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- Biden used a cheat sheet today showing a journalist's question in advance.
- Apex Global Solutions, a billing company in Lakewood. arranged for single girls over 24 to go to thr Kever of Reb Shayala Kerestirer and daven.
- Rainy weather forecasted for the weekend
- Bais Faiga purchases lot next door for $990,000 at 1202 Clifton Avenue, FAA News
- Mefoar Judaica opens store in Evergreen plaza
- KCL rebrands: with name change and new logo. The Kashrus council of Lakewood will be renamed as Kehilas Chareidim of Lakewood and central Jersey and open a website to keep up to date with the explosive growth surrounding Lakewood. (LNN)
- Jackson township shul ordinance amendment is tabled indefinitely What was previously heralded by local community leaders as a "historic pathway to legalize shuls in Jackson Township," is now tabled indefinitely, Council President Martin Flemming announced on Tuesday. full story on Faanews
- End of AM radio in cars? BMW, Tesla, Audi, Porsche and Volvo have removed AM radio from their electric vehicles. Ford has said it will do the same for its electric pickup truck, The issue car makers claim — is purely technical. AM signals can be staticky. Subject to electrical interference. Electric cars and cellphone towers have only made the situation worse. (HT: Onejerseyschorr)
- 10 most expensive homes sold in Lakewood area, April 10-17 A house in Lakewood that sold for $999,999 tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in Lakewood area between April 10 and April 17. In total, 24 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $469,400. The average price per square foot was $272. see list Here
Lakewood BOE meeting tonight see Agenda
- Move to reappoint General Counsel, Michael I. Inzelbuch's contract from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 at the annualized retainer of $600,000.00, and payable in equal monthly payments of $50,000.00, plus costs, if applicable There will be no charge for hours worked in excess of the $50,000.00 monthly retainer. In addition, Inzelbuch shall be compensated at the hourly rate of $475.00 for any litigation services Third party expenses and disbursements made by Inzelbuch on the Board's behalf will be separately itemized and reimbursed by the Board
- Move to renew Iron Rock Security, Lakewood, NJ to provide Security Guard Services for Nonpublic Schools in Lakewood for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 school years Average hourly rate for security guard is $44.13 with 60 personnel available
- Move to Award The Café on Clifton to provide vended Kosher meals to Pre-K, K and any additional requested and required student meals in the Lakewood School District breakfast $2.20 a meal, Lunch $3.35, Midday snack $0.85
The annual Israeli flag flies on the roof of Ponovizh yeshiva in Bnei Brak. Someone briefly hung a Palestinian flag which was removed.
בוז לפונוויז
ReplyDeleteבוז טו יו.
DeleteUvhar Tziyon tihye pleita.
Deletethey should just put up a massive billboard for coke or whomever else instead. it'll shlepp in more money then that silly dirty rag gets them over other yeshivous
DeleteMefoar has always been in evergreen plaza
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like competition why do the existing lakewood organizations feel the need to expand and rename themselves central Jersey in order to hog and claim ownership of all the territory. Let others come and provide better services. If a organization did not do its job before the competition and growth of surrounding neighborhoods they should allow others to come in. Lakewood could use more communal organizations let's bring competition.
ReplyDeleteMore Org. = More wasted money on overhead costs. Maybe we should have organizations based out of Jackson or Toms River - that would save lots of Lakewood taxpayer money on property taxes, Lakewood funds the gas for Hatzolah & Chaverim of CJ? How about all the government services they use - Chometz garbage, Shuls, schools etc. the surrounding towns are far from being self sufficient- don’t just use Lakewood!
DeleteRay Coles started calling himself "Mayor of Lakewood and Central Jersey"
ReplyDeleteIs Menashe going to start abolishing things in other towns in Central Jersey now too?
DeleteThat's exactly why Menashe should never be allowed to be in the position of a county commissioner (even though everybody, besides him and Ray Coles, knows that the county never had a rent control board).
DeleteWhy does a company have to blow money to send Litvish girls to Kerister. People really need the tzedakkah.
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't it tzedaka to give our older girls a bit of chizuk?
DeleteWe need a reorgazation of the staff as well. Reb Yudel Shain has been waiting SOOOOOO long for this. Give him a shot already.
