I turned down a bribe, I’m a hero — not
Jennifer Beck Amazingly, after the big roundup some public officials are saying they were offered bribes they didn't accept -- but also apparently they didn't report, either. What? We're supposed to...
View ArticleModel contract making progress
Caroline Casagrande Inspired by former Keansburg schools Superintendent Barbara Trzeskowski who tried to claim $741,000 when she retired, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrade introduced a bill to make...
View ArticleYour Assembly at work, No. 457
Caroline Casagrande Prisons are expensive. Inmates are provided health care and food and lodging at public expense. But it doesn't stop there. Some inmates also get temporary disability payments from a...
View ArticleLet’s deputize public accountants
Caroline Casagrande Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande has an idea I like. She wants to pay private accountants to audit wasteful government spending – at no cost to taxpayers. No cost? Yep. Her...
View ArticleDeCroce: Proof it’s all a show
Alex DeCroce We have theorized the ongoing hearings about the budget that took effect July 1 are political theater gearing up for the November election. Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce pointed...
View ArticleBoycott hurts teachers’ image
Caroline Casagrande Back-to-School Night events in Colts Neck have been cancelled because the teachers’ union ordered teachers not to participate. The union in its confused, shoot-yourself-in-the-foot...
View ArticleRepublicans caught in ‘Pants on fire’ flimflam
Vin Gopal I don't get involved in local political races unless there is something outrageous going on the rest of the state needs to be aware of. In today's column in print and online that's the case....
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