By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Kathleen Donovan pointed to stronger wage and job statistics (a 1.5% increase in employment and 2.4% jump in wages) on Wednesday, Save Jerseyans, seeking to polish her tumultuous yet active tenure as Bergen County’s Read More
Encourage, Not Discourage Volunteers
Last week the State Senate passed bill S-1650 along party lines to redesign New Jerseys’ EMS, sending it to the Assembly for consideration. Taking a hard, honest look at this legislation is important particularly with Hurricane Sandy bearing down on Read More
Camden City PD Blues
Camden City needs more reinforcements to their police force; no one disagrees with this statement. But the Camden County Freeholders are moving forward like a speeding train towards a countywide police force, and it’s going to both crash and burn, Read More
Things Just Got Very Real (Again) in Bergen County
This afternoon, Freeholders Maura DeNicola and Robert Hermansen called an atypical presser at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. The topic? What they’ve graphically described as “a disgusting abuse of power on behalf of political bosses of Bergen County” Read More
Senatorial Discourtesy
They’re at it again, Save Jerseyans, and Senator Bob Gordon (D-38) should be ashamed of himself. A little background: in 2011, the voters of Princeton Township and Princeton Borough passed a voter referendum and merged together in order to consolidate services Read More
Save Rutgers: Come Speak Out for Rutgers Camden
Rutgers Camden has a unique role in South Jersey. It is, for many residents down here, the only point of access for our state’s largest and most well regarded university. The Rutgers name, especially in the law and business school Read More
Christie Pushes Consolidation & Reform Before 2012
As we have been highlighting this week, the New Jersey Legislature is back at work in the lame duck session of 2011. Instead of doing anything worth while, legislators are working on a bunch of regulatory nanny state proposals that Read More
POLL: Do You Support the Creation of Regional Police Forces in YOUR County?
It’s a complicated issue with huge implications for public safety and fiscal solvency, and the debate is coming to YOUR county very soon, Save Jerseyans! Governor Christie and Senate President Sweeney met with leaders from 35 of Camden County’s 37 Read More