Why Does An Unabashed Liberal Support School Vouchers?
First, my liberal credentials: Sponsor of abolition of the death penalty; winner of the international human rights award at Le Memorial de Caen for my speech on the death penalty; Co-Prime sponsor of Marriage Equality; Sponsor of the most far reaching environmental protection laws in the nation; Sponsor of reforms to the mandatory minimum school zone drug law; One of three legislators, out of 120, to vote against New Jersey's version of Arizona's "papers please" law, the so-called Kyleigh's law.
7 comments Bad behavior must have consequences
By not re-appointing Justice Wallace, Governor Christie has sent a message to every sitting judge awaiting reappointment: obey my political dictates or face not being reappointed. Christie has interjected himself into every courtroom throughout the state. He will be looking over the shoulder of every sitting judge without tenure saying: Do as I say or suffer the consequences!
We cannot allow the judiciary to be infected with politics. New Jersey is better than that. No democracy can survive with a judiciary terrorized by any political leader.
How The NJEA Helped Boost 101.5 Into Prominence. Or, Hoisting Oneself Up With One's Own Petard.
When Gov Florio proposed raising taxes by $2.8 billion to fund education and increase homestead rebates (QEA), the NJEA went ballistic, despite $? going for increased funding for education. In a classic example of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine; and, no good deed goes unpunished, the NJEA went after Florio with a vengeance, teaming up with Hands Across New Jersey and the NRA (which had its beef against Florio for his proposed ban on assault weapons) and a fledgling local radio station, 101.5 FM, which railed against the tax increase, highlighting the toilet paper tax.
Opening statement at the COAH hearing
It's impossible to support consolidation of government services and also support COAH.
S1 paints with a broad brush and thus will miss some fine points. COAH paints with a fine brush and sets up 566 different schemes so as not to miss anything. As a result, it misses the forest for the trees.
Anyway you slice it, even if you add to COAH's #s the affordable units that would be produced by a build out of the fees collected under its regulations but not spent, S1 would have produced more affordable housing over the past 25 years, without the excessive compliance costs, without the onerous development fees that stifle job production, and with 1/5th the bureaucracy, by working in conjunction with market forces rather than struggling to get the free market to see things COAH's way.
More affordable housing, less bureaucracy. It doesn't get any better than that
Lesniak on First BankAmericano
The First BankAmericano was started in Elizabeth with a mission to serve the traditionally underserved Hispanic population by bringing them into the financial system through savings and checking accounts and loans. They are services that the big banks have not seen as profitable.
Over the years, the bank's directors learned that servicing the many small accounts from the community produced a narrow profit margin, and the small capitalization of investment limited opportunities for more sophisticated services that would have produced a larger profitability. There's a good reason why larger banks don't seek out such markets — not a good social-benefit reason, but certainly a good reason if your only concern is return on investment.
Wake-Up Call
Morning News Digest: September 2, 2010
Follow PolitickerNJ on Twitter and FacebookSchundler releases chronology of his firingIn yet another entry in the sordid ledger of his firing, ousted education chief Bret Schundler Wednesday released what he says will be his final word on his termination. In his cover letter to reporters, Schundler said Gov. Chris Christie's accusation that...
The Back Room
Christie v. Sweeney
Beaten up by for being too diplomatic around Gov. Chris Christie, Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) gave the governor both barrels over the guv's attempt to twist his inner cabinet collapse into anti-Obama Fox News code speak - and the governor didn't appreciate that, according to GOP sources.
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Help Wanted: New Education Commission Should Recognize Real Reform
As the dust settles on the tenure of Bret Schundler, Chris Christie should be looking for a replacement with a proven track record in education, rather than a political resume. New Jersey needs leadership that respects the integrity of the public... Read More >
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