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1. Pompton Lakes Police marijuana search destroys car, could cost taxpayers
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Even if GEICO had saved Darren Richardson of Wanaque 15 percent on his car insurance, this time it wouldn’t have helped enough. Richardson, 28, had been charged ...

2. Baseball Writers’ vote for 2012 Hall of Fame class is a conflict of interest
(Sports/Professional)

... and Exchange Commission is investigating the way the new Miami baseball stadium in Little Havana gained financing from elected officials. Miami-Dade taxpayers are on the hook for a stadium that will make ...

3. N.J. distributing $10M in Hurricane Irene federal disaster aid
(N.J./State)

... so that they were made before the end of the municipal budget year, to benefit local property taxpayers.” —TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

4. 'Do-nothing' Congress under Obama hits rock bottom approval
(U.S./Nation)

... which took 90 minutes, and cost taxpayers around $1.1 million. 2.) The near-government shutdown. 3.) The U.S. credit near default and downgrade. 4.) Reaffirming “In God We Trust” as our national ...

5. police overtime windfall
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Just the kind of news that makes overburdened NJ taxpayers sick of those who abuse the power they enjoy. Isn't it time to realize that collective bargaining for public workers who enjoy being spared from ...

6. N.J. Sen. Barbara Buono is not afraid to speak out on sensitive issues
(Opinion/Commentary)

... found to be out of compliance with the very rules that are designed to ensure that taxpayers are getting a fair shake" The Comptroller’s office is required to review municipal contracts since they ...

7. UMDNJ is a corrupt, destructive organization
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... of the dark ages. No one should attend UMDNJ. No one should want to teach at UMDNJ. No one should want to give taxpayer dollars to UMDNJ. New Jersey should be ashamed to have such a place operating ...

8. N.J. State Police overtime pay removed from public info search
(N.J./State)

... said taxpayers have the right to track public spending. Ron Miskoff of the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government said, according to the Republic, "The public is paying the freight, and I don't see ...

9. Aggression?
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...  This is disgraceful. As a law abiding citizen, a taxpayer and voter, I am outraged that people like this are running around lose with guns. This low-life represents ALL of the hunters who brutally slaughter ...

10. Gov. Christie auditions for spot in Mitt Romney's cabinet
(Opinion/Commentary)

... amount over a few nights in some of the five-star hotels he’s stayed at on the taxpayer’s dime. That’s also the cost – again at taxpayer expense – for Christie to use the state helicopter to get around ...

11. SICK DAYS
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I say we the taxpayer collectively bargain on how much we reduce the property taxes we pay each year and these greedy **cks get whats available. Our social security better ****ing equal what they get or ...

12. No Sick-Day Payouts .... PERIOD
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... (and on the Taxpayer's dime no less). So that bugs you that we find that unfair? ... Surprise, Surprise. Next up ... going after your excessive pension and retiree healthcare benefits. ...

13. NO sickday payouts ...PERIOD
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Dear sick ..., Clearly you are a Civil Servant riding this gravy train. NOBODY but Civil Servants get payouts at retirement for sick days (and on the Taxpayer's dime no less). So that bugs you that ...

14. Medicare-funded penis pumps add up to big spending
(Opinion/Commentary)

... tax dollars went to pay for this type of thing. I’m thinking that when this news gets around taxpayers are going to get pretty mad – and this program will have limp support among Americans. In 2001, ...

15. End further Sick day payout accruals
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... TAXPAYERS (85+% of whom are NOT Public Sector employees) pay for it for Public Sector workers. Even IF changes cannot be made for accruals already in place we must end FURTHER accruals ....immediately. ...

16. 234 mayors endorse Christie plan to alter public employee's sick leave and vacation benefits
(N.J./State)

... would save taxpayer dollars and deliver budget relief to cities and towns. 11 mayors joined the Christie at a press conference in Teaneck, including Bergen County Executive Kathe Donovan and Teaneck ...

17. N.J. municipal bond users to share $2M as part of $58.7M settlement with Wachovia Bank
(N.J./State)

... institution and/or the broker at the expense of the issuer — and ultimately taxpayers — depriving the issuer of a competitive, transparent marketplace. As a result of such wrongful conduct, state, city, ...

18. N.J. Assembly acting on bill that would move school board elections from April to November
(N.J./State)

... control of their local finances while saving property taxpayers the costs of holding yet another local election.” “This bill will save local towns and local taxpayers millions of dollars, by permitting ...

19. U.S. Postal Service considering closure of 6 N.J. facilities
(N.J./State)

... doesn’t receive taxpayer funds, yet is managed by Congress. And the 2006 law passed by Congress requiring the USPS to pay the annual $5.5 billion for future pensions has hurt them badly. Donahue said ...

20. Hunterdon Freeholder William Mennen wants to be named a N.J. Assemblyman
(N.J./State)

... legislature — is a good place to get the experience at balancing budgets and making government work more efficiently for us, the taxpayers.”  ...