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1. I could not agree more
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How do we stop projects like this that have all the money backing them and will end up being a burden on NJ taxpayers? Is there somewhere we can report Senator Smith? ...

2. Put Senator Smith in Jail for corruption
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Stop this insanity and put corrupt Senator Bob Smith in jail. This was a great article by Mr. Tyrrell and this great media outlet. They are the only ones that take the time to do their homework and I ...

3. Project is bad for NJ taxpayers
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From everything I can see this project will be bad for NJ taxpayers. The Edison Wetlands is right on point and I cannot believe Senator Bob Smith would be so unethical as to represent this polluter and ...

4. Bob Speigels Eyes
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SWAC is just a bunch of do nothings, and I find it clear that Senator Bob Smith has a conflict of interest. This is due to the fact he authored the LSRP rules, which is exactly what he is trying to use ...

5. FDU national poll finds Santorum and Romney neck and neck
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Obama beats all challengers Former Pennsylvania U.S. senator Rick Santorum ties with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Republican preferences for their party’s nomination, each garnering 33 ...

6. N.J. proposal to convert foreclosed homes to affordable housing introduced in state Senate
(N.J./State)

... Agency that would use money from the state Affordable Housing Trust Fund to purchase foreclosed properties to be used as affordable housing has been introduced by two Democratic state senators. The bill ...

7. January may be 'Human Trafficking Prevention Month' in N.J.
(N.J./State)

Three legislators Monday introduced a joint resolution that would designate January of each year as “Human Trafficking Prevention Month.” Under the legislation, sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) ...

8. Families of developmentally disabled should be part of decision making
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... cannot be taken lightly N.J. Senator Buono provides leadership in N.J. education The new year brings challenges for people with disabilities N.J. Assemblyman Gary Schaer’s foreclosure bill is finally ...

9. N.J. Senate votes 24 to 16 to legalize gay marriage
(N.J./State)

... maintain civil rights should not be decided by popular vote and have declared they will not send him legislation creating a referendum. Senators Ronald Rice (D-Essex) and Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) joined ...

10. Medicaid crisis leads to finger-pointing
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... of Norcross vengeance Kean University fraud, nepotism allegations cannot be taken lightly N.J. Senator Buono provides leadership in N.J. education The new year brings challenges for people with disabilities ...

11. Controversy over deinstitutionalization of mentally disabled continues
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... dismissal as chair of Legislative Oversight was an act of Norcross vengeance Kean University fraud, nepotism allegations cannot be taken lightly N.J. Senator Buono provides leadership in N.J. education ...

12. In defense of MiMi Alford of Once Upon a Secret
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... Caroline and her children through this- Didn't Barbara write an autobiography, Audition, where she claimed that she had an affair in the 1970s with Edward Brooke, then a married United States Senator from ...

13. Michele Siekerka and Robert A. Marshall named high posts at NJDEP
(N.J./State)

... assistant commissioner she is involved in water and sewer permitting as well as water supply. The president of Roma Bank is the former Republican state Senator Peter Inverso. The bank is very active politically ...

14. Christie and Democrats will compromise on income tax cut bill
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... for help in violent neighborhoods Christie-Rice conflict shows why senatorial courtesy is unfair Newt Gingrich does not have to audition for 'American Idol' Republican pre-primary Compromise between ...

15. Amazon looks at N.J. for expansion, asks for sales tax holiday
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... would be along interstates near New York and Philadelphia. "It's a bad deal for New Jersey, no matter what," Senator Ray Lesniak( D-Union) said, according to The Day. "We're giving up hundreds of millions ...

16. Sen. Bateman proposes bill to let voters decide if N.J. should legalize same-sex marriage
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Democrats have vowed to ignore the measure BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset) announced Thursday that he has introduced a resolution that would, ...

17. Rep. Frank LoBiondo scrutinized for earmark spending
(N.J./State)

... for corruption and require political intelligence operatives to register. But the Senators defeated an effort to ban earmarks. Still, the Senate reforms won support from good-government groups. But it ...

18. N.Y. Giants celebration treated N.J. like a 'long lost relative'
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... Buono's dismissal as chair of Legislative Oversight was an act of Norcross vengeance Kean University fraud, nepotism allegations cannot be taken lightly N.J. Senator Buono provides leadership in N.J. ...

19. Review of N.Y. & N.J. Port Authority finances finds agency 'challenged and dysfunctional'
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... since last summer when she joined forces with New York state Senator Andrew Lanza, who is sponsoring the measure in the New York legislature. Any legislation governing the bi-state agency must be approved ...

20. Over 150 local officials at Statehouse on Wednesday, Christie opts for Westfield town hall
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... Hanna. Besides Oliver, Assembly members Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) David Rible (R-Monmouth), Senators Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), Samuel Thompson (R-Middlesex), Linda Greenstein ...