April 24, 2011

Happy Easter!

From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli
· Mon 4/25 - Jackson Mayor Mike Reina and his CFO Sharon Pinkava explain to taxpayers why they need to go beyond the state-mandated two-percent property tax increase cap in the 4/27 referendum.
 · Mon 4/25 – State Senator Jennifer Beck’s state budget information session, Fair Haven.
· Tue 4/26 – ReClam The Bay Open House, Toms River
· Tue 4/26 – Chernobyl 26-year anniversary, Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Toms River
· Wed 4/27 – School Board Elections; Jackson, Brick and Plumsted voters decide whether to let municipal budgets exceed two-percent property tax increase limit or downsize their services (layoffs likely in that case). · Wed 4/27 – Fair Tax public info session with former Congressional candidate David Corsi, Toms River
 · Thu 4/28 – Toms River- Ocean County Chamber Gala, Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Lakewood
 · Fri 4/29 – Lakewood Homeless Advocates vs. Ocean County Freeholders, Ocean County Superior Court
 · Thu 5/5 – MODC Silver Gull Awards, Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune
 · Fri 5/20 – NJ State Police – NJ Boy Scouts Camporee, Sea Girt
· Wed 5/25 – MODC Legislative Reception, Crystal Point Yacht Club, Point Pleasant
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The Ocean County Board of Elections

April 27, 2011 : ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Annual School Election has been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday for Election Year 2011 only. Hours : Various to 9pm Registration Deadline : April 6, 2011
http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/electionboard/%20In%20Hawaii,%20accessing%20some%20Obama%20birth%20info%20is%20easy%20http://www.app.com/article/20110424/NJNEWS18/110424002/In-Hawaii-accessing-some-Obama-birth-info-is-easy-?odyssey=modnewswelltextFrontpagesN.J.
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In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy
http://www.app.com/article/20110424/NJNEWS18/110424002/In-Hawaii-accessing-some-Obama-birth-info-is-easy-?odyssey=modnewswelltextFrontpages

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N.J. police salaries rank highest in nation with median pay of $90,672
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_police_salaries_rank_highes.html
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Meet the Ocean County School Board Election Candidates
04/25/11 Monday night 7-9pm
Administration Building
101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River
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Old Drugs Drop off
http://www.justice.gov/dea/

April 17, 2011

From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Wed 4/20 – ATC; Ocean County budget vote; Ocean Gate budget vote

· Wed 4/20 – Ocean County Mayors’ Assn, Toms River; speaker James Sigurdson, Community Services of Ocean Co.

· Thu 4/21 – ATG; DEP’s Ocean County sewer-service area (future development) proposals, Ocean County Library, Toms River

· Mon 4/25 – Meet Mayor Mike Reina, Jackson Municipal Building – details of 4/27 referendum to add almost $900K to the budget

· Mon 4/25 – State Senator Jennifer Beck state budget discussion, Fair Haven

· Tue 4/26 – Toms River Twp. Council determines new Council President; Greg McGuckin takes a back seat and runs for Assembly

· Wed 4/27 – School board elections; property-tax referenda

Thu 4/28 - Toms River-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce Gala at Eagle Ridge Golf Course.

· Sun 5/1 – Holocaust Remembrance Day ·

Sat 4/30 – Operation Take Back NJ – get rid of those old meds at your local police department

· Wed 5/4 – MODC Nonprofit Seminar, SCAN Learning Center, Eatontown

· Thu 5/5 – MODC Silver Gull Awards, Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune

· Wed 5/11 – MODC – Lakewood Chamber “Winemaking After Hours,” Bacchus Winery, Toms River

· Wed 5/18 – National HIV Awareness Day

· Wed 5/25 – MODC Legislative Reception, Crystal Point Yacht Club, Pointy Pleasant .

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Passover

April 19, 2011

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default_cdo/jewish/Passover.htm

Palm Sunday

http://www.farsinet.com/easter/palmsunday.html

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Storms barrel north, leaving trail of destruction and dozens of deaths http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/17/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1.

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Japan nuclear crisis 'over in nine months'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13107846

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Hours targeted after another air controller nods off on job http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/04/17/hours_targeted_after_another_air_controller_nods_off_on_job/ .

