Have we had enough yet or are we gluttons for punishment? Isn’t it time to put an end to the Democratic controlled Congress approach to fixing the economy, increasing spending, increasing debt, increasing taxes, high unemployment rate with no job growth in sight, and a new healthcare plan which most people did not want?
One of the route causes of the above problem issues is our current District 6 Congressman, Frank Pallone. In fact, he even views them as feathers in his hat for a job well done. The people of District 6 as well as the rest of the country have reached the point to now say, “Enough is Enough.” It is time for a significant change in the way that our 6th District, our state, and our country is being run by putting new people in those jobs who are ready, willing and able to listen to the people and what they want, rather than the other way around. That time is almost at hand and we have just such a person in Anna Little who is running against Pallone for our District 6 Congressional seat on November 2nd. She knows of the problems facing our state and our country and she knows the importance of listening to the people and doing what the people want.
Let’s all jump on the Little Train and vote for Anna Little for Congress on Nov. 2nd to help bring our economy and our country back.
A 3 car accident that resulted in the death of an elderly woman closed down Route 36 for over 2.5 hours this evening.
Middletown Police Lieutenant Robert Stefanski said the accident was reported at 6:47PM and that southbound Route 36 remains closed at 12th Street in the Belford section of the township while the investigation continues.
There’s plenty to do in Monmouth County this weekend after door knocking and canvasing for your favorite candidate. Greg Kelly @ Monmouth County Life did the leg work for you.
The MoreMonmouthMusings best bet for this weekend is the Highlands Business Partnership’s Oktoberfest in Veterans Park for 2PM-10PM. Great German food from Bahrs , the best beers from Shore Point Distributors, and fabulous family entertainment.
Middletown was one of dozens of municipalities and businesses victimized
By Art Gallagher
Federal and state authorities from NY and PA arrested over 80 “money mules,” primarily eastern Europeans ages 19-25 visiting the United States on student visas, who facilitated hackers using the “Zeus Trojan” virus to empty the bank accounts of dozens of municipalities and small businesses throughout the nation.
As reported by MMM on September 20 , Middletown was hit for over $370,000 over the Labor Day weekend. Thanks to prompt action by the township’s finance staff and police department, all but $13,400 was quickly recovered.
According to the complaints unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, the cyber-attacks began in Eastern Europe, and included the use of a malware known as the “Zeus Trojan,” which was typically sent as an apparently-benign email to computers at small businesses and municipalities in the United States. Once the email was opened, the malware embedded itself in the victims’ computers, and recorded their keystrokes – including their account numbers, passwords, and other vital security codes – as they logged into their bank accounts online. The hackers responsible for the malware then used the stolen account information to take over the victims’ bank accounts, and made unauthorized transfers of thousands of dollars at a time to receiving accounts controlled by the co-conspirators.
These receiving accounts were set up by a “money mule organization” responsible for retrieving the proceeds of the malware attacks and transporting or transferring the stolen money overseas. To carry out the scheme, the money mule organization recruited individuals who had entered the United States on student visas, providing them with fake foreign passports, and instructing them to open false-name accounts at U.S. banks. Once these false-name accounts were successfully opened and received the stolen funds from the accounts compromised by the malware attacks, the “mules” were instructed to transfer the proceeds to other accounts, most of which were overseas, or to withdraw the proceeds and transport them overseas as smuggled bulk cash.
“We have been forced to implement this work stoppage due to the Legislature’s failure to approve a routine bond transaction for the fifth and final year of a transportation program that was approved under the previous Administration,” Commissioner Simpson said. “Because of the Legislature’s failure to act, thousands of engineers, planners, designers and construction workers will be put out of work and project schedules will be disrupted.”
The Transportation Trust Fund Authority transaction involving the sale of up to $1.25 billion in bonds and the refinancing of up to $500 million in existing debt was anticipated to occur before the end of September to carry projects forward into the spring of 2011.
On September 27, the House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by Rush Holt to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his developing the concept of microcredit, or the extension of small loans to the poor. Due to the vision of Dr. Yunus, the World Bank estimates that microfinance institutions now serve 160 million people in developing countries.These loans have enabled impoverished people in developing countries to start businesses, achieve independence, hire employees, bring new products and technologies to remote markets, foster accountability and give borrowers the pride of running a business. For this, Dr. Yunus is deserving of praise.
Well, Rush Holt doesn’t have to go all the way to Bangladesh to find lenders willing to risk their capital to spur economic development. Despite the monstrously vindictive 2,000 page financial reform bill that Holt voted for but didn’t read, hundreds of Holt’s constituents do the same thing everyday. One of these constituents is responsible for extending loans to hundreds of local businesses through his interests in the Bank of Princeton. Loans extended by the Bank of Princeton have enabled entrepreneurs to open businesses and existing businesses to continue to meet payroll despite being under vicious assault by Holt.
If Rush Holt finds it fitting to honor a man whose vision has spurred lending in almost every place outside of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional district, then the application of logic requires Holt to honor one of his own constituents who is risking his own capital when making loans to spur economic development in central New Jersey.
The local resident that Holt should honor is Scott Sipprelle. If Holt declines to honor Sipprelle, then Holt will prove his hypocrisy.
