1%er may be joining the 99%. Or, the rich tradition of politicians with legal problems: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/former_gov_corzines_wall_stree.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/corzines_high-stakes_gamble_at.html http://www.nj.com/starledger/pdf/wednesday.pdf
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/six_motor_vehicle_commission_c.html#incart_hbx There always seems to be someone on the inside, willing to sell their job.
Looks like it could be a map for homogenous legislative districts! http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_man_puts_rednecks_hippies_a.html#incart_mce
Just in time for Christmas, 2 sick yoots beating up a bum down the Shore... http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/video_homeless_man_beaten_in_w.html
There's a lot of money in parking meters! http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/ex-hoboken_parking_official_pl.html#incart_mrt "stealing more than $1.1 million in coins from Hoboken's parking meters between June 2005 and April 2008."
Outpour of support for N.J. homeless man beaten by 2 yutes http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/outpour_of_support_for_nj_home.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...-s-parade-famous-for-getting-out-of-hand.html Looks like I'm leaving at the right time.
I'm happy about that. One less day of drunken idiots falling about the parking lot of the train station next to my house in Clifton.
Damn yuppies & dinks ruin everything! This only leaves 27 other local SPD parades for New Jerseyans to attend. http://www.st-patricks-day.com/st_patricks_day_parades_united_states_new_jersey.html
Want to be a concert promoter? http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/nj_sports_and_exposition_autho_1.html Includes link to 3,000 pages of contracts
New allegation of shady HS athletics: http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/foo...layers_then_cast_them_aside_families_say.html For those who think that being a HS foootball coach isn't remumerative: "Ascolese was a board assistant superintendent. State records show his total salary was $229,930 for the 2010-11 school year." I'm always a bit sceptical, whenever I see a successful HS football coach supplementing his $10K or so salary for that gig, with a $200K admin job.
A group from Philly support the cancellation: http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/01/irish_anti-defamation_federati.html http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Sh...supports-end-of-Hoboken-parade-138113483.html Some locals insist the party will go on: http://www.hobokenlepre-con.com/
NJ's highest-paid public employee retires to Florida: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2012/01/greg_schiano_leaves_rutgers_to.html
"He won't veto the bill because he's anti-gay," Goldstein said in a statement issued before the veto was issued Friday. "He'll veto the bill because the 2016 South Carolina presidential primary electorate is anti-gay."
http://www.trentonian.com/article/2...late-court-overturns-convictions-in-gun-case- "Aitken ... now lives in Atlanta" Presumably, the guns laws are more lenient there. http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/a0467-10.pdf
This is just kick-ass ..Kudos Mayor Booker..... Newark Mayor Cory Booker helps save neighbor from fire http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ory-booker-helps-save-neighbor-from-fire?lite