Flash back: Menendez said Secret Service Agents who partronized prostitutes should be fired

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NJ Media considers Menendez sex scandal story “thin”

Kyrillos calls on Menendez to release his travel records

A prominent reporter with one of New Jersey’s largest media outlets told MMM that The Daily Caller’s story about US Senator Bob Menendez covorting with prositutes in the Dominican Republic and paying them $400 less than agreed is “extremely thin, our resources are spread thin.”  The reporter said that it will be the editors’ judgement about what to do with the story.

The Daily Caller story included video of the women who charged Menendez paid them less than agreed for sex,  and referred to aircraft records of a Menendez donor’s private airplane landing at Teterboro Airport, a short drive from Menendez’s Hudson County home, and flying to the Dominican Republic during the time last spring when the incident is alleged to have occurred.

State Senator Joe Kyrillos’s campaign spokeswoman called on the incumbent to release his schedule and travel documents for the time of the alleged incident.

“Like the recent Secret Service sex scandal in Colombia, the allegations reported today are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions,” said Kyrillos Campaign Communications Director Meaghan Cronin. “Senator Menendez must do the right thing and help settle this matter by immediately releasing his schedule and travel documents from the time the alleged incidents occurred. The people of New Jersey deserve answers today.”

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Hookers: Menendez Stiffed Us

Two women charged that US Senator Bob Menendez agreed to pay them $500 for sex but they only received $100 in the end, according to a report on The Daily Caller.

The women say they met Menendez at the Dominican Republic resort Casa de Campo, an upscale 7000 acre resort described as “a grown up Disneyland, everything you want is right there,” by Robb Report contributor James Frank, last spring around Easter time.

Daily Caller said that Menendez spokeswoman Tricia Enright refused to answer questions on the subject.  “We’re not going to respond to a completely false accusation,” she wrote in an email.

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Governor Christie’s Wednesday Evening Briefing on Hurricane Sandy

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President Obama Assesses the Hurricane Sandy Damage in NJ

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Sandy’s Aftermath in Highlands

Photography by Paul Scharff

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Governor Christie Acts to Boost Gasoline, Diesel Supplies

Waiver of Licensing Requirement Makes It Easier to Meet New Jersey Fuel Needs

Trenton, NJ –In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Christie has acted to boost supplies of gasoline and diesel in New Jersey by directing Treasury officials to waive licensing requirements that affect merchants’ ability to buy fuel from out-of-state suppliers.

Under normal conditions, merchants not licensed to import fuel can’t legally buy gasoline and diesel from out of state and import it.  The waiver, which will be in place until Nov. 7, will boost storm-depleted supplies by allowing all merchants temporarily to buy fuel from out of state for their New Jersey customers.

“When shortages threaten after natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy, fuel buyers need to venture farther from state borders to ensure that their customers get the gasoline and diesel they need,” Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff said.“Temporarily suspending licensing is a prudent way of empowering merchants to buy fuel farther from the state line, boosting supplies for New Jersey motorists who need fuel to get to work and do their jobs.”

Fuel merchants who buy fuel from out of state who aren’t currently licensed importers will have to document their purchases and pay required New Jersey taxes. Fuel merchants who import must fill out form MFA-12 available at the following link to register their purchases and calculate taxes: http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/other_forms/motorfuel/mfa12.pdf  Any questions can be addressed to the New Jersey Division of Taxation at (609) 633-8536.

Gasoline and diesel fuel supplies have tightened across the East Coast as the major pipelines and refineries in the Northeast shut down during Hurricane Sandy.  Power outages and hurricane related damage are delaying efforts to restart fuel production equipment

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Majority of NJ Transit Bus Service to Resume Thursday

80% of New Jersey’s Statewide Bus System Restored, Including Service to New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal

Trenton, NJ – The Christie Administration announced that the majority of NJ TRANSIT bus service will be restored effective Thursday, November 1, as part of the Administration’s ongoing storm assessment and restoration efforts related to NJ TRANSIT.

Additionally, the Christie Administration announced that limited Access Linkparatransit service will also resume on Thursday.

Tomorrow’s service restoration comes on the heels of the Administration’s earlier announcement that River Line light rail service resumed operations at 3 p.m. today, making trips every 30 minutes between the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden and Trenton Transit Center.

