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Monthly Archives: March 2014

U.S. Puts The “Crime” In Crimea

Would the United States let Russia tell us where our border with Mexico should lie?  Will we ever learn to just mind our own business?  Is it little wonder that the United States presently is just about the least popular country on earth? The government of Viktor Yanukovych was chosen to lead Ukraine in an election that was […]

AshBritt Update

Couple of AshBritt stories on the web recently. From Blue Jersey: AshBritt: The Story That Keeps on Giving   And from nj.com: The real lesson from our no-bid Sandy contract with AshBritt: Editorial .

The Chris Christie Show Is Coming To Belmar

I’m sure you all know Christie will be here Tuesday.  I RSVPed for an admission pass right after I got the email about it last Tuesday, but never heard back about it.  Maybe I’m on the list.  Or maybe I’m on some other list…if you know what I mean. His last couple of town halls […]

Tonight’s Council Meeting Cancelled Without Explanation

I don’t know about the rest of you but I see this as a problem.  Even if there is no official business the Council cares to conduct, the public should have an opportunity to meet with them more than once a month.  A resident may have an issue and maybe doesn’t want to wait until […]

C.S. Lewis On The Smoking Ban

C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia and many other great works was asked about the plan by Belmar, and now possibly by the state too, to ban smoking in public areas: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be […]

How To Attract More Families To Belmar

If there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that we need to attract more families to visit Belmar and to live in Belmar.  Families are the salt of the earth, the backbone of America etc, etc.  And it’s encouraging to see our administration here in Belmar working hard to make our town attractive […]

Doherty To Testify Today

No, not about Councilwoman Blackburn’s stolen bike. It’s some Senate subcommittee hearing about Sandy recovery that Menendez is chairing. Story here.

Daylight Savings, Gift Card Losses

I hate the switch to daylight savings.  Or is it from daylight savings?  Whatever. I particularly hate the clock change that we have to do in the spring because I actually lose two hours.  The first hour just disappears like it was a donated Belmar gift card.  And I lose a second hour spent resetting […]

Gopal Pushed AshBritt Too

You may recall that a few weeks after Sandy then-Belmar administrator Bill Young visited Avon administrator Tim Gallagher.  Young brought along his assistant, Colleen Connolly, who is our current administrator.  The reason for the visit was to talk about AshBritt.  According to Mr Gallagher, as quoted in the Coast Star, the two “said they (AshBritt) […]

Dems and Reps Living Together!

These pages became a topic of discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting as the mayor used some skepticism about bipartisanship that I expressed in response to a comment as evidence that Belmar’s Republicans are only interested in politics and don’t want to work with Democrats to help the people.  I expect that is going to be […]