From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli:
· Mon 3/14 :Asbury Park school district reorganization plans, public meeting, Westside Community Center
· Tue 3/15: Brick school budget public meeting, Brick Memorial High School. Subsequent one 3/22, adoption 3/29.
· Fri 3/18: MODC General Membership Luncheon, Spring Lake
· Tue 3/22: State Senator Jennifer Beck outlines Governor Christie’s budget proposal, Manalapan
· Thu 3/24: NJ Coastal Heritage Trail public meeting, Toms River
· Coming up in April: Global Understanding Convention, Monmouth University; Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor
Special thanks to Tony DeLuccio, who contacted his former teacher Rich Mirocco in Japan and connected him to us for first-hand descriptions of the destruction.
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Japan fears second reactor blast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953
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Death toll, nuclear meltdown fears rise in Japan
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953
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Death toll, nuclear meltdown fears rise in Japan
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
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Richard Mirocco calls in from Toyko Japan and discribes life after the natural disaster.
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14 dead, 18 injured after Bronx bus turns over on highway
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/dead_after_bronx_bus_turns_over_vzxjbMIi2nrrllgTMNr3bL
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14 dead, 18 injured after Bronx bus turns over on highway
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/dead_after_bronx_bus_turns_over_vzxjbMIi2nrrllgTMNr3bL
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Latest Earthquakes M5.0+ in the World - Past 7 days
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
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State Director Steve Lonegan Speaking Engagement on R.G.G.I. -
Talk on Cap and Trade
and how to reduce your utility bills and taxes
When: Wed, March 16, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: American Legion Post 129 2025 Church Road
Toms River, NJ 08753
Talk on Cap and Trade
and how to reduce your utility bills and taxes
When: Wed, March 16, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: American Legion Post 129 2025 Church Road
Toms River, NJ 08753
http://americanlegionpost129.webs.com/
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United Nations Commission on Human Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights
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Things that could destroy life on earth
http://artsonearth.com/2009/06/things-that-could-destroy-life-on-earth.html
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State Director Steve Lonegan Speaking Engagement on R.G.G.I. -
Talk on Cap and Trade
and how to reduce your utility bills and taxes
When: Wed, March 16, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: American Legion Post 129 2025 Church Road
Toms River, NJ 08753
This is a clip from what appeared in the Star-Ledger on Friday March 18, 2011 titled "Cable and telphone service, can you afford to pay more?"
By Sy Larson
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If Senate Bill 2664 passes the Legislature and is signed into law, Wolford and all New Jersey consumers can expect their basic telephone bills to go up.
New Jersey senators are scheduled Monday to vote on S2664, a bill that proposes to deregulate telecommunications and would eliminate consumer protections for anyone with a telephone or cable service.
Twenty states have had deregulation bills pass the legislature; 17 of the 20 states have experienced rate increases. In Illinois, deregulation legislation was passed last year and AT&T increased rates up to 63 percent. Over the past few years, California’s basic residential rates were raised 50 percent.
The New Jersey bill will allow phone companies to cut services, dramatically increase rates and impose extra charges on your land-line. Additionally, cable companies will be able to bill you despite poor service or cable outages. The bill will allow cable companies to charge you even if the cable goes out for hours or days. A consumer would have little recourse to fight an incorrect bill or demand quality cable service. ...
(Sy Larson is the New Jersey state president for the AARP).
I just found this on WOBM
http://www.wobm.com/Consumer-Groups--Vote--No--On-Cable-Deregulation/9433501
Consumer Groups: Vote `No' On Cable Deregulation
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Consumer groups are appealing directly to
New Jersey's 40 state senators to reject a bill that would
deregulate cable television and telephone service.
The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday. The bill would relax
regulations on competition and rates.
The Assembly previously approved the measure by a vote of 66-7
with 4 abstentions.
Advocates say the bill will spur modernization and competition.
Critics say consumers will pay more for basic phone and cable
service and get fewer protections and less efficient customer
service.
Twenty-three consumer groups signed the letter sent Friday to
the senators. It urges them to vote `no.'
The bill has bipartisan support in the Legislature. Verizon New
Jersey and the state's cable companies also support it.
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