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Moore's Views Don't Jibe With the Constitution

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Written by: Mark Richards
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: November 30, 2017
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This letter was published in The Record, 11/23/2017

Judge Ray Moore of Alabama calls himself a Constitutionalist; if so, his copy of it doesn't resemble the one I have in front of me as I write this. Where is the government granted power to decide who can fall in love and be married or what substances you may put into your body? Like most "social conservatives," Moore has disdain for personal civil liberties that he doesn't approve of.

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Former Ridgewood Mayor and Manager each fined $100 for Local Government Ethics Law violation

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Written by: John Paff
Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: November 27, 2017
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On November 13, 2017, the New Jersey Local Finance Board (LFB) issued Notices of Violation to Ridgewood Village's (Bergen County) former Mayor and Manager for authorizing and appearing in a video that advocated only one side of a referendum question that was pending before Village voters.

The Notices of Violation, issued against former Mayor Paul Arohnson and former Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld, both arose out of a June 21, 2016 referendum question which sought $11,500,000 in bonds or notes to finance the cost of constructing a new parking deck. Under New Jersey law, government officials may use public resources to educate--but not to persuade--voters on public issues.

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Government Forces Payments Through Coercion

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Written by: Murray Sabrin
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: November 20, 2017
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Published in The Record, November 17th

Regarding: “If you want services, pay taxes” (The Record: Your Views, Nov. 15):

The letter writer asserts that people should stop complaining about taxes because they – taxes – pay for schools, police, garbage, pickup etc., but commits an egregious misconception about these services. Namely, that they must be paid for by using coercion, which is the essence of taxation.  

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November General Meeting Proposed Agenda

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Category: News
Created: November 12, 2017
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New Jersey Libertarian Party General Meeting

Sunday November 12, 2017 – Killarney's 5:00pm

 AGENDA 

5:00 Call to order & quorum check [Chair]

5:00 Agenda review & approval [Chair]

5:05 Membership Report [VP of Membership]

5:10 Secretary's Report [Secretary]

Approval of minutes of prior board meeting

5:15 Treasurer's report [Treasurer]

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NJ Elections Are Rigged

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Written by: Jay Edgar
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: November 02, 2017
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Imagine a horse race where the faster horses are given a head start. This is how New Jersey elections are run. The incumbent politicians have given themselves advantages in elections and have paid for it with your tax dollars.

As of October 12th, Democrat Phil Murphy has received $7.4 million in public funds, Republican Kim Guadagno has received just under $2.1 million in public funds. Libertarian candidate, Peter Rohrman, has not received any public funds. NJ’s matching fund program allows candidates to be given $2 from public funds for every dollar they raise. Candidates from other political parties and independent candidates are excluded by setting a minimum level of $430 thousand that must be raised to qualify for the program. The more successful your campaign, the more money you get from the government. In true Orwellian newspeak, NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission Chair, Jeff Brindle, says that these funds allow those who qualify to “mount competitive campaigns”.

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All Individual Rights Need to be Upheld

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Written by: Mark Richards
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: October 06, 2017
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This letter was published in The Record, 10/4/2017

I wonder if the people making such a big deal over some players in the NFL not standing for the national anthem realize we didn’t even have an “anthem” until the 1930’s and the tune to which it’s played isn't even American, but the tune of an old English drinking song. The same could be said about the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, which wasn’t written until the 1890s and by a self-avowed Socialist named Walter Bellamy at that.

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NJ Libertarian Party Fighting For Lower Property Taxes

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Created: September 20, 2017
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New Jersey Libertarian Party
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NJ Libertarian Party Fighting For Lower Property Taxes

Tennent, NJ, September 20, 2017 –

I love New Jersey. My family has lived here for four generations. Unfortunately, New Jersey has become a difficult place to live for anyone other than the extremely wealthy. It doesn’t have to be this way.

In my town the average homeowner will pay nearly $150,000 in property taxes over the next 10 years. This fact represents a serious failure of public policy. A community should be more than a school district where its graduates can’t even afford to live.

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South’s secession wasn’t treason

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Written by: Mark Richards
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: September 20, 2017
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This letter was published in The Record, 9/14/2017, USA Today, 9/13/2017, and the Suburban Trends, 9/20/2017

While racism, bigotry and hate deserve to be condemned, I can't help but observe that many of the letter writers to The Record display an appalling lack of historical knowledge despite their noble intentions.

