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- 229 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 21405/334
- 87 new covid cases in Jackson totals 11176/128
-199 new cases in Toms River totals 18875/366
- Models show a storm for later this weekend jersey shore could see rain too early to tell
- Jack Ciattarelli: Gov. Murphy’s State of the State Address begs the question: what state is this guy living in? More than 1/3 of all small businesses closed forever. Highest taxes in the nation. $53M settlement for the families of veterans needlessly lost to COVID on his watch....We may all be in this together, but GovMurphy clearly isn’t here with us.
- Murphy "I commit to you now that the state budget I propose in a few weeks won’t raise taxes."
- 4:30 pm New public health emergency declared in N.J. to battle ‘omicron tsunami,’ Murphy announces will keep current his remaining pandemic powers and orders in place including mandates for masks in schools and his administration’s oversight of vaccinations and testing.
145,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19, highest since pandemic began
- Community Medical Center in Toms River delays elective surgeries and postpones it for two weeks Due to an increased volume of patients
- Quarantine requirements in Israel for positive Covid tests will be cut to 7 days. Foreigners who have tested positive for Covid abroad will be able to travel to Israel after just 7 days, instead of the previously required 10 days.
- Murphy to deliver state of the state address today and posts a picture of himself with a mask sparking speculation that he may issue new executive orders for a public health emergency.
- Agudah Website goes live for the New Jersey Educational Assistance Program from the American rescue plan for Lakewood residents. Eligible families can have an income threshold of up to $198K and have to show a loss of income during covid for 2 years from 2019 -2021 on their tax return. Each family can receive a grant towards education expenses up to $2500 by lottery. The requirement to show 2 years loss of income will disqualify many families who can use the assistance most. Deadline to apply is March 7 here
- 227 car crashes Were reported in Lakewood over the last 2 weeks of December resulting in 17 people injured per LNN. The total for december is close to 500 crashes and 42 injured. Township officials have not commented on it
- New Labor org that fights for better work conditions and social justice in the workplace advising cleaning ladies in the Lakewood area to charge a minimum if $20 per hour
- Lakewood Township will vote on a ordnance to increase salaries setting the Annual minimum and maximum salary ranges for the offices and positions of persons employed by Lakewood township.
Mayor - minimum $53,000.00 to a max of $80,000.00
Members of Township Committee $49,400.00 to $65,500.00
Deputy mayor salary minimum $51,200.00 to a max of $68,250.00
Committee/Community Liaison Minimum $40,000.00 to a max of $62,100.00
Director, Economic Dev./LIC/Airport $75,000.00 to $160,000.00
Highest paid is the chief of police $195,000.00 to $250,000.00 see full list Here page 11
- Lakewood Development Corporation meeting today at 4:30 pm watch Live stream Here
- OHI walk in free covid Testing 9:00am - 3:00pm at the high school 855 Somerset Ave, Lakewood NJ
- Free cup of pour over coffee today 10 -4 pm at Gourmet Glatt Madison location celebrating 6th anniversary
- Israel reports a record of single-day COVID-19 cases, with nearly 38,000 new infections, 700 people hospitalized for the virus, with 247 of them in serious condition, and59 on ventilators.
- Lakewood Public School District is the only Ocean County district currently using the Test-to-Stay program to maximize the amount of classroom time each individual student receives, according to the county Health Department. (NJ12)
- NJ Senate declines to move forward on extension of Murphy’s emergency powers
Murphy said earlier today he intends to continue school mask mandate. Now, with his powers expiring in just over 24 hours, Murphy could continue working to forge a deal with legislative leadership – or he could unilaterally declare another public health emergency. (NjGlobe)
U.S. State Department issues travel warning for Canada, citing "a very high level of COVID-1
- Update on Yossi Reit who was injured in Miron Baruch Hashem Yossi is up and alert. When asked if he wants to listen to music, he blinked a lot! Thank you everyone for all the continued tefillos יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל
- Israel launches website with information for tourists entering now and required documents
So the committeemen are at it again. Raising their salaries at every opportunity they get and for every creative position the give themselves and their relatives/friends. Then they get themselves appointed with nice compensation packages as public relations personnel at the right local organizations (which are of course receiving sizeable grants from the township). Then they vote to give themselves free lifetime insurance. It's no wonder they're happy as a whistle. Local government jobs can be quite lucrative.
