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Monthly Archives: December 2016

2016 Attendance Report Card

Council meeting of January 7: Brennan present. Nicolay present. Doherty present. Blackburn absent. Magovern present. Council meeting of January 19: Brennan present. Nicolay present. Doherty present. Blackburn present. Magovern present. Council meeting of February 2: Brennan present. Nicolay present. Doherty present. Blackburn present. Magovern present. Council meeting of February 16: Brennan present. Nicolay present. Doherty […]

New Jersey Secretary Of Mistake

On July 1, 2016, the Honorable Katie A. Gummer ordered Belmar to file all of its Pay to Play ordinances with the New Jersey Secretary of State:     But State doesn’t seem to know anything about it:      

Council Meeting Of December 28, 2016

Some Interesting Legal Bills

From today’s payment of bills list. . $53,300 to Gibbons. They are representing the Borough (@$400/hr) in the Harmon Brothers/Salt lawsuit. . . Mukherji Vincitore is the law firm of Mayor Doherty’s friend Raj Mukherji. You may recall that Mukherji, an Assemblyman from Jersey City, is one of the sponsors of bill A1850, the seasonal […]

In Theory………

A powerpoint produced by Appraisal Systems, Inc for the taxpayers of Manasquan. In practice I’m not sure that the methodology in Belmar was quite so vigorous in light of the fact that they never even asked to come into my house.  I was so looking forward to showing off this classic 1977 American Standard.  Could […]

Red Army Choir Tragedy

You probably know about the Christmas day crash of a Russian passenger plane carrying, among others, at least 60 members of the Alexandrov Red Army Choir.  What I’m sure you don’t know is that I was a fan of theirs and actually saw them perform about 15 years ago at the State Theater in New […]

Wednesday Morning’s Agenda

Last Week

Department Of Public Wrecks

Ugly old bulldozers right along the sidewalk. And what’s up with that sidewalk?