Archive for August, 2008
In the News - The City That Cried Wolf
NJ doesn’t have an extra $12M to keep up State Police patrols in rural towns - yet $45M in “distressed cities aid” is given to the city of Newark - and even after Newark is slated to receive $45M in emergency funding - a bold (insensitive) move on the part of Newark’s governing body to [...]
NJ.Com Opinion - State Police Funding
Cops shouldn’t have to sing for their supper
Posted by djcohen August 20, 2008 17:19PM
As if I needed another reason to never again visit Staten Island…
I went there a few weeks ago to cover a press conference at which Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle caught hell for having suggested that Staten Islanders are not the world’s most [...]
In the News - State Police Funding
Towns buck police plan
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Heather Simione
hsimione@sjnewsco.com
With the state now requiring municipalities to begin paying for state police patrols, at least two local government bodies are protesting.
The Borough of Elmer and Mannington Township have both officially objected by passing resolutions opposing the payments.
Under the new state budget, 89 municipalities across the state must [...]
Does Size Matter? It does if you live in NJ
Now that I got your attention, you can get your mind out of the gutter…….consider the following from PolitickerNJ regarding the efficiency of small municipalities.
Does size really matter?
By Debbie Holtz
Apparently size matters where the Governor’s concerned. He’s proposed reducing aid to local towns less than 10,000 residents and slashing it completely for communities smaller than [...]
In the News - Newark Receives $45M in Aid
How long are New Jersey taxpayers going to take this type of abuse? A $45M dollar bailout, state designations as a “Distressed City” and oversight of hiring and finances -
QUESTION - What’s the definition of insanity?
ANSWER - Doing the same thing over and over again - and expecting different results.
How about taking a [...]
You Tube Video - Army Band vs. Skydiver
Who said being in the band was NOT hazardous? Check out this crazy accident! The video is of the Ft. Riley Army band out of Kansas vs. a skydiver.
Further research reveals the following:
3 bandsmen injured (a broken jaw, a broken ankle, minor other injuries). 2 tubas destroyed.
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Friday Link of Interest - I-78 Corridor Historic and Scenic Byway
Those of us that live in Hunterdon County are very aware of the beauty that surrounds us. At times, this quality of life we enjoy is threatened. One of the regional projects to help preserve certain intrinsic qualities in our area is the I-78 Corridor Historic and Scenic Byway Alliance. The alliance [...]
In the News - Rural Police Funding
Officials fight patrol fee
Representatives from both Warren and Hunterdon counties meet to discuss alternatives to paying for state police protection.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
BY STEPHEN J. NOVAK
The Express-Times
HAMPTON | Less than a week after South Jersey officials gathered to find alternatives to charges for state police coverage, leaders from Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex counties assembled to [...]
Public Officials Meeting - State Police Funding
A brief update on the public officials meeting last night in Hampton Borough.
It was practically standing room only in a sometimes “heated” discussion as to why the State feels the need to charge 89 municipalities for rural policing coverage of their municipalities.
Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow, Assemblyman Mike Doherty and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano along with Mayor’s Rob [...]
Opinion - Rural Police Funding
Don’t subsidize rural policing
ASBURY PARK PRESS EDITORIAL
State Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, is proposing a $40-per-summons surcharge on all motor vehicle violations to be used to underwrite State Police patrols in 89 towns that previously had received the service for free.
It’s a wrong-headed response to the problem - small towns, mostly rural, being allowed [...]
Blogging - Google Ranks and SEO
OK, I am pretty psyched today.
I have been researching SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and other ways to move my blog “Inside the Trenches” up in the Google world. Last month, if you Googled “blogging mayor”, my site would have been listed roughly in the high 100’s. Meaning you would have to navigate quite awhile to [...]
In the News - Public Safety
Parts of rural N.J. to pay for State Police service
By LISA GRZYBOSKI
Courier-Post Staff
After escaping similar plans in 2002 and 2006 that were ultimately scrapped from the final state budget, rural towns that rely on the New Jersey State Police for all or part of their police protection will have to start paying something for that [...]
COAH - Seven Fatal Flaws
An interesting message from the New Jersey State League of Municipalities.
SEVEN FATAL FLAWS OF THE COAH REGULATIONS
Negative and overwhelming burdens on the taxpayer in violation of the Fair Housing Act, which specifically provides that a municipality shall not be required to raise or expend municipal revenue in order to provide low and moderate income housing.
Unjustified [...]
In the News - NJSP Funding
Charge may pay for state patrols
Thursday, August 07, 2008
By Trish G. Graber tgraber@sjnewsco.com
BUENA VISTA TWP. - South Jersey legislators and elected officials across the state are pushing back against charges for state police coverage imposed on rural municipalities with part-time or no police forces of their own.
About 40 locally elected officials from Cumberland to Hunterdon [...]
Public Safety - NJ State Police Funding
Lebanon Borough received their letter from the State Treasurer explaining that they would be required to pay $92,548 for police services the other day.
As we reported in an earlier post, Lebanon Borough will be required to pay $48.81 per capita - the HIGHEST per-capita cost in Hunterdon County for it’s 1,896 residents.
The letter states the [...]