ReplyDeleteI once asked one of our committee men how much their salary is and he said that the most they ever get is 25K (plus insurance). When did that change and get so high?
ReplyDeletewhy don't we put these jobs up for bid?
ReplyDeleteExcuse me! The Committee used to hold public meetings twice a month. They recently cut it down to only once a month. (They also changed the timing from 7:30 pm to 5:30 pm making it inconvenient for residents just getting out of work or at second seder to participate).
ReplyDeleteI think their salaries should also be cut in half.
Segulah for parnassa is to become a Lakewood committeeman you get a base salary over 50k plus free health insurance for life plus 15k a year on the MUA plus another liaison appointment plus head of the chamber of commerce plus pensions and salaries from other no show positions and this is all for part time public service jobs all paid for by Lakewood taxpayers who cant make ends meet yet the wealthy get tax abatements for 40 years.
ReplyDeleteThank you HV. This is the only news site where the residents can find out what's really going on in town.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see this on the ask the mayor about all this taking tax money for themselves the public deserves to get an explanation on this taking from the cookie jar
ReplyDeleteNot a word about all this corruption in the local media even Asbury park press is silent.
ReplyDeleteyou have to have an outstanding tuition bill for 2021 to get the grant. so if you're up to date with tuition, you can't get it? so parents will be punished for paying tuiton on time?
ReplyDeleteNo you dont have to have any tuition bill or balance the grant can go to any education expenses. Public school children can also apply
DeleteWhy does LIC chairman get a 500 dollar monthly car allowance on top of the 160 thousand salary
Deletemaybe you can show what you owe for the rest of the year?
Deleteyou need outstanding invoices
Deletelook at the poop for the whole deal
You have to show education expenses
DeleteWhy would you trust agudah with your tax return?
ReplyDeleteWho is looking at this confidential information?
I think Aguda is sharing it with the IRS in a secret deal where the one making the deal will make $1000 to his pocket for every tax return he hands over!
DeleteWhy not assume this?
ReplyDeleteדי 'אי-עי-פי' גרענט פראגראם איז אפן פאר לעיקוואודע איינוואוינער אין באשטימטע איינקונפט קאטאגאריעס וועלכע זענען באטראפן געווארן פון די וויירוס קריזיס און קענען איבערווייזן אז אין יאר 2020 למס' האבן זי פארדינט ווייניגער ווי א יאר פריער. צו זיין בארעכטיגט דערפאר דארף א פארפאלק האבן פארדינט אינטער 198 טויזנט דאלאר יעדע יאר, און מען קען צוליגן נאך 10 טויזנט דאלאר פאר יעדע דיפּענדענט. די גרענטס וועלן לויפן ביז 2,500 דאלאר און וועלן געשיקט ווערן דירעקט צו משפחות אזוי לאנג ווי זיי קענען צושטעלן די אויבנדערמאנטע אינפארמאציע אין צוגאב צו א שכר מלומדות ביל אדער א ביל פאר טוטערינג
Why doesn't everyone start paying the cleaning ladies with checks??? They keep hiring their prices so we need to start reporting this income.
ReplyDeleteIf everyone (or even if not 100% but many of us) start doing this they will quickly start lowering their greed.
$20.00 an hr cash is to much.
I don't know what you're implying, but I have two words for you: Workers comp.
Deleteובאופן כללי חכמים הזהרו בדבריכם
We need to boycott the cleaning ladies. Paying for unskilled cash paid day laborers. Should be capped at $15 an hour. Clean your house yourself for a while until they break.
ReplyDeleteCan we PLEASE institute TERM LIMITS!! The 5 on the committee have irrevocably destroyed this town, let them retire (and it sounds like its a great retirement, free top tier health care for life, pension...) and then we will never need to deal with other idiots serving 20 years. Put term limits at 6-8 years. It benefits the entire city.
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