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1. Spending on grassroots, issue advocacy should be disclosed to the public
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JEFF BRINDLE COMMENTARY There is an issue advocacy explosion in New Jersey. A published report by the Election Law Enforcement Commission showed spending by lobbyists last year reached $65.9 million. ...

2. Retirees of privately-run N.J. School Boards Insurance Group collecting state-funded health benefits
(N.J./State)

... health benefits coverage for non-public employees began in 1955 and includes employees and lobbyists of the New Jersey League of Municipalities and New Jersey Association of Counties, the employees and ...

3. N.J. lobbyists spent $65.6M in 2010 to get the attention of government officials and public
(N.J./State)

Record amount goes for TV and radio advertising Record spending on television and radio advertising campaigns caused a large increase in spending by lobbyists with an interest in state government activities ...

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

... lobbyists and concerned citizens. While these hearing can be tedious and time consuming, and too often discounted by insiders, they are the one time in the process that citizens can publicly have their ...

5. NJ animal advocates can become lobbyists for a day
(N.J./State)

... month’s lobbyists-for-a-day will definitely make a positive difference for animals if they’re successful at getting these two bills passed: A-2509/S-540 — would authorize courts to include pet protection ...

6. Ascendant plutocracy: Is America’s middle class withering away?
(Money/Economy)

... money can buy. They’re referring of course to the moneyed class in the United States making large political contributions and employing the thousands of congressional lobbyists who inhabit Washington D.C. ...

7. Two Republican Assemblymen want annual 'Walk to Washington' event moved to Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

Polistina and Amodeo argue it would bolster city's economy The day after nearly 700 public officials, lobbyists and business people slogged their way to Washington as part of the New Jersey Chamber of ...

8. Tea Party trashing New Jersey with anti-environmental agenda used by Gov. Christie
(Opinion/Commentary)

... comment period has been closed, leaving the door wide open for modification by builder and business lobbyists. LePage closely followed the developer playbook by opening 10 million acres of environmentally ...

9. Snow fails to slow ‘Walk to Washington’ train trip
(N.J./State)

About 700 officials, lobbyists and business people climb aboard BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Elected officials, lobbyists and business people may have needed snowshoes to get to the Amtrak ...

10. NJ Democratic and Republican committees raised $6.2 million in 2010
(N.J./State)

... shows more and more of the money being given to PACs (political action committees) is coming from developers, polluters and their hired hands. The attorney, engineering firms, ,associations and lobbyists ...

11. What if the N.Y. Jets were bought by Zygi Wilf instead of Woody Johnson?
(Sports/Professional)

... in the American Football Conference title game. Wilf is in a totally different arena but the stakes are probably much higher. Wilf and his lobbyists are blanketing the state houses in St. Paul, Minnesota ...

12. Gov. Christie attacked New Jersey’s environment as much as NJEA
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Planning Rules that are more than 13 years in the making. Industry lobbyists are rewriting all 15 technical regulations for the cleaning up of contaminated sites. Rewriting of the Energy Master Plan, ...

13. Question for the New Year: Is America in decline?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... triumphed over the corrosive influence of a horde of lobbyists. It passed a compromise tax bill, repeal of don't ask, don't tell, ratified the Start treaty and passed funding for medical care for 9/11 ...

14. New Jersey police and firefighter arbitration, horse racing bills top Assembly agenda
(N.J./State)

Legislation designed to control police and firefighter contract arbitration awards, keep lobbyists out of the state pension and benefit system, help New Jersey's horse racing industry and ban public transit ...

15. ‘Inside Job’ movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... journalists and lobbyists. In gaining this entrée, and knowing what questions to ask, Ferguson was able to draw on his own background. He came late to film-making after careers as a successful software ...

16. Home Rule
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... first. It might be that the manufacturers are making hundreds of millions that feed their lobbyists. They need to ask the nations like Denmark why with all the wind energy they have installed for 30 years, ...

17. Christie skipping League of Municipalities convention next week in Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... for the parties hosted by politicians, businesses and lobbyists that occur in nearby hotels. The convention, with the theme "Planning the Road Ahead, will be the League's 95th. More than 100 sessions ...

18. Keith Olbermann, cable TV sports and news and a political boondoggle
(Sports/Professional)

... Time Warner people and CBS. But all the networks have lobbyists on the Hill to make sure Congress doesn't do anything stupid like pushing for a la carte. Cable TV networks are using other people's money ...

19. Assembly Democrats declare they've approved or are moving 21 N.J. property tax-related bills this year
(N.J./State)

... Signed into law in March. A-2461 — Makes changes to public employee benefits. Signed into law in March. A-2499 — Would prohibit lobbyists from enrolling in state-funded pension and benefit systems. ...

20. FOX-Cablevision dispute and authentic frontier gibberish
(Sports/Professional)

... when there is big money available. But what would happen with a la carte? No one wants to know. Disney has lobbyists in Washington to make sure that it will never happen as ESPN (which is a Disney cash ...