When Red Bank Councilwoman-elect Linda Schwabenbauer, a Republican, takes the oath of office in January, the Red Bank Democrats may no longer have enough votes on the council to borrow money at will.
Councilwoman Cindy Burnham, now the lone Republican on the six member council, told RedBankGreen that the Democrats are rushing to pass a $2.2 million bond ordinance that has not been vetted before Schwabenbauer takes office. The funds are to be used to replace water meters for the borough’s 4000 homes and buildings.
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Posted: December 3rd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Red Bank | Tags: $2.2 million bond, Cindy Burnham, Linda Schwabenbauer, Michael Dupont, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Red Bank, Red Bank Water Utility, Stanley Sickles, Water Meters | 4 Comments »
A CNN/ORC International poll survey indicates Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are the top picks for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively. The poll found 65 percent of left-leaning American voters queried would support Clinton if she ran in the Democratic primaries for president while 20 percent of right-leaning voters said they would support…
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WASHINGTON — The only thing as bad as being tortured for months as a captive of jihadists in Syria was dealing with the U.S. government afterward, according to one former American hostage. Matt Schrier, 36, a freelance photographer held by extremists for seven months in 2013 until he escaped, has told McClatchy that the bureaucracy he…
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Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) hosted “100 Days of Silence,” a one-of-a-kind art exhibition on Tues. Dec. 2, 2014, coordinated by the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) at Brookdale Community College to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.
The collection brings together works created by over 450 New Jersey students and includes more than 60 life-size human forms which illustrate students’ artistic responses to learning about the genocide, the silence of the world, and the importance of becoming involved, concerned citizens.
“These are powerful expressions by young people who are concerned about a genocide that unfolded while the world watched,” said Smith, a longtime human rights advocate in Congress and chairman of the House Africa and global human rights subcommittee. “The pieces in this exhibition remind us that each of the hundreds of thousands of victims in Rwanda was an individual, worthy of dignity, whose precious life was cut short, who the world should have done more to save. If we cannot do more to prevent genocides in the future, ‘Never again’ will only be lip service. When so many innocent lives are at stake, we must do more. While remembering a genocide often invokes feelings of horror, this exhibition reminds us that hope is also crucial. We must have the hope that we can defeat the evil that is at the root of genocides and we must follow it with the will to act.”
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Posted: December 2nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Brookdale Community College, Chris Smith, Press Release | Tags: 1994 Rwanda Genocide, Brookdale Community College, Center for Holocaust Human Rights and Genocide Education, Chhange, Congressman Chris Smith, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Press Release | Comments Off on Brookdale Art Exhibit ‘100 Days of Silence’ Displayed in Washington, DC
About $1 billion in United Nations funding meant to help developing countries take action against climate change went, unnoticed, towards Japanese companies for the construction of three coal-fired power plants, the Associated Press reported Monday. Coal-burning power plants are the world’s biggest source of atmospheric CO2, a key driver of global warming. U.N. climate chief Christiana…
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David Drake of LDJ Capital spoke at the Nov. 12 NJEN meeting.
| John Critelli If you want to guarantee a successful equity crowdfunding campaign, “you need to find 20 bloggers with a minimum [of] half a million readers in the business you’re in. Then you need to figure out how to convince them to release… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 2nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Economy | Tags: Crowdfunding, Investment, NJTechWeekly, SEC, Venture Capital | Comments Off on You Need to Create Buzz for Crowdfunding Efforts to Succeed, Speakers Tell NJEN Meeting
Ashton Carter, a former senior Pentagon official said to be the top choice to succeed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, is going to have a big and thankless job ahead of him if history—and a telling congressional hearing Tuesday about the war in Syria—are any guide. Administration officials told Newsweek that President Obama sees Carter as a…
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Layne Bracht, screen shot
Layne Bracht, 32 of Highlands, pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden today to one count as possession of child pornography, according to a statement by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
Bracht admitted that on Oct. 28, 2013, he knowingly placed images and videos depicting child sexual abuse into shared folders that others could access via a peer-to-peer network. Special agents of the FBI executed a search warrant at his residence in Highlands on Jan. 15, 2014 and seized digital evidence that contained numerous videos and images depicting child sexual abuse, including material involving prepubescent minors and sadistic or masochistic conduct. The digital evidence seized included three files previously downloaded from Bracht by law enforcement agents working in an undercover capacity on the peer-to-peer network.
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Posted: December 2nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Highlands, Monmouth County | Tags: Child Pornography, Crime and Punishment, Highlands, Layne Bracht, Monmouth County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on Highlands Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography
Susan McCue. photo via Message-Global.com
Governor Chris Christie this morning nominated two distinguished Rutgers Almuni to serve on the University’s Board of Governors.
Susan McCue, of Alexandria, VA, is the President of Message Global, a public affairs firm she founded in 2008 after serving as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from 1999-2007.
“One of the nations’s top political strategists,” according to her website, McCue co-founded and co-chairs Reid’s Senate Majority PAC. She is on the board of American Bridge 21st Century SuperPAC, with whom she shares her Washington, DC office space, according to the NY Times .
American Bridge has a page on it’s website that features videos of Christie.
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Posted: December 2nd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Monmouth County, Rutgers | Tags: American Bridge 21st Century, Chris Christie, Harry Reid, Mark A. Angelson, Rahm Emanuel, Rutgers, Senate Majority PAC, Susan McCue | Comments Off on Christie Nominates Prominent National Democrats To Rutgers Board Of Governors
WASHINGTON — The children of presidents have long captured the imagination of Americans — and criticism. A TV anchor said Chelsea Clinton had been “pimped out” by her parents. A radio talker called Amy Carter ugly. Susan Ford had her dates critiqued. Children of presidents back to Lincoln and beyond have been rhetorical targets — almost…
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When Red Bank Councilwoman-elect Linda Schwabenbauer, a Republican, takes the oath of office in January, the Red Bank Democrats may no longer have enough votes on the council to borrow money at will.
