Monday’s Override Vote Seeks to Free Female Pigs From Cramped Cages (via NJSpotlight)
In a dispute that will have a greater impact on Iowa than New Jersey, humane groups are encouraging the Legislature to protect female pigs from being confined in cramped cages. The state Senate has scheduled a vote Monday on an override of Gov. Chris…
Will NJ Pull Plug on Promoting Zero-Emission Vehicles? (via NJSpotlight)
The Christie administration has already pulled New Jersey out of a regional initiative to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Does that mean the state’s efforts to encourage use of zero- emission vehicles — as proposed under the California…
By Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon
Yesterday Senator Rand Paul attacked NJ Governor Christie suggesting that the Governor’s landslide victory last week was the result of the federal aid package sent to NJ following superstorm Sandy.
I occupy the unique combination of positions of Republican Assembly Budget Officer, long term fiscal conservative who has warned of New Jersey’s irresponsible spending polices for years, long-term advocate for reforms like pension benefit and collective bargaining reforms – and my District (13) covers the area of the bayshore hardest hit by the storm.
Unlike Senator Paul, I can state unequivocally – and based on first hand experience – that Governor Christie’s popularity wasn’t purchased with federal aid. It was earned by tireless, extraordinary leadership on multiple crisis fronts from the moment Christie won election in 2009. He inherited a state on the verge of insolvency, requiring reform solutions – pension and benefit, arbitration, property tax, budgetary – that no governor in the history of the state ever dreamed of tackling.
Posted: November 14th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Declan O'Scanlon, Opinion, Rand Paul, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Chris Christie, Declan O'Scanlon, Rand Paul, Superstorm Sandy | 11 Comments »
By Greg Kelly
Saturday, November 16
• Home for the Holidays Bazaar (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Arsenic & Old Lace by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• White Christmas at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• All The Rage at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Fall Book Sale (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Les Miserables at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
• Full Moon Meander at Mt. Mitchill (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Fall Antique Show (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• Singin’ in the Rain by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• ALS Surf Fishing Clinic (Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (many county spots) – MORE INFO
• Introductory Archery (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Get the Best Out of Job Interviews (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• International Games Day (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Village Fair (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• World’s Toughest Mudder at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Rescue Mission Coat Giveaway (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• Holiday Bazaar (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
Posted: November 13th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do this weekend in Monmouth County, November 15-17, 2013By Ernesto Cullari
Would you risk your life for strangers? My mother Dalisay Dwinells (everyone calls her Lee) has faced death numerous times over the last several years, while serving impoverished children at orphanages in some of the world’s most dangerous places. When she volunteered at Rancho 3M in Guadalupe, Mexico, her and her husband faced the threat of abduction by drug cartels that regularly kidnapped, tortured and murdered American citizens for profit.
In the last few years my mother has established an orphanage in both Cebu City and Bohol, Philippines, where she recently survived a 7.2 and 4.8-magnitude earthquake that taunted them with nearly a thousand aftershocks and tremors. The quakes killed 200 and reduced the stone church in the village where she lives to rubble, leaving thousands homeless, without food and clean drinking water. She and the 27 orphans that she cares for had to sleep outside, because of the real possibility that their home could collapse on them.
Despite the dangers of her work, nothing could have prepared my mother for the 145 mph winds and 175 mph gusts of Typhoon Haiyan, regarded as one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall.
The day before the Typhoon hit, my mother’s vehicle filled with children, was nearly tossed of a cliff when flash floods caused landslides on many of the islands. From my mother’s Facebook page:
Jeb Bush could enter presidential contest if Christie falters, report says (via NJ.com)
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother and son of the former presidents Bush, is considering a run for president, but only if Gov. Chris Christie fails to gain nationwide traction, Politico reports this morning. According to the report, Bush has edged…
Schmidt: Chris Christie landslide a template for GOP success (via NJ.com)
LAWRENCEVILLE — Steve Schmidt, a senior advisor to U.S. Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid and New Jersey native, tonight called Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign a model for the national GOP. “There is a template there for success…
RED BANK: BRIDGE FIX NEARS COMPLETION (via redbankgreen)
The rebuilding of twin Route 520/Newman Springs Road bridges over the Swimming River between Red Bank and Middletown, which began in April, is on schedule to wrap up next month, Monmouth County officials said Tuesday. Milling and paving of the roadway…
To a legislator, the difference between being in the majority and being in the minority is as consequential as the difference between being in office and being out of office. That is why my political life was transformed in November 1985 when, as a…
By Bader George Qarmont
As New Jersey became the 14th state in the Union to license gay marriage, I am left wondering why and what is next. Will this judicial activism have any impact on churches? Some may think I am over reacting, but I fear that the church is 15-25 years away from being forced to perform same sex marriage or risk losing tax exemption for discrimination. A Pastor threating to close his church doors before doing so, is no threat at all.
If a church wants to continue to practice the Biblical definition of marriage, it needs to protect itself. I see a potential for litigation to force a church to marry same sex couples, as is already happening in England. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, The gay plaintiff in the legal challenge in England said “The only way forward for us now is to make a challenge in the courts against the church.” It is a matter of time before American churches are also legally challenged.
Currently most churches will marry non-members in a religious ceremony at the church, this practice must end immediately and new policy implemented as soon as possible. I believe churches should have a policy to only marry members. In order to be a member each person must sign a statement of faith that includes acceptance of the Biblical definition of marriage. Anyone can attend the church but only members can be married in the church.
Posted: November 10th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bader George Qarmout, Gay Marriage, marriage, Marriage Equality, Opinion, Religion, Same Sex Marriage | Tags: Bader George Qarmout, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Religion, Same Sex Marriage | 8 Comments »© Copyright 2026 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved