneck In The Press

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I get the final word in a Bloomberg story, picked up on the front page of today’s Asbury Park Press: The agency (FEMA) now considers such a project too vulnerable to storms, said Doherty, a Democrat. Next month, the borough council will vote on a $6.6 million bond issue to build larger, multistory pavilions with a […]

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If I Lived In Red Bank

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

I would be seeing red. Watchdog: Red Bank to vote on borrowing $326K to fund employee payouts They better not try anything like that here.

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Notes From The Road

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

So I’ve started visiting with the people, getting them used to the idea that there will soon be another short, bald guy up on the dais.  I hope they’re ready for it. All kidding aside (for the moment), it has been quite fun and educational. For starters, I’ve developed a newfound respect for all the […]

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