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Who lost the $400M?
It’s no surprise that Governor Christie fired Education Commissioner Bret Schundler. You can’t expect to survive after you’ve made a $400 million mistake. Especially after an earlier run-in with your boss when you kept him in the dark about a compromise you had orchestrated with the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). As he trudged out [...]
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The rise of Glenn Beck
A half a million people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Saturday is a lot of people, and it’s big news when this many turn out at the urging of Fox TV and radio personality/commentator Glenn Beck to with a program of speakers headed by Mr. Beck. It’s big news no matter who they [...]
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Much ado about a Mosque
While the controversy over plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood, continues to grow to a potentially dangerous flash point across our land, Teaneck, New Jersey, stands as a beacon of brotherhood and fellowship in our multi-cultural land. I don’t know where we [...]
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Lonegan vs. Obama
As we approach the Congressional elections this November and begin looking forward to the presidential election in November 2012, a weak economy with high unemployment has led to strident criticism of President Obama, his administration and policies. It’s always a tough job being president of the United States, but the current discontent has, in many [...]
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Mitch Miller 1911-2010
If you remember Mitch Miller at all, it’s probably from his TV show sing-along, an unlikely hit TV show (1961-66) that featured the oldest chestnuts Mitch could find, sung by a male chorus. The star, host and conductor on this show was Miller, a man in his 50s with graying hair, a mustache and goatee, [...]
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NJ’s second chance at an education fund
You can see how Governor Christie was an effective U.S. attorney. He is so combative. I used to work for a publisher who once said during a staff meeting, “Always kick a man when he is down.” I don’t know if that is in Governor Christie’s creed, but he does seem to enjoy poking his [...]
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DEAR NJEA…
By Jeff Meyer I’ve been meaning to write you for a while now – but I’ve been a little pre-occupied with the state budget crisis, millionaires’ tax, World Cup Soccer, Cap 2.5 (which became Cap 2.0), the All-Star Game – and the flap over funding for family planning services. So since I have some time [...]
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Christie may be moving too fast
If the recommendations of Gov. Chris Christie’s advisory commission come to fruition, the IZOD Center may be privatized, the Meadowlands Racetrack may shut down, the state may offer tax exemptions to Xanadu, and Atlantic City may change forever (seemingly this would all happen before breakfast). On the surface, these “enhancements” appear to be welcome news. [...]
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New Deal for the Meadowlands
No matter how Governor Christie is judged when he leaves office (either 2013 or 2017 depending on winning a second term), I believe both critics and supporters will allow that during his time as governor, he made a massive bold imprint on the state. First and foremost, Governor Christie has been a cost cutter – [...]
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Oil Exploration: Often a Dirty Business
It’s a dirty business bringing oil out of the earth. And like gold, black gold has always attracted some men of avarice, some with low scruples ready to turn to high crimes and deceit to control the flow of crude oil. Today’s posturing over what transpired between Scotland and Libya over plans for British Petroleum [...]
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