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Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Long Arm Of LIUNA

Turns out another scion of the Lombardis of Edison, Michael Lombardi, is a councilman and Vice President of the Edison Township Town Council. And LIUNA helped put him there:

Last Week

Did Chefs Cook Up Our Pavilion Plans?

A little back round: Once a publicly traded company, Chefs International was taken private in 2005 by the Lombardi Group of Edison, NJ (our mayor’s home town). The Lombardis are a highly successful family of doctors, dentists, lawyers, realtors and political contributors:   I see that among the beneficiaries of the Lombardi largess is Edison […]

EDISON MAYOR GUILTY IN ETHICS CHARGE

Accepted free legal services from William Northgrave, town attorney for Edison (and Belmar!) . Click on the image to read the story.

No Red Light Cameras Needed In Addis Abeda

Because there’s no red lights!  

A Good Argument For Non-Partisan Elections

From the blog More Monmouth Musings: Sweeney coming to Red Bank to raise campaign cash for Murphy and Dupont Senate President Steve Sweeney, a contender the 2017 Democratic gubernatorial nomination, is coming to Red Bank on December 17 as the headliner for a $175 per head fundraiser for Red Bank Councilmen Arthur Murphy’s and Michael Dupont’s reelection […]

As Years Go By….

  Approved by the Council February 2012: Approved by the Council September 2013:   Approved by the Council December 2014:

Council Meeting Of December 2, 2014

  I managed a couple of quick snapshots of the site plan and the artist’s rendering of the new marina building proposal from Chefs International:

Thank You, Jim

Tonight the Council will make its third attempt to legally enact ordinance 2014-18, the repeal of the “responsible bidder” language added to our municipal code.  Hopefully they’ll get it right this time although our reprieve from this dreadful legislation will be short lived anyway.  Next year they will introduce a new “responsible bidder” law which […]

Ingle Is Right

Bob Ingle, in yesterday’s Asbury Park Press: Another property tax cap loophole?  Table the thought TRENTON – Sometimes those under the Gold Dome here just can’t understand why people have lost faith in their institutions and government. A couple of recent examples of disregarding the greater public good should demonstrate it. There was put in […]