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Revitalize Bay Head

Jun. 18 Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Ocean County 1 comment

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

I’ve already discussed how my Memorial Day Weekend in Ocean County was a bit jarring, Save Jerseyans.

You and I have seen the Sandy damage firsthand. That wasn’t anything new. What really touched me is the extent to which some Jersey Shore communities — particularly some of the Ocean/Monmouth towns that bore the brunt of the storm surge — are still far from fully operational.

It’s a process; the wheels are in motion. New Jerseyans are finding ways to succeed in spite of FEMA. Here’s a great video (promoted by @GovChristie via twitter) detailing how Bay Head is moving mountains to recover and proving how it is truly #stts:

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Right Move, Wrong Reason

Jun. 17 Chris Christie, Election 2013, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Monmouth County 7 comments

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

As expected, earlier today at the Jersey Shore, Mayor Adam Schneider (D-Long Branch) became the latest prominent Democrat to endorse Governor Chris Christie’s reelection bid.

Sandy sealed the deal for him:

I’m glad another Democrat realized that voting for Barbara Buono is antithetical to the state’s best interests, Save Jerseyans. It’s a promising development. I only wish that some of these Dems were jumping ship for ideological reasons, too, rather than simply having come to respect (and fear) this Governor’s gravitas.

Criticism of the House GOP in the Sandy aid debate has been simplistic to the point of being dangerously misleading. Given all of the ongoing problems with the feds’ response long after the storm hit, you’d would think a Shore mayor should know better…

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New Flood Maps Released

Jun. 17 Atlantic County, Cape May County, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, Ocean County 4 comments

By Art Gallagher | MoreMonmouthMusings.com

Ocean City FloodFEMA has updated its Base Flood Elevation maps for Atlantic, Hudson, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Residents and businesses can enter the address of their properties and find their flood zone designation, the base flood elevation for the property and the estimated ground elevation of the location.

The interactive map site can be found here:

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FEMA Flood Map Update

Jun. 14 Big Government, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore 3 comments

Report: New Flood Maps to Be Released On Monday

By Art Gallagher | MoreMonmouthMusings.com

BeachMiddletown Patch is reporting that FEMA will release new flood maps for Atlantic, Hudson, Monmouth and Ocean Counties on Monday, June 17.

As expected, the new ‘preliminary’ maps will result in less homes being located in ‘V’ zones than were so rated in the maps released by FEMA in December following Superstorm Sandy.  V zones are areas along coasts that are subject to inundation by the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event with additional hazards associated with storm-induced waves.

Many of the properties located in V zones in the December flood maps will be in ‘A’ zones in the maps being released next week, according to a statement by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez as quoted by Patch.

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Sandy’s Not the Whole Story

Jun. 12 Chris Christie, Election 2013, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Polls 1 comment

The Truth: Christie’s Poll Numbers Were High Before Sandy Struck… Back When He Was a Republican Hero!

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Hurricane Sandy SurveyA brand new poll from the Rutgers-Eagleton Institute hit the web early this morning, Save Jerseyans, and the results continue to show broad-based, bipartisan electoral support for Governor Chris Christie…

While Republicans (87 percent), Democrats (85 percent), and independents (88 percent) all overwhelmingly approve Christie’s post-Sandy recovery efforts, partisans show double-digit differences in their support for Christie on virtually every other issue. Division is particularly strong on what most voters continue to say are the two most important problems in New Jersey – the economy (including jobs) and taxes. Just 41 percent of all voters approve Christie’s handling of these issues, with support among Democrats at just over one-quarter, while more than 60 percent of Republicans approve.

The effects of Sandy continue to buoy Christie’s overall ratings: 70 percent approve of his job performance, 64 percent have a favorable impression, and 58 percent award Christie an A or B for his work. Overall ratings show little change from the last Rutgers-Eagleton Poll in April 2013.”

So yes, the Sandy aftermath continues to significantly enhance Governor Christie’s job approval rating. I’m not trying to be a pain in the rear, folks, but “buoy” may not be the most accurate word choice…

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They Agree On Something!

Jun. 04 Angelica Jimenez, Barbara Buono, Election 2013, Hurricane Sandy 3 comments

N.J. Democrats Continue to Attack Christie Where He Isn’t Vulnerable

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Donkey“He’s riding the coattails of the hurricane. That was his job to respond.”

Does this nonsense sound familiar, Save Jerseyans? A hapless New Jersey Democrat trying to score political points against Chris Christie by attacking his overwhelmingly popular reaction to Hurricane Sandy?

If you answered “from the mouth of Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester),” you’d be correct. Other correct answers include soon-to-be-official gubernatorial nominee Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex). They can’t agree on anything else (including who should chair their state party). They can agree that Sandy is fair game for base partisan ridiculousness.

But that’s not a Sweeney or Buono quote. These particular verbal droppings belong to Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez (D-Hudson), uttered at a Buono for Governor event over the weekend. So you were closed if you guessed Babs.

I’d love to know who convinced’em it was a smart strategy! It’d be political suicide if the legislature wasn’t gerrymandered for the express purpose of preserving Democrat seats like the one occupied by Jimenez; attacking your opponent’s strength can only work before the argument is already lost. But I sure hope they keep it up! Because it’s going to play right into Chris Christie’s hands in districts where GOP’ers have a fighting chance.

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“Master-Servant Relationship”

May. 31 Big Government, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore 2 comments

El Rusbo Laments Death of Federalism and Its Influence on Sandy Recovery

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Rush LimbaughHe’s on vacation until next Wednesday, Save Jerseyans, but before he broke for the week, Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the latest Obama/Christie beach visit with a perspective that you likely haven’t heard anywhere else… except here at Save Jersey. Don’t act so surprised!

Other commentators are obsessed with process stories and the political angles. We’re looking at the ideological dimensions of what Tuesday’s visit represented and Rush is right there, too, and our analysis has absolutely nothing to do with Chris Christie’s alleged “RINO” propensities.

Listen below, the click here to read something I wrote on the horrid implications of an America without federalism back in January:

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Summer Begins in Two Rivers Region

May. 29 Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Memorial Day, Monmouth County 3 comments

My Report from the Northern Jersey Shore, Memorial Day Weekend 2013

By Christopher Canarelli | The Save Jersey Blog

Long Branch Memorial Day 1Unlike our Blogger-in-Chief, Save Jerseyans, I hail from more northerly parts of our fair state and as is the case with North Jersey vs. South Jersey, we frequent different areas of the Jersey Shore.

So as Matt has done, I am going to give a report from my region of the Jersey Shore.

Most of my life, due to both family history and geographic interest, I have frequented the Two Rivers area of the Jersey Shore. For those of you not as familiar with the geography of New Jersey, these communities, located in the northernmost part of the Jersey Shore in the area where the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers and empty into the Sandy Hook Bay. The oceanfront communities of Long Branch, Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright, along with Sandy Hook are located on the narrow barrier peninsula that stands between the Atlantic Ocean and Two Rivers. These communities took a particularly hard pounding from Sandy.

I will refer you to a video/documentary produced by Charlotte Nagy, a student at nearby Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, that shows the damage in the area, especially in Sea Bright:

I have witnessed firsthand the rebuilding efforts over the past few months and I want to report on what I saw on Memorial Day…

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