GREENSTEIN SEEKS STATE ED. DEPARTMENT & A.G.
REVIEW OF PRINCETON SCHOOL SEX CASE
Assemblywoman Wants School District's Reporting Actions Examined

(MONROE TWP.) - Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein today called on state Attorney General Anne Milgram and Education Commissioner Lucille Davy to jointly review the actions of Princeton school officials in light of a civil lawsuit filed by parents of a boy who claim the district attempted to cover-up a middle-school teacher's improper sexual behavior with students.

 Beck urges Attorney General to revoke permit that allows Best Liquors to continue operating

Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck today sent letters to Attorney General Anne Milgram and her subordinate, the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Jerry Fischer, asking them to revoke the ad interim permit under which Best Liquors of Red Bank is currently allowed to operate pending the outcome of the shop’s appeal to have it’s liquor license reinstated.

U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announces the indictment of State Sen. Sharpe James, the former five-term Mayor of Newark
He would go to a park and if people were playing soccer he’d take off his suit jacket and get in on the game, if we went to a Latino party he would dance the meringue, he’d talk baseball with anyone in a diner, he was a big Jackie Robinson fan.

But there was another side to the fit and flamboyant Sharpe James, who served as Newark’s mayor for 21 years, and it took a battery of federal law enforcement officials led by U.S. Attorney Chris Christie to unravel it all out into the daylight Thursday afternoon in Newark.

It’s a hefty, 33-count indictment, including 17 counts of defrauding the residents of Newark with credit cards, four counts of fraud involving local government receipt of federal funds, three counts of improperly favoring girlfriend Tamika Riley through the fraudulent sale of city properties, one count of conspiring to use the U.S. mail to defraud the public, four counts of housing assistance fraud, three counts of tax fraud, and one count of tax evasion. (Please see related story and press release for details).

NEWARK – Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James was charged in an Indictment today with using city-issued credit cards to spend lavishly on himself, eight female companions and others during personal trips and vacations to such places as Martha’s Vineyard, Rio de Janeiro, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and State Attorney General Anne Milgram announced. MORE

Rabner confirmed, Milgram confirmed, budget passed, dual officeholding ban passed, Belleville official arrested, former Harrison official pleads guilty to theft and official misconduct, former Fairfield Township official indicted, stem cell measure passed, monetization shelved.

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Sen. Nia Gill on Thursday remained the only senator to vote against Stuart Rabner, both in committee and in the senate as a whole, on a day when the rest of the senate enthusiastically embraced the outgoing attorney general as chief justice for the state Supreme Court.

The final vote was 35-1.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nominations of Stuart Rabner as Chief Justice and Anne Milgram as Attorney General, and the State Assembly passed legislation that would ban legislators and their families from accepting gifts from lobbyists.

Homeland Security Director probed, Anne Milgram poised to become AG, Corzine and Christie share the spotlight, Weinberg continues to block prosecutor's nomination, Booker faces angry Newark residents.

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Gov. Jon Corzine's nominations for Chief Justice and Attorney General have been listed on the Senate Judiciary Committee agenda for Thursday.  Corzine has named Stuart Rabner to succeed James Zazzali as Chief Justice, and Anne Milgram to replace Rabner as Attorney General.