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1. N.J. Homestead Rebates will go through local municipalities
(Money/Economy)

... the credit amounts to $240 million. Revised real estate tax bills are (or will be shortly) in the mail from the state’s local tax collectors to qualifying homeowners. The average savings will be $240. ...

2. Judge rules on N.J. Abbott case but where's the money?
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Laying off New Jersey toll collectors has a down side Gov. Christie is finding a way to reach across the aisle Gov. Christie was voice of reason on ‘60 Minutes' Newark police don't care for ...

3. Toll Revenue Shortfalls
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... have been averaged out over the two years the cash losses were cited. That would probably cut that 0.04% to 0.02% of total revenues. At least with toll collectors there is cash at the end of the day, each ...

4. Retired N.J. Turnpike Authority workers took hefty payouts in 2010
(N.J./State)

... collectors have acknowledged their willingness to relinquish millions in wages and other concessions.  ...

5. Do N.J.'s public-sector employees out-earn their private-sector counterparts?
(N.J./State)

...  The BLS data compared 216 occupational salaries of 1.1 million federal workers with private employment. However, 124 federal occupations, including air-traffic controllers, tax collectors and others ...

6. Rutgers professor Alan Rosenthal teaches fairness and compromise
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  509-1659 or by clicking here. ALSO BY STEVE ADUBATO Chris Christie tells the truth to America and that’s why many see him as presidential material Laying off New Jersey toll collectors has a ...

7. Biased Opinion
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... collectors, even secretaries -- been under such virulent attack with so little justification." Oh well, so much for impartial analysis. ...

8. The New Jersey budget: Taking the long view
(Opinion/Commentary)

... point -- these are unprecedented times. Never before have middle class public employees -- teachers, police, firefighters, garbage collectors, even secretaries -- been under such virulent attack with ...

9. N.J. Turnpike Authority blames employees for 2010 revenue loss
(N.J./State)

... Feeney said turnpike toll collectors must identify the class of the vehicle that comes through their lane, and charge the motorist accordingly. Class 1 vehicles include passenger cars, motorcycles and ...

10. New Jersey in favor of sports gambling
(Sports/Professional)

... and tax collectors want to do." Moreover, even those who have been to a casino in the past year oppose the Internet betting idea by 65 percent to 29 percent, essentially the same margin by which people ...

11. Chris Christie tells the truth to America and that’s why many see him as presidential material
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by clicking here. ALSO BY STEVE ADUBATO Laying off New Jersey toll collectors has a down side Gov. Christie is finding a way to reach across the aisle Gov. Christie was voice of reason on ‘60 ...

12. Group organizes to fight N.J. privatization efforts
(N.J./State)

Coalition includes labor, environmentalists, toll collectors, tenants, ethnic groups, others A newly-formed Coalition on Privatization Monday announced its opposition to Gov. Chris Christie's proposal ...

13. Class ring lost for 50 years returned by New Jerseyan
(Life/Style)

... other collectors. Maybe that's how he wound up with the ring. "I'm just happy to have found Horst," she said. "It doesn't sound like much, but it's incredibly amazing to be able to return the ring to its ...

14. Cold logic regarding tolls
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Economics 101: Toll money is going to stimulate the economy whether the toll collectors are employed or not, but paying less for toll collection is better for the economy. If cutting costs on the ...

15. Mid-terms stink at North Hunterdon High School
(Life/Style)

... is a breeding ground for crass behavior, but we do have toll collectors who have threatened to strip search and/or flash motorists, we have a teachers' union who sent an internal memo "jokingly" wishing ...

16. The answer is...
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... the snow emergency... how many other areas are being so slashed that until people need them they won't know those services are no longer available? 2. As far as toll collectors, realize this...they ...

17. Puhlease
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(1) Toll collectors on the NJ Turnpike make $70,000 a year. Seventy. Thousand. Dollars. For doing the same work my teen-age daughter does at Pathmark. I have an uncle who collects tolls on the Henry Hudson. ...

18. Democrats oppose Christie plan to privatize NJ toll collections
(N.J./State)

... Privatized collectors would make about $12 an hour compared to the $30 an hour current veteran collectors are making. The Democrats' position also provides more insight for the governor on how they would ...

19. Laying off New Jersey toll collectors has a down side
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY STEVE ADUBATO COMMENTARY New Jersey Turnpike toll collectors are as Jersey as it gets. There is a great scene from the 1984 movie "The Pope of Greenwich Village" where two dysfunctional New York ...

20. Toll gridlock
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Anyone who's driven on the turnpike has seen the huge lines of cars at the non-EZ Pass tollbooths, which spill over onto the EZ Pass lanes. Fact is we need more cash toll collectors and they should be ...