“This is tremendous progress,” said Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman James Simpson.  “We are not out of the woods by any stretch, but we will continue working around the clock to further restore service where we can safely do so.  On behalf of the entire NJ TRANSIT family, we appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers during this difficult time.”

Due to significant damage to the State’s public transportation network, NJ TRANSIT rail service will remain suspended until further notice.  Newark Light Rail and Hudson Bergen Light Rail service also remain suspended until further notice.

Bus Service:

• Starting tomorrow,     November 1, NJ TRANSIT will restore bus service on 68 bus routes in     northern New Jersey and 18 bus routes in southern New Jersey, providing     service over the entire routes with no detours or truncations.       For a complete list, visit njtransit.com.
• Also tomorrow, NJ     TRANSIT will restore partial service on 58 bus routes in northern New     Jersey and 17 routes in southern New Jersey that will operate with detours     or truncations due to ongoing impacts from Hurricane Sandy.  For     details, visit njtransit.com
• Bus service on routes not listed remains     suspended until further notice.  Power outages in local communities     have resulted in the loss of traffic control devices critical to safe     operation in some areas.  Downed tree limbs and power lines continue     to make many roads impassable.  Personnel are in the field reviewing     and assessing these conditions in order to ensure that service is restored     as soon as it becomes safe to do so.

Rail Service:

There is no estimated time for the resumption of service.  Service will remain suspended until further notice. Crews continue to inspect the rail infrastructure to get a full assessment of damage:

• NJ TRANSIT’s Rail Operations Center—the     central nervous system of the railroad—was engulfed in water, which     damaged backup power supply systems, the emergency generator, and the     computer system that controls the movement of trains and power supply.
• Local power outages have prevented NJ     TRANSIT rail operations from being able to further test crossing gates and     operating signals.
• Hundreds of downed trees have fallen     across the rail system, which have caused damage to overhead wires and     signal wires.
• There are rail washouts across the     system, including on the North Jersey Coast Line, Atlantic City Rail Line     as well as at Kearny Junction, the critical link which enables MidTOWN     Direct service to access the Northeast Corridor.
• Several rail stations have sustained     flood damage, including Hoboken Terminal.
• Morgan Drawbridge on the North Jersey     Coast Line in South Amboy sustained damage from boats and a trailer that     collided into the bridge.

Light Rail Service:

• River Line resumed service starting at 3     p.m. today, operating every 30 minutes between Walter Rand Transportation     Center in Camden and Trenton Transit Center.  Service remains suspended     between Walter Rand Transportation Center and the Entertainment Center due     to an ongoing power outage in downtown Camden.
• Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Newark Light     Rail service will remain suspended until further notice.  There is     currently no estimated time for resumption of service.   Crews     continue to inspect the light rail infrastructure to get a full assessment     of damage.
• Newark Light Rail sustained flooding in     Newark Penn Station, as well as major debris damage between Newark Penn     and Branch Brook Park stations.
• Hudson-Bergen Light Rail experienced     track washouts at Port Imperial and West Side Avenue stations, as well as     trees in the overhead wire in Weehawken and flooding in Hoboken.

Access Link:

• Access Link     service will resume tomorrow, November 1, in the following regions:
• Region 2, which includes Burlington,     Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
• Region 3, which includes Atlantic, Cape     May and Southern Ocean County.

Service Updates:

For the latest travel information, customers should listen to broadcast traffic reports, visit or access NJ TRANSIT’s Twitter feed at @NJ_TRANSIT. Additionally, NJ TRANSIT will provide the most current service information via the My Transit alert system (www.njtransit.com/mytransit), which delivers travel advisories for your specific trip to your cell phone, PDA or pager. Service information is also available by calling (973) 275-5555.

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Congressman Frank Pallone Assesses The 6th District Damage

Congressman Frank Pallone Surveys Damage to His New Jersey District by The Takeaway

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Aerial Photos By Vincent Solomeno: Union Beach and Keansburg

Aerial view of Keansburg, Photo Credit: Vincent Solomeno

Brook Ave, Union Beach. Photo Credit: Vincent Solomeno

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