ReplyDeleteIt's a power grab by lakewood establishments as the NY competition is moving in
ReplyDeleteAnon 10:45,
DeleteNo it's not, you pathetic cynic. They're just making it known that their highly regarded services extend far beyond Lakewood proper. Stop being such a negative little being.
Calling names doesn't change the facts. Weisner is being attacked by the chasidish rabbanim in town and a few have already held meetings about starting their own.
DeleteI go to Hefkervelt to get the latest hock that I can't find elsewhere, but I must say that the people who comment are the most negative, bitter people I have ever come across. Negativity is the name of the game here. It's this attitude that keeps us from putting up viable candidates to run against the current officeholders. If we can only spew negativity and bitterness we will get nowhere. Constructive, mature criticism along with alternate solutions is the way to go in life and in future elections.
DeleteIf you're willing to destroy your life and career, go ahead and run for office and watch the explosion.
DeleteYudel Shain??! Another litvak? Give me a break
ReplyDeletehttp://yudelstake.blogspot.com/2023/04/kcls-new-rabbonim-approve-internet-in.html
ReplyDeleteLakewood board attorney reappointed every year with one of the highest paid salaries yet we beg Trenton for loans every year
ReplyDeleteHuh? Please clarify. Which board needs an attorney? Why does this board need an attorney? Is a significantly lower paid attorney likely to provide the same services? Will the board loose more money by hiring a significantly paid attorney?
DeleteMost importantly: Is the focus on a particular attorney's paycheck partially motivated by kinnah? We will all be a lot happier if we cut this out.
https://njedreport.com/2023/04/26/tonight-lakewood-will-extend-school-board-lawyers-obscene-and-immoral-contract/
ReplyDeleteThe State monitors are fully supportive of MI continuing as BOE attorney, in more ways than one.
DeleteCan someone please explain the justification for the huge contract, in light of the fact that no other board attorney in the state makes anything near the amount?
ReplyDeleteHe won't listen to the Rosh Yeshiva. He holds it is not a BMG matter.
ReplyDeleteAs for this nonsense of saving money, first of all, it is a kleinekeit compared to the millions, nay billions, he is still putting at risk endangering the funding litigation. Second, the $10 million the district paid to disenroll students for three years from 2012-2018
http://lakewoodlaworg.ipage.com/documents/State%20Docs.pdf
I don't know if he represented all those kids but they needed to pay them because of the stay-put rule. These are easy wins.The monitor even testified to that. Why three years? Because once they are out of the system, they can't come back in because the rule no longer would apply.
All this was presented by the state. See:
http://lakewoodlaworg.ipage.com/documents/Placements%20in%20Unapproved%20Schools-3.pdf
Why was it important to disenroll these students? Because, ostensibly they were in unapproved (against regulations) settings.
"The district was involved in seventy-three litigation cases during the 2014-2015 school year. Many of these cases centered on special education students being educated in non-approved, non-public schools and yeshiva."
I am so tired of the nonsense of cheaper to pay him. It is cowardly. Shame on Lakewood. The American creed is millions for defense and not a cent for tribute. And what is more important, the hundreds of millions the state will likely throw at Lakewood of the money they save by hiring him?
Last sentence is "or" not "of": And what is more important, the hundreds of millions the state will likely throw at Lakewood or the money they save by hiring him?
DeleteOne second - you are admitting that we would pay more if he wasn't there, but 'American creed' is somehow more important than my money?!
DeleteNo! Stop forcing your opinions on my pocket! I don't care for 'American creed', I do care for my pocket.
And if you save
DeleteThen what
You will get old & soon wither
Were you give up to create something better by contrast
You put money before honor.
DeleteThe whole point of the comment was that you don't save money. He was boss until 2012 and had must have had a hand in the unapproved placement. When he was fired, then he defended the kids in those unapproved placements so that the district had to fork out $10 million to get them out. So it seems like he created the mess and then got paid again when the taxpayers had to clean it up. Where is the honor in rehiring him? As for savings, any attorney could have won those cases. BTW The millions for defense was from the XYZ affair during the John Adams administration when the French diplomats demanded a bribe just to negotiate with them.
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