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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 [...]
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 [...]
Opinion - State Police Funding
Small towns plan big revolt on State Police fees
Posted by cjrothma August 07, 2008 06:00AM
Here’s today’s brain-teaser from the age of Corzine:
Suppose a small-town mayor decides that his constituents can’t afford the big tax hikes needed to pay the fees the Corzine administration wants to impose for State Police service.
Who’s going to come and arrest [...]
Opinion - COAH and Highlands
Captain Jon steers for two more icebergs
Posted by pmulshin July 19, 2008 12:20PM
You know that cliche about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Jon Corzine just did it one better. Actually he did it two better.
As if our economy weren’t sinking fast enough, the Corzine administration last week found a couple of ways to make [...]
