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1. Why no mention of Christie's fast-tracking of gas drilling in our drinking water supply?
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... of the Delaware River Basin and a water supplier to thousands in the suburban Philadelphia area. That's just a drop in the bucket compared to what will happen: Drilling in the Upper Delaware region has ...

2. REVIEW: Frances McDormand counts among ‘Good People’
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... office, Margie wangles a reluctant invitation to his suburban home where she stirs up sympathy — and later some trouble — with Mike’s wife, Kate, a university professor. Earlier in the play, when her ...

3. To Feed of Not to Feed
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... sources. Also, suburban living is stress enough for birds. Human have totally changed the habitat . So, making it a little easier for birds is not going to create super lazy creatures that fly around ...

4. New Jerseyans again among highest taxed in the nation
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... York City by suburban commuters not as New York revenues, but against the "tax burden" of their home states. Similarly, wealthy residents who own second homes elsewhere -- a significant number of New ...

5. Gov. Christie’s budget leaves much to be desired
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... business expansion and end the redistribution of income that the Governor recently said is unfair to suburban taxpayers. In short, Governor Christie’s “new normal” leaves much to be desired. He needs ...

6. Democrats say they want more property tax relief in Chris Christie’s 2011-12 New Jersey state budget
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... is welcome relief- particularly in long-shortchanged suburban districts.” Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris) described the budget proposal as an attempt by Christie to continue to fulfill ...

7. Poll: New Jerseyans unmoved by police layoffs
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... Opponents outnumber supporters in every region of the state. Fear of potentially escalating crime is not a major factor in this opinion. Most residents (58 percent) — both urban and suburban — think ...

8. Will big cards and big names mean more MMA dollars for New Jersey?
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... for the sport of MMA again, nit in Atlantic City, but in Newark. The proximity to the bright lights and dollars of Manhattan, the interest in suburban gyms, the newly engaged and growing wrestling programs ...

9. Education
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... that is the challenge. Clearly, what we have now is not "working" for the vast majority of youngsters, especially given the cost. Suburban taxpayers are being ripped off, to put it mildly. ...

10. New Jersey needs a separation of school and state
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... school districts in order to lower or hold the line on property taxes. Currently, suburban school districts get very little back in terms of state aid and some districts actually get zero dollars back ...

11. Christopher Matlosz’s killer should be exiled to an island with other lifers
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...  Think of Social Security as Bernie Madoff on steroids Balancing budget on backs of suburban taxpayers hurt Chris Christie's grade for first six months as governor Christie can cut billions more ...

12. Gov. Christie must touch real third rail to reform education in New Jersey
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... on suburban taxpayers who are paying twice or three times the cost of educating their kids, especially if the send them to private schools. They still have to pay school property taxes to support local ...

13. N.J. Supreme Court names ‘special master’ to examine legality of Gov. Christie's school aid cuts
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... urban versus suburban districts, despite the massive infusions of funding and per-pupil cost in some districts," Drewniak said. "The governor's reform proposals are intended to close the achievement gap ...

14. A closer look at Gov. Christie’s State of the State address
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... still a burden. That's why homeowners complain about property taxes. State aid to the suburban school districts has been cut dramatically, and in some cases to zero. Public schools, especially in our ...

15. Arizona shooting: U.S. government provides role model for violence
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... and state worker pensions is the real fraud Think of Social Security as Bernie Madoff on steroids Balancing budget on backs of suburban taxpayers hurt Chris Christie's grade for first six months ...

16. New Jersey deserves affordable housing and environmental protection
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... would grant developers legal leverage to force new housing developments everywhere — especially in suburban and rural communities. Municipalities with less than 5,000 people per square mile, much of ...

17. Why does New Jersey tolerate educational failure at such a high cost to taxpayers?
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...  The $1 billion dollar cut to all school districts included a 100% cut to some suburban school districts. In short, the income tax, which is supposed to provide property tax relief to all homeowners, ...

18. If New Jersey is to have a bright future we need to plan for it
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... economic development, transportation, natural resource conservation, agriculture and farmland retention, recreation, urban and suburban redevelopment, historic preservation, public facilities and services, ...

19. Gov. Christie’s tough love has dangerous costs
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... not take into account the realities of living in our urban, and even many of our suburban, municipalities. It's nice to say you've significantly cut spending, but at what price? When the gangs who have ...

20. Will Gov. Christie risk career by spending billions on new Abbott schools?
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... his "tough" guy approach when it comes to the Supreme Court? Or will he shrug his shoulders, borrow another $3 billion or more and say, "The Court made me do it." The governor's suburban political base ...