Weather: 82° Partly cloudy early followed by scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High 82F. Chance of rain 50%.
- NWS: There is a marginal risk of severe weather today.
- Change of routine don't forget baby in car.
- Satmar News: Students of Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh Lakewood NJ came to Satmar Grand Rebbe Aron to test their Talmudic knowledge. A testament to the dedication/commitment of young scholars in preserving the traditions of our forefathers. May their passion for Torah continue to inspire us all. See photos
- Jackson school district release list of schools that will not get bus routes and parents will get Aid in Lieu instead
- A weed dispensary in South Toms River has received its license and will be the first Cannabis Shop and recreational retail outlet operating in Ocean county, NJ. Grand opening coming soon
- The Federal Highway Administration has approved New York's congestion pricing plan, clearing the way for the city to begin charging drivers to enter Manhattan's Central Business District below 60th Street. the tolls can be as high as $23 during rush hour and $17 during non-peak hours. New Jersey officials hired lawyers to fight it.
- New Jersey is now the only state in the US that does not allow drivers to pump their own gas after Oregon lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that ends the state's ban on self-service gas pumps
- Spinka Rebbe of Boro Park will undergo a complex surgery today name for tehillim is Naftoli Tzvi ben Perel
- Rav Binyomin Finkel shlita will deliver a mussar shmues today at BMG 7:15pm at Beren hall. He will also visit yeshiva Orchos Chaim today.
- Rabbonim and Roshei yeshiva in Lakewood met to discuss the dangers of AI technology letter expected to be forthcoming.
Food boxes as of now there's no update if they will allow the summer lunch program to be given out in a box to take home.
- PEBT cards have been arriving in the mail for those eligible
- Adirei Hatorah event tonight for the prospect Square kehilla at the tent located behind the shul 8:00 pm
- Chanukas habayis today for the new cheder building at Toras Menachem in the new Cedar Palace wedding hall at 1990 Swarthmore Lakewood
- Tonight there will be a asifas chizuk with the mashgiach Rev Binyomin Finkel for parents of children struggling with contemporary challenges It will take place at Bnos Devorah hall 9:30pm
- LPD Traffic safety tip: In New Jersey, the law states that every person riding a bicycle shall ride in the same direction as vehicular traffic. A parent may be held responsible for the child’s violation of any traffic law. Drive safely, Lakewood.
- Republicans take a major loss as the Supreme Court rules that Judges do have the authority to override the State Legislature on election issues.
- LSTA activates credit card charges of $260 per child for busing of non mandated private school students while Lakewood township is paying the fee for non mandated public school students which they have no obligation to do.
- The United States says it is cutting support to scientific and technology research in Israeli institutions “in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights”, returning to a long-running US policy that had been reversed under former US president Donald Trump. New guidance to US government agencies advises that “engaging in bilateral scientific and technological cooperation with Israel in geographic areas which came under the administration of Israel after 1967 is inconsistent with US foreign policy,” the State Department said.
- Hakomas Matzeiva on the shloshim of Rav Gershon Edelstein Zatzal
It is the sign of the activist Court we have now that, ad k'dei kach, it is even possible question whether a state can do what it wants, including judicial review of its laws. Why don't we just force the legislature to appoint electors rather than holding elections? Because the state is sovereign under our system of government. And if the state constitution allows the legislature to hold elections for president, then it can also allow their courts to review.
ReplyDeleteActivist because it goes on since the Griswold-Roe line, that created new right of privacy, and the Warren Court incorporating against states the rights against the federal government (Fourth Amendment, Fifth, etc.) and the modern Court (2nd amendment) for incorporating the Bill of Rights. Scalia has done just as much as Justice Black (who was dead wrong, the 14th amendment DID NOT incorporate those rights), essentially shifting power from the states to the federal government. We need a man lie Frankfurter again.
Stupidity to talk about liberal or conservative. There is no difference between the Lochner Court (old right of privacy in business) and the Grisswold, Roe, Lawrence Court (new right of privacy). These cases were decided under a misapplied interpretation of due process (not equal protection), substantive due process, ironically invented by John Calhoun to strip Congress of its right to regulate slavery in the territories (confirmed in Dred Scott). Substantive due process has shifted more sovereignty to the federal government than anything else.
The Constitution, CJ. Roberts wrote, “does not exempt state legislatures from the ordinary constraints imposed by state law.” I cannot believe that the other side got three votes in such a pashut case.
