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Monthly Archives: February 2014

It’s Always About Development

Burt Ross, a former mayor of Fort Lee who turned down a $500,000 bribe when he was in office, has an interesting observation about New Jersey’s political scandals, one that I sort of touched on last month. As reported in nj.com: Former Fort Lee mayor says potential source of NJ corruption is land shortage From […]

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Camden Needs Capitalism

Here is Camden: “What Camden needs is an aquarium.” Here is Camden with an aquarium: “What Camden needs is an aquarium and a battleship.” Here is Camden with an aquarium and a battleship: “What Camden needs is a casino.” Here is Camden with an aquarium, a battleship and a casino: This is what Camden really […]

Smile, Brick

You’re NOT on Candid Camera anymore!   From nj.com: Controversial red-light cameras going dark in Brick on Feb. 18 In a rare move, the mayor of Brick said he is pulling the plug this month on the controversial but lucrative red-light cameras in his town. Mayor John Ducey has concerns about the fairness of the […]

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O’Scanlon Seeing Red

Long time readers may recall the written jihad waged on these pages when Belmar was entertaining the idea of getting involved with these red light camera guys. From More Monmouth Musings: O’Scanlon: Red Light Camera Corruption Warrants Investigations By Fishman, Wisniewski Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) said today that he is asking U.S Attorney Paul Fishman […]

Epiconnections

Not that anyone can do anything about it, but I wanted to give you some background about the anti-competitive bidding ordinance that will be passed at the next meeting.  It’s 2014-1, the first new ordinance of 2014, and I know you’re all familiar with it because I’ve published it on these pages twice already. It’s chocked […]