For
Council: Perkins, Rattner, Greenbaum and Mania
MOUNT OLIVE
(5-28-09) Editorial - This is a difficult election
year for Republicans in general and to be an incumbent in the
current economy as well, running for reelection, even for local
office, makes it more challenging …. but not in Morris County, or
even more specifically in Mount Olive.
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All Veterans Memorial sponsoring candle
ceremony in conjunction with Memorial Day parade May 25th
MOUNT OLIVE (5/09/09) – A candle
ceremony in memory of all New Jersey servicemen who have died
in the global war on terrorism will be held at the site of the All
Veterans Memorial in Turkey Brook Park following the Memorial Day
parade on May 25th, The candles will be placed next to
the hero’s paver at the Iraqi Freedom Bridge.
The All Veterans Memorial in Hackettstown
currently is seeking sponsors for each memorial candle at a cost of
$10. The sponsor’s name and message will be affixed to a designated
candle and will be available to the sponsor after the ceremony as a
keepsake. Interested parties may obtain further information by
contacting the All Veterans Memorial at 12 Jennies Lane,
Hackettstown, NJ 07840.
Mayor Scapicchio endorses four for Town Council shuns
GOP colleagues for two former Democrats
MOUNT OLIVE (5/9/09) – Mayor David Scapicchio, who also serves
as the township’s Republican chairman, today broke “the long primary
election silence” by endorsing four of six Republican candidates for
four seats in next month’s primary election. What may be a surprise
to many is the mayor’s endorsement of two former Democrats, recently
turned Republican, one of whom even ran as a Democrat last year for
the Township Council.
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Assemblyman Chiusano continues his study:
Part II “Why Your Property Taxes are so High
NEWTON (5/08/09) –
Assemblyman Gary Chiusano is doing a four part serious
that examines why, he says, New Jersey has the highest property
taxes in the country. “I call it the ABC’s of property taxes,
because that is a convenient way for me to outline the causes of
these high taxes by their severity: Abbott District spending,
Bureaucratic waste and inefficiency, and COAH – the state mandated,
high density, low income housing program. Part four will address
some of the solutions available to us, according to Chiusano,
(R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon).
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McHose to co-sponsor legislation to “Support the Troops” license
plate
NEWTON (5/08/09) –
Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose is enthusiastically
co-sponsoring legislation that will be introduced in the Assembly
Military and Veterans Affairs Committee on Monday to establish a
fund to benefit National Guard families with a member stationed
overseas through a new “Support the Troops” license plate. The
committee is scheduled to meet on Monday.
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Health Board
votes to continue euthanizing feral cats
MOUNT OLIVE (5/8/09) – If a dog is
man’s best friend it follows that a cat’s best friend in Mount Olive
is Michelle Lerner.
Lerner, an attorney, has been waging a
three month campaign with local officials and residents concerning
feral cats. She appeared first before the Town Council and the
matter was referred to the Board of Health.
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Correction
McEntee not
opposed to school budget as reported here on May 1
MOUNT OLIVE (5/07/09) – On May 1 it
was reported here that former school board member Larry McEntee ”was
highly critical of the budget during last month’s campaign.” (the
Board of Education election).
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Council
President Tepper “may have been playing politics” when naming
committee to review failed 2009-10 school budget
MOUNT OLIVE (5/1/09) - It may be
that the Board of Education and the Township Council are gearing up
for another battle of their legal departments….State statutes seem
to be in conflict as to who…the school administration or the
Township Council… has the responsibility for establishing a “Failed
Budget Review Committee.”
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Oroho demands of Corzine: Where are revenue numbers?
NEWTON (5/1/09) – State Senator Steve Oroho, a Republican member
of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, is asking
Governor Corzine to immediately release the latest figures on
revenue collections.
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