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Zooming In: Stashed with Cash

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Steve Lonegan is right. Trenton’s politicians use New Jersey’s taxpayers like an ATM machine. Politicians run out of money and they go to the taxpayers for instant cash. What is more amazing to me is the willingness of New Jerseyans to keep the ATM full of money. Cape May Senator Jeff Van Drew is proposing a $40 surcharge on motor vehicle vi...

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Zooming In: Not Your Average Civil Servant

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Not Your Average Civil Servant. One of my favorite people in all of county government is retiring October 1st after nearly 32 years of service - Joanne Bell, the County Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Understanding that she considered herself a civil servant was the secret to appreciating how Joanne Bell did her job. August 29, 2008.

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Zooming In: October 2008

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Thursday, October 30, 2008. If You Do Nothing Else Tuesday - VOTE! Tuesday is the Day of Accountability for office holders, challengers, and us, the voters. At the very least, hold your elected officials accountable. They represent you, not themselves. If your local official skips meetings or committee assignments - vote someone else in. Once the election is over, ma...

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Zooming In: Pack Your Bags, Honey, You're Coming Home

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Friday, August 15, 2008. Pack Your Bags, Honey, You're Coming Home. As you read this, Flash Back to July. Eighty-nine small towns - including 8 in Salem County - have to start paying the State Police $12 million for law enforcement services in order to help Corzine balance his state budget. The estimated impact on property tax bills ranges from 7 to 22 cents. Oh, and...

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Zooming In: "Stop the Poles" Deserves Public Forum

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Friday, August 8, 2008. Stop the Poles" Deserves Public Forum. Upset by the change in the landscape without notification and ACE's plans to erect 25 to 30 towering poles along Route 77, Jennifer speaks for a grass roots organization hastily organized at its first meeting on July 23 to create a collective voice. Their name says it all: Stop the Poles. And yes, burying...

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Zooming In: A Rose By Any Other Name

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Wednesday, August 20, 2008. A Rose By Any Other Name. To me, the glaring inequity exposed in the list is that government works on the backs of its clerical staff, and clerical workers are,with rare exception, women who are stuck in titles and a pay scale given to them 15 or 20 years ago. August 22, 2008 at 9:26 PM. The mentioned positions were just that! This payoff ...

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Zooming In: If You Do Nothing Else Tuesday -- VOTE!

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Thursday, October 30, 2008. If You Do Nothing Else Tuesday - VOTE! Tuesday is the Day of Accountability for office holders, challengers, and us, the voters. At the very least, hold your elected officials accountable. They represent you, not themselves. If your local official skips meetings or committee assignments - vote someone else in. Once the election is over, ma...

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Zooming In: Staying Stuck

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Wednesday, August 13, 2008. The main impediment to good policy discussion at the local level is either someone is not explaining it well or someone‘s ears are not listening. Change comes hard if you don’t do your homework, or you have to deal with pre-conceived notions. Take the recent discussion at an Oldmans Township special meeting. View my complete profile. For m...

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Zooming In: We Can Only Hope...

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A non-partisan report from the viewpoint of accountable government. Zooming In is a blog contribution to the Salem County Watchdog website. Thursday, August 14, 2008. We Can Only Hope. Any solution to the placement of towering poles in Upper Pittsgrove Township will have to come from the graciousness of Atlantic City Electric's corporate heart. Neither the municipality nor the County has much say over a utility's use of right-of-ways, especially along state highways. The Committee passed a Resolution at ...