For example, I see the concept of secession being labeled as treason when applied to the South in 1860. If that’s the case, then the original 13 colonies should be condemned for seceding or breaking away from England in 1776. Keep in mind that the states brought the federal government into existence not the reverse.

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Protesting groups don’t believe in liberty

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Written by: Mark Richards
Category: Letters to Editor
Created: September 19, 2017
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This letter was published in The Record, 9/7/2017, USA Today, 9/6/2017, and the Suburban Trends, 9/13/2017

In the three weeks since the violence in Charlottesville, not many people have taken note that the “Alt Right” white nationalists and the “Antifa” counter protesters actually have some things in common. For example, both groups are hostile towards a free market economy, in that they both oppose free trade. Recall the “Occupy Wall Street” rallies of several years back, when many of the same people and organizations that were in Charlottesville were also involved in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Both groups believe in censorship of those they don't agree with. If either side ever got in power you could kiss the Bill of Rights goodbye. Can anyone imagine the white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, or National Socialists (Nazis) allowing  blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Asians or people in the LGBTQ community the right to own guns or have First Amendment rights? The other side would do the same thing in a heartbeat.

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Dori G. Ep. 5 - "Transparency is Everything" w/ Public Records Activist John Paff

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Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: September 01, 2017
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NJLP Board Member, Dorit Goikhman, interviews John Paff.

What is a "payroll record" under OPRA and what type of information does it disclose?

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Written by: John Paff
Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: August 27, 2017
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While "personnel records" of public employees are mostly exempt under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 makes certain types of personnel information expressly available to the public. Specifically, a public employee's "name, title, position, salary, payroll record, length of service, date of separation and the reason therefor, and the amount and type of any pension received shall be a government record" and must be disclosed to the public.

As one can see, one of the items within the public domain is an employee's "payroll record." But, what exactly is a payroll record and what information must it contain?

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Tuckerton confidentially paid $8,225.36 and forgave a $16,774.64 debt to settle indicted police officer's federal civil rights lawsuit

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Written by: John Paff
Category: Police Accountability Project
Created: August 10, 2017
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On June 5, 2017, the Borough of Tuckerton (Ocean County) quietly paid $8,225.36 to settle a lawsuit brought by a suspended Borough police officer who was indicted on January 13, 2015 for allegedly causing his K-9 canine "Gunner" attack a 58-year-old female motorist on January 29, 2014 and then falsifying an arrest record to cover his actions. Under the terms of the settlement, Tuckerton also agreed to forgive $16,774.64 in health premiums that the Borough said the officer owed and also gave full ownership of Gunner to the officer.

Tuckerton officer Justin M. Cherry filed two lawsuits against the Borough--one each in federal and state court. In both complaints, Cherry claimed that he was deprived of some training opportunities and that when he complained he was met with "demeaning and harassing" conduct by Chief Michael Caputo. Cherry said Caputo's harassment was retaliatory and that Caputo "has been determined to terminate [Cherry's] employment by any means." Caputo's alleged harassment consisted of refusing to compensate Cherry for his "at home" care of Gunner and accusing Cherry of hacking Caputo's e-mails.

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Wall Township school board sued over refusal to disclose yearbook invoice

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Written by: John Paff
Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: August 08, 2017
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On August 3, 2017, Libertarians for Transparent Government (LFTG) filed a lawsuit against the Wall Township Board of Education challenging its refusal to disclose an invoice from Jostens, the high school's yearbook vendor.

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Florence investigating police chief, places him on paid leave

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Written by: Todd McHale
Category: Police Accountability Project
Created: August 08, 2017
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Originally published by Burlington County Times, republished under Creative Common License

FLORENCE -- The police chief has come under fire from the municipality and from rank-and-file members of his department.

Chief John Bunce was taken off the job earlier this week until the conclusion of an investigation concerning his conduct.

Township Administrator Richard Brook said Bunce was placed on paid administrative leave Monday afternoon, effective immediately. Bunce could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

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  1. Identity of one of the cops who shot Radazz Hearns has been confirmed
  2. Dover paid out $382,500 to settle police officer's "whistleblower" lawsuit
  3. Internal Affairs Complaint - Neptune Township
  4. Dori G. Interview with Arvin Vohra

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