Monmouth Dems Embrace The Rain Water Tax Champion

We’re three weeks before Election Day and the only policy proposal that the Monmouth County Democratic candidates for County office have made is Surrogate candidate Vincent Solomeno’s pledge to blatantly break the law with regard to the access to death certificates.

Maybe that’s because they know if they reveal plans to impose a rain water tax on Monmouth County property owners, Lawless Matt Doherty and Sketchy Sue Fulton know that they would even lose in Democrat strongholds like Neptune Township and Long Branch.

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If casino vote fails, should N.J. put video lottery machines at racetracks?

TRENTON — A state lawmaker has a backup plan if New Jersey voters reject next month’s ballot referendum to bring casino gambling to the northern part of the state: Installing slot machine-like gaming at the Garden State’s racetracks. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo said Monday that should the referendum fail — as polls predict it will — he… Read the rest of this entry »

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Proof of comet impact found at Jersey Shore, researchers say

A team of American researchers believes they found evidence of a comet that slammed into the Earth about 10 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct — at the Jersey Shore. The impact would have created a period with the closest climate to our current man-made global warming, scientists say. In a paper published in “Science… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, October 21-23, 2016

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, October 21

• The Sunshine Boys at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• The Capitol Steps at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Mad Love by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Haunted Theater at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Roseanne Cash with John Leventhal at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Atlantic Highlands Haunted History Ghost Walk Tours – MORE INFO
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

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Hanlon announces extended election office hours

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Hanlon and her office furniture

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced extend offices hours at the County’s Election Offices at 300 Halls Mill Rd in Freehold.

Tuesday, October 18 is the last day to register to vote in the November 8 general election.  Office hours are 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m.

The offices will be open on Saturdays, October 29 and November 5 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

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DiMaso: No Gas Tax Price Gouging in Monmouth County

Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso announced today that the County Division of Weights and Measures, which she oversees, is on the look-out for unscrupulous gas stations that are raising their prices on the news that New Jersey Gas Tax has been increased by $.23 per gallon.

The new Trenton money grab does not go into effect until November 1.

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Hanlon Announces Hotline For Vote-By-Mail Voters

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon has established a hotline for Vote-By-Mail voters to verify that their ballots have been received or for voters who have had their ballot returned to their home by the Post Office to call for assistance or instructions.

The dedicated phone number to call is 732-303-2900.  Calls will be answered between 8:30 am and 4:3o pm, Monday through Friday.

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Brian Unger, Former Long Branch Councilman, Collected His Dead Wife’s Social Security Benefits

Brian Unger, a former Long Branch Councilman who during his colorful career in Monmouth County politics ran for Mayor of Long Branch, Freeholder and State Senate, admitted in U.S. District Court that he collected over $82,000 of Social Security benefits paid to his wife for four years after she died.

Unger was released on an unsecured bond of $50,000 after pleading guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton.  He faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on January 18, 2017.

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Congressman Smith to NJ Transist: Don’t allow JCP&L power lines

Congressman Chris Smith

NEWARK, N.J.—Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) testified today before the New Jersey Transit Corporation Board of Directors in an effort to convince the agency to reject the Jersey Central Power & Light Co (JCP&L) application to utilize the transit agency’s right-of-way for the proposed “Monmouth County Reliability Project.” JCP&L has proposed the 10-mile-long transmission line be placed through residential neighborhoods along NJT’s North Jersey Coast line, creating an undue burden for large numbers of people in five Monmouth County municipalities.

“Some may argue that there is little or no adverse health link to exposure to the electromagnetic fields created by these high-voltage lines, and may produce select studies that suggest that,” said Smith, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on global health in his expert testimony. “But there is statistically relevant evidence–including studies–that suggest otherwise.”

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N.J. took $1.4B from your phone bill for new 911 system but never delivered

In the fall of 2013, shoppers at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus fled in terror as a man with a rifle stalked the halls. Police officers, going through each store one by one, rescued dozens of people with no injuries. But what if those in the mall could have given police an eye into… Read the rest of this entry »

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