ReplyDeleteTime to sue the township/boe on discriminating toward non mandated private school bus charges
ReplyDeleteI like having my gas pumped by an attendant.
ReplyDeleteHow about an Asifa plus a Mussar Shmuz directed at our Glorious leadership on how to run a town for ALL
ReplyDeleteA class action lawsuit against the Boe and township for blatant discrimination
ReplyDeleteAny lawyer ready to take up this case?
Re: class action lawyer:
DeleteAgudah controls, and heimishe lawyers are loath to go against Agudah (meaning politicians).
Gotta find a nonjewish lawyer.
Use the same lawyer that was hired to stop a certain Shul from being built. He’s obviously extremely good as the shul still hasn’t been built yet!
DeleteJust now
ReplyDeleteIt is ILLEGAL what lakewood is doing discriminating against all the kids in yeshiva forcing them to pay for non mandated buses while using OUR tax dollars to pay non mandated busing for public school kids. They are engaging in illegal stuff and they should be brought to court and Trenton officials.
It's a chutzpah
If you look at the ALJ, Commissioner, and State Board decisions in Bacon, and the needs review, everywhere the state said it, you are allowed to just give public school kids courtesy bussing. It is remote bussing that the law is that if you give it to a public school kid, you have to give it to a nonpublic school kid.
DeleteHere is the correct shita on the Constitution, what Thayer, Holmes, Brandeis, and Frankfurter held. A law can only be unconstitutional constitution if “all men of sense and reflection in the community may perceive the repugnancy” and “a rational and fair man necessarily would admit” and if it abrogates a “right, [belonging] to the citizens of all free governments.” The law has to be unreasonable to all free men which is a near impossible standard.
ReplyDeleteThe court erred in overruling states law to protect workers using the old due process privacy of business (Lochner line). Same with the new Griswold line of due process to overrule a state legislature that expresses its views on community morality.
The 14th amendment was for equality. The federal government just won a terrible war against the states and only intended to create a federal cause of action for discrimination but not to create new rights.
Frankfurter totally shlugged up Hugo Black who held that Congress intended the 14th amendment to incorporate the Bill of Rights so that whatever the Supreme Court says for the federal government, the same applies the states. However, Holmes and Brandeis were moideh the First Amendment should be incorporated. We still have the most robust freedom of speech in the world.
But incorporation of the Fourth Amendment did not go as well. In the 1940s the American people were protected by a robust Fourth and Fifth Amendment. There was no qualified immunity. The effect of incorporation of those amendments, besides emptying the jails, the Court had to scale back federal protections into order to apply to both state and federal the same.
Here is proof that 14th Amendment did not incorporation. The Civil War Court allowed the state to hang Twitchell even though he appeared before the US Supreme Court and claimed he had a Fifth Amendment right. Strauder did not hang because the state restricted Black people from serving on a jury in West Virginia. Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880). QED
Geshmake shtell
DeleteYou can certainly disagree but You need to know some history. A number of years ago the BOE paid for courtesy busing . At some point the State said they have to stop. At that point it looked like there would be gridlock in Lakewood with tens of thousands of kids car pooling. And if you wanted to bus you woukd pay 800 or 900 a year per child. Local people and politicians came up with the idea if the LSTA that would allow the LSTA to provide courtesy busing with the left over money from the aid in lieu payments . This was a very tough sell in Trenton and the State politicians were not really interested in helping 50,000 jewish kids spend more State money that was not required by law . So the twp committee came up with the idea that if they pay the LSTA FEE for the 1500 or so public school kids , then the State would allow the LSTA to provide courtesy busing fir the tens of thousands heimishe kids for a minimal fee. It eas also a hard sell in Trenton ,but at the end the law passed and the LSTA was created and everybody got courtesy busing for a lot cheaper than if there would be no LSTA. . So you can disagree with everything and you can hate tge LSTA. That is your right. But the fact is that without paying for the public school kids ,we would not have any courtesy busing for the heimishe kids as that was the deal that the Trenton politicians needed to cover themselves when voting to approve the LSTA. Im not tying to convince to agree to what anybody is doing and you can feel that it's better for nobody to have courtesy busing if it means the twp paying only for some. But at least know the facts as can be verified by those who were involved in the fight in Trenton at that time .
ReplyDeleteIn a court of law this is called discrimination there's no way you pay one kid and ignore the other
DeletePlease tell us how much the salaries are for the LSTA employees?
