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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Dear Friend

In yesterday’s mail, with my comments in red italics: Dear Friend, Belmar needs your help. In order to continue moving forward with recovery from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, our town needs you to come out and vote YES on Tuesday, August 19th.  (Actually Belmar needs you to vote NO.  Doherty, Epic Construction and Maser […]

Judge Lawson Retiring!

From NJ.com: Monmouth County courts will get a new assignment judge in September after Judge Lawrence Lawson steps down three years ahead of the mandatory retirement age. State Supreme Court Justice Stuart Rabner announced on Monday he has directed Superior Court Judge Lisa Thornton to be the new head of the courts in Monmouth County […]

Isn’t It Great?

To have such civic-minded folks in town? Absentee ballots driven to and hand delivered in Freehold in the weeks before the 2013 election: (Click on image to enlarge it.)  

Anyone Know Her?

Found on Twitter by one of my readers: .  

Council Meeting Of July 1, 2014

Part 1   Part 2

A Good Way To Control Municipal Spending…….

Let The People Decide! Here in Belmar the petitioners had to work so hard.  Those concerned about overdevelopment and overspending at the beachfront had to collect petitions multiple times, with the administration managing to wiggle out of each one of them.  Finally this last one is sticking and we will have a special election August […]

David Paterson Blows Off Port Authority Ethics Job

To Join The Fun Instead! Sued By Ex-Partner. Connection to Belmar. From the NY Post: Ex-Gov. David Paterson sold out a business partner and scuttled efforts to expose corruption at the Port Authority so he could get a seat on the PA board for his late dad, powerhouse Democratic politician Basil Paterson, according to a […]

Attention Low Information Voters:

Don’t Learn The Facts.  Just Vote Yes.   Like, shouldn’t they know the amount of the bond?  (It’s $7 million!) Or the fact that we have over $4 million available (between FEMA and insurance) to build two very nice buildings without having to bond anything?

Partrick Byrne @ Porcfest

Overstock.com CEO (and former professor of philosophy at Stanford) Patrick Byrne speaks about the history behind modern libertarian thought.  Absolutely worth watching for you liberty lovers. (Next year I’m bringing my tripod.)

Time Lapse Porcfest Group Photo