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This infographic highlights some of the things you could do in the nearly four years since Senate Democrats last passed a budget. For example, you could take 179 round trips to the moon … or construct the entire Keystone XL pipeline (twice).
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Ewing, NJ … On the morning of November 1st, The College of New Jersey head baseball coach Dean Glus received an email from one of his ballplayers. Sophomore Jacob DeWitt (Florence, NJ/Florence Twp.) drafted a lengthy correspondence that began like this.
Coach,
Last night I couldn\’t sleep after seeing all the pictures from the beach towns affected by the hurricane, so I kept thinking about what I could do, what we could do, to help make a difference. I had the idea that we sell wristbands that say \”We Are Jersey Strong\” for $5.
It went on to say …
We want to show you, the administration, the community, and each other that we are capable adults and leaders in the community.
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PEARCE
Theodore E. (Pudd)
On January 22, 2013, of Gloucester City, NJ, age 69. He was the beloved son of the late Leo and Doris Pearce and dear brother of Leo, Edward (Pam) and Dennis Pearce, Dianne Panagos (Jim) and the late John and Deborah Pearce. He will also be missed by his good friend Tom Carlin.
Mr. Pearce was a self employed painter and handyman. He was also an avid fisherman.
Funeral services will be private and held at the convenience of the family. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ
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28 January 2013At last Thursday night’s mayoral debate on housing policy at an East New York church, Joseph Lhota, the Republican newcomer to the race, distinguished himself by being quiet. The housing forum showed how hard it is to run for mayor by talking to everyone, and how politically brave one has to be to try. The hosts and the questioners accepted as fact that New York faces an affordable-housing crisis and that it’s the city’s job to fix it. Everyone who spoke wanted the city to build or \”preserve\” city-controlled housing—whether private, rent-regulated buildings or public units. The first questioner, Erica Townsend of Brooklyn, asked: \”Mayor Bloomberg is on the right track to build and renovate 165,000 units of housing, 15,000 per year. . . . Do you agree, and commit to preserving and building a total of 60,000 of housing [units] over four years?\”
Not one of the candidates on stage—four Democrats, Lhota, and fellow Republican Tom Allon, a publisher—dared say no. City comptroller John Liu; his predecessor, Bill Thompson; and public advocate Bill de Blasio all agreed that 60,000 new city-supported housing units should be the minimum. Liu said that he had used $440 million in city-guaranteed pension-fund money to invest in 38,000 units of government-controlled housing; De Blasio said Liu hadn’t done enough.
Christine Quinn, the Democratic city council speaker, jumped in, too. Touting her \”first job\” as a tenant activist, Quinn said, \”we’ve lost 300,000 . . . affordable housing [units] in this city\” in recent years \”because of the way Albany has eroded rent protection.\” Quinn cautioned that building new city-controlled housing would not be \”cost-free.\” Her solution? \”You need to decide it’s a priority in your capital budget.\”
For a small-l libertarian—as Lhota describes himself—or just someone concerned about groupthink, there was plenty to respond to here. Lhota–continue to read via www.city-journal.org
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On January 25, 2013, as a result of the continued investigation, Gab Halal Foods, a Troy, Michigan retail store, recalled approximately 550 pounds of ground beef products![\"External](\"https://www.cdc.gov/TemplatePackage/images/icon_out.png\" "\\"External"){kind=icon}
that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. The products subject to recall are various size packages of ground beef wrapped in clear plastic. These products were produced between Dec. 4, 2012, and Dec. 10, 2012, and distributed to a restaurant in Macomb County, Michigan, and sold directly to consumers at Gab Halal Foods. These products were sold without a label. Consumers with questions regarding the recall should contact the company’s owner, Robert M. Berry, at (248) 839-0927.
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JANUARY 28,2013–In an explosive exchange outside the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., security guards for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accosted senior Talk Radio Network investigative reporter Jason Mattera when he asked the mayor about his strong support for gun control.
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