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Current, former air traffic controllers say naps necessary http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42599126/ns/travel-news/

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Air Traffic Controllers

http://www.faa.gov/jobs/job_opportunities/airtraffic_controllers/

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Donald Trump to President Obama: You’re fired http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/donald-trump-president-obama-fired/

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Q&As: Red light cameras

http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/rlr.html

http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/rlr.html

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Donald Trump fuels look into president's birth certificate

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/04/16/20110416donald-trump-obama-birth-certificate.html#ixzz1JmUinO2X

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Pap Smears At Walgreens & 7 Other Unlikely Planned Parenthood Competitors http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/15/pap-smears-at-walgreens-7_n_849775.html#s264916&title=Abercrombie__Fitch

http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/118958/walgreens_pap_smear_oh_h

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April 10 2011

From the NEWS Desk of om Mongelli:

· April 14 - Discussion of the Fair Tax, Fair Haven.

· April 15 – MODC General Membership meeting, Spring Lake. Speaker: Grace Hanlon, NJ Div. Travel & Tourism

· April 16 - Citizens’ Campaign (Tea Party) Convention, East Windsor

· April 20 – Ocean County Mayors’ Association meeting, Toms River

· April 20 – Ocean County budget vote; Ocean Gate budget vote

· April 20 – ATG & ATC

· April 21 – DEP sewer service area map revision (development) proposals, Toms River

· April 27 – School Board elections; Brick Township referendum to exceed the 2% property tax cap

· April 29 – Homelessness advocates vs. Ocean County, Judge Vincent Grasso’s courtroom

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Donald Trump's interview with Meredith Vieira http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/04/trump-on-viera.html

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Healthcare Bill summay:

http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/

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Budget deal doesn't thrill some in the Tea Party movement http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/09/budget-deal-doesnt-thrill-some-in-the-tea-party-movement/

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Obama signs short-term funding http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/09/congress.budget/index.html

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Behind the scenes of the White House budget battle http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/09/budget.behind.scenes/index.html

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Obama considers moving 2012 campaign HQ to Chicago http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2010/12/obama-considers-moving-2012-campaign-hq-to-chicago/

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Sarah Palin 2012 presidential campaign HQ would land in Scottsdale http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2011/03/09/sarah-palin-2012-presidential-campaign.html

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Video: Rep. Louise Slaughter Says GOP ‘Here To Kill Women’ http://www.thehotjoints.com/2011/04/08/video-rep-louise-slaughter-says-gop-here-to-kill-women/#ixzz1J7q8a5u8http://www.thehotjoints.com/2011/04/08/video-rep-louise-slaughter-says-gop-here-to-kill-women/

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Decorah Eagles

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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Barnegat Bay: Reclam the bay

http://www.reclamthebay.org/

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People's Liberation Army Navy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People

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The Ocean County Board of Elections

Election is for all schools in Ocean County are on Wednesday April 27, 2011

http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/electionboard/

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Hundreds attend funeral service for former U.S. Rep. John Adler http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/hundreds_attend_funeral_servic.html

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April 3, 2011

From the NEWS Desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Sun 4/3 – Legislative Redistricting Commission map completion deadline. They’re in a hotel in New Brunswick. It’s supposed to be about fair representation, but as usual it’s degenerated into a political quagmire.

· Mon 4/4 – Berkeley Township Republican candidate screenings, Central Regional HS

· Mon 4/4 – Fri 4/8 – Global Understanding Conference, Monmouth University

· Tue 4/5 - Bedbug Information Session by OC Health Dept, Little Egg Harbor

· Sat 4/16 – Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor

· Wed 4/20 – Ocean County budget public hearing and vote; Ocean Gate budget public hearing and vote · Tue 4/26 – Toms River budget public hearing and vote

· Wed 4/27 – School board elections. Brick Township taxpayers decide whether to let officials exceed the 2% property tax increase cap or let as many as 170 workers go.

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Penguin rescue operation under way after south Atlantic oil spill

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/02/atlantic.penguin.rescue.operation/index.html?hpt=C1

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Bodies found of two nuclear plant workers missing since quake

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.nuclear.bodies/index.html?hpt=T1

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Chemical, sawdust, newspaper mix used to plug leak at nuclear plant

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2

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Libya: Fighting resumes in key cities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12949859

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Quran-burning protests in Afghanistan turn deadly again http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/afghanistan.protests/index.html?hpt=T2

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Should Donald Trump Run For President?

http://shouldtrumprun.com/

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2011 Final Four

http://www.ncaa.com/finalfour

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Are these good times or bad times?

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Bikini Atoll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll

Bikini atomic experiments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_atomic_experiments

The people of Bikini Atoll send along their heartfelt condolences to the people of Japan in their time of hardship after the earthquake and the tsunami.

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/

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