Are they taking more than allowed and using the courtesy money from the youngerleit because Trenton won't give it to them?
No one asked them to hi jack the busing that belonged to all of Lakewood private children.
Are all schools getting first dibs at routes or only the big 5 who control the consortium, speak to owners of smaller schools and hear what they say about the LSTA
Please enlighten us.
1. the lsta hasn't been a government entity for a few years already. currently, there is no connection between the lsta and trenton.
Delete2. the state never was giving any money for courtesy busing for non-public kids. the lsta is taking all of the money for non-public transportation and using some to subsidize non-mandated busing. it should be made clear that courtesy busing for non-public kids is still not being funded at all by any government agency.
3. it was claimed by some that - like you believe - the lsta formation was contingent on the township paying for public school courtesy busing, but no state official ever said this and it is hard to believe because it makes no sense.
4. the lsta was founded on condition that there be an independant oversight committee that looked over its finances and operations. that committee met maybe 3 times before disbanding. now there is no oversight and they couldn't care less what the state originally said. so, even if it is true that the lsta formation was contingent on the township paying for public school courtesy busing, why would they car to keep up that contigency if they don't care to maintain other contingencies?
You are totally not getting the previous comment .You can have taunts on the LSTA . But that has nothing to do with the history of why the twp agreed to pay for the public school kids . Their intention was good to allow our private school kids to get courtesy busing for a low price as opposed to getting nothing at all. What does that have to do with whether you Iike the people who ate running the LSTA.
DeleteThe LSTA can't keep on raising the fee without oversight.
DeleteShow us the numbers..
the LSTA could be using the fee to pay for its own administrative costs. They have no right to do that by taking money from non mandated kids.
The township is doing something illegal and should they lose in court the lsta would have to retroactively pay back for charging a fee while public school kids don't pay.
The lsta never paid back the 4 months of covid when there was no busing.
The Township also has to prove that the money is going directly to transportation costs of non mandated kids and not funding Boe which owes 200 million to the state.
This whole thing stinks and should be looked into
What chutzpah they're double dipping our pockets. We pay so much $$$ in taxes and get next to nothing for it
ReplyDeleteSo let's keep voting in the same crowd locally,and obey the commands of the Omnipotent Vaad mafia to vote for the most vile candidates in Trenton a real Chelm of fools
ReplyDeleteJust sign town over to the Chasidim, they'll get this town running properly,
ReplyDeleteif you believe that i've got a bridge to sell you
DeleteTo anon at 5 57 pm
ReplyDeleteI believe you are incorrect.
1.The LSTA can not legally function without legislative approval or at least an approval from the Governors office.
2. I know for a fact that in the outset , Trenton was giving several million dollars to help Lakewood towards as part of the LSTA law .
3. I believe they are still giving several million in monies that are not part of any required formula, to help transportation costs in LAKEWOOD as part of the LSTA legislation .
4. So Trenton definitely still has a say as to whether the LSTA may legally he allowed to use the aid in lieu money and offer discounted bus service to non mandated students riding on mandated buses.
5. I am quite certain that without the LSTA law ,it would not be legal to allow non mandated students to sit on the same bus as mandated students or use any public monies to help them in any way .
So in short , without Trentons blessings to there is no way for any non mandated students to get any funding and they would have to pay full price and hire their own bus companies if they could even find available buses . Regardless of whether there might be extra seats on the mandated buses .
I realize that people hate the Twp and haye the LSTA and that is their right . But its important to at least have the facts correct and don't put out info that may not be correct.
Just to be clear. Without the legislation , we would not get 1000per student for busing and be allowed to use the extra fir non mandated . Without the legislation ,whatever the bid is ,would be paid by the BOE for MANDATED only and nothing could be left over for any non mandated students. So whoever says that the LSTA could function without Trentons approval is totally mistaken
ReplyDeletethis is wrong. with or without legislation, we would be getting $1,000-plus for mandated kids. nothing to do with how much bids are. that is the amount every district receives.
Deletelsta is no longer connected to trenton at all and is still permitted to use the leftover funds towards courtesy bussing. obviously, legislation was never needed for that
Yiu are wrong. Without the law ,the BOE would only get exactly enough to pay the bid . So if Jay's bids 700 then that's what the Stste allows . Only the special LSTA law allows the BOE to oay the full 1000 even though the bid fir the route is less and then allows them to use the extra money fir non mandated routes
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