Christie dancing with the star

Governor Chris Christie danced with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show last night and said that “hypothetically” he could beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election.

The appearance made me feel nostalgic for the #Stonger Than The Storm ad campaign and Jay Leno.

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Approved NJ Senate bills call for agencies to buy American products

Approved NJ Senate bills call for agencies to buy American products (via NJ.com)

TRENTON — The New Jersey Senate today approved a package of bills that calls for state agencies and bi-state commissions, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to buy products made in America. If approved by the Assembly as well…

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A Week of Fun at St. Leo the Great Parish Carnival

The St. Leo the Great Parish Carnival is coming your way. 
This fun filled pack event runs from Monday, June 16 to Saturday June 21st from 6PM to 11PM every night.  

This carnival is our largest fundraising event and we have been doing it since the 1980’s.  Not only do we raise funds for the Church and School we use this event as a parish family building experience. 
 
We have over 15 rides and 18 skill games as well as a food tent where we prepare fresh food and snacks and there are no outside  vendors. 
We are totally staffed with members of our parish.  We have a beer tent 
and we run a Super 50 raffle and we have attractions for our young supporters which includes face painting, and sand art activity.

Don’t forget Tuesday/Thursday and Saturday are bracelet nights,
ride all the rides as many times as you want for one price.

Staffed by over 1,500 volunteers that help run this week long event and 
we have been fortunate that our Saint Leo the Great Family embraces this event and has contributed to its success over the years. 

We thank you in advance and would like to invite you to please come to
 our event at St. Leo the Great Parish, located at 50 Hurleys Lane
 in Lincroft, so we can infect you with the Saint Leo the Great Family spirit. 

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, June 13-15, 2014

By Greg Kelly

Friday, June 13

• Air Supply at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Fine Art & Craft Show at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO

• Campfire on the Beach at Sandy Hook – MORE INFO

• Butler at NJ Repertory Theatre (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• Oceanport Lions Club Strawberry Festival – MORE INFO

• NJ Seafood Festival (Belmar) – MORE INFO

• All My Sons at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• Hit the Road, Jack at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Third at Two River Theater (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Atlantic Highlands Farmer’s Market – MORE INFO

• Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO

• Dr. George Sheehan 5k Classic (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Laugh 4 a Cause with Mike Marino (Middletown) – MORE INFO

• Spring into Summer Book Sale (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO

• Ocean Grove Tent Revival Meeting – MORE INFO

• Nelson Riveros Trio (Matawan) – MORE INFO

• Online Travel Planning Class (Middletown) – MORE INFO

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Smith’s Autism Bill Passes House Energy and Commerce Committee

Congressman Chris Smith

Bi-partisan legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ4) that provides $260 million per year over five years to fund research into autism and that urges federal agencies to examine and anticipate needs for autistic children who are “aging out” of current programs and need different assistance as adults, the “Autism CARES (Combating Autism Authorization) Act”, HR 4631, passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday on a voice vote and is headed to the full House.

“My bill begins the conversation on how we as a society can best address the aging out crisis—that every year 50,000 youths with autism enter into adulthood and communities unprepared to support them—which will be augmented by a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the efficacy of the services landscape,” said Smith who, along with the bill’s Democrat cosponsor Rep. Mike Doyle, founded and co-chairs the bipartisan Coalition on Autism Research and Education (C.A.R.E.). “The research authorized in this bill through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is helping families better understand and assist children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).”

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$82 Million EDA Subsidy of 76ers Facility in Camden Spurs Debate On Tax Breaks

$82 Million EDA Subsidy of 76ers Facility in Camden Spurs Debate On Tax Breaks (via NJSpotlight)

It isn’t often that liberal New Jersey Policy Perspective and conservative Americans For Prosperity agree, but yesterday both ends of New Jersey’s political spectrum sharply criticized the state Economic Development Authority’s decision to grant…

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Christie Administration Proposes ‘Streamlined’ Coastal Permitting Rules

Christie Administration Proposes ‘Streamlined’ Coastal Permitting Rules (via Toms River Patch)

Environmentalist questions relaxing some permitting rules The state Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday said it would recommend technical revisions to land use rules for coastal areas, streamlining the process for projects such as marina…

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Golden Wins!

GOP Chairman Shaun Golden

Monmouth County Shaun Golden has been elected Chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Committee.

Golden defeated incumbent Chairman John Bennett 335 votes to 282.

UPDATED: June 11, 2014

There was brief confusion when County Clerk Claire French presented the results to Bennett. Bennett misunderstood the results and thought he had won. He and his daughters started to celebrate but were quickly corrected.  Bennett then announced that Golden was the new County Republican Chairman and left the room with his family.

Golden thanked the convention and promised to conduct his new office with dignity and honor.

Unaware that MMM already had published the vote count, Golden declined to release the results to The Asbury Park Press, saying he would release them today.

Golden did not announce his choice of Vice Chair. Rather, he will announce a leadership council and a diversity team to reach out to ethnic groups that traditionally do not vote Republican before the week is out. Members of the leadership team will serve as “co-vice chairs” with one of them holding the title as a formality.

Golden is retaining Executive Director Tom Symanski’s employment with the Party. “Tom has done a good job and we worked well together on the campaign last year,” Golden said this morning, ” we’ll give him more direction and support going forward.”

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The Polls Are Open

Voting has commenced at the Monmouth County Republican Convention.

Credentials were issued to 626 County Committee members who are choosing between incumbent Chairman John Bennett and Sheriff Shaun Golden.  Registration and credentialing remains open .

The theme of the evening has been unity, and the nominating speakers, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon for Bennett and Freeholder Tom Arnone for Golden, stressed that all Republicans must come together when the voting is complete.

Both candidates repeated the themes of their campaign’s during their speeches to the convention, with Golden emphasizing his energy and growing the party with enhanced communication and outreach to diverse demographics, and Bennett emphasizing the successes of his two years in office and his 40 year career in politics.

Bennett did not raise the issue of a conflict of interest for a Sheriff being Chairman, as he had through most of the campaign.

Sheriff Shaun Golden

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Bridgegate’s 30 Pivotal Hours: How Kevin O’Dowd Missed The Signs

Bridgegate’s 30 Pivotal Hours: How Kevin O’Dowd Missed The Signs (via NJSpotlight)

Kevin O’Dowd, Christie’s chief of staff, entered Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion in Princeton, as usual by the side entrance, filing through the kitchen and the dining room, where he was surprised to see Gov. Chris Christie sitting huddled…

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