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- Toys for Thought: Purim Blowout! All purim items including Melissa and Doug play costumes are now Half Price. Shtick and Fireworks are all 50% off! Come in soon before its all gone
- RFK Jr independent candidate for President, anounced he will pick Nicole Shanhan as his VP pick she is a California lawyer and philanthropist
- Mike Pompeo: You are either on the side of Hamas or the side of Israel. And Hamas was thrilled to see the Biden Administration refuse to stand up for Israel.
- Maryland's governor says the ship's mayday call enabled officials to limit traffic on Baltimore's Key Bridge before the crash that caused the collapse.
- Alan Dershowitz: 'First time I might not vote Democrat. That's a vote against Israel' Prominent law professor lambasts Biden Administration's decision not to veto UN ceasefire resolution in interview with Israeli television. 'This will lengthen the war. This is a terrible decision both for us and for Israel.'
- At least 7 people are missing after a cargo ship appears to lose power & slam into the support beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship was being piloted by a local pilot who specializes in moving in and out of the Port of Baltimore. Two people have been rescued from the river. One was uninjured and the other is in “very serious condition” in the hospital.
The ship is a Singapore-flagged container ship, the Dali. It is expected to cause major economic disruptions to the area and across the country. The port, a major route for shipping containers and cruise liners, is the deepest harbor in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, closer to the Midwest than other East Coast ports, with five public and 12 private terminals, according to the Maryland government website.
- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight at 6pm watch livestream Here see agenda Here, on the agenda no mention of cheshek shlomo application for day care
- Campaign for family who lost belongings in Jackson house fire donate
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- Now open laced shoe at 485 locust in Lakewood
- Murphy signs the gas tax bill that will increase by 2 cents a year per gallon for the next 5 years totaling 10 cents a gallon. All democrats voted for it including Lakewood assemblyman Avi Schnall. the only republican to vote for it was Bob Singer. there will also be a $250 fee for the purchase of any electric vehicle and it will go up $10 a year up to $300 over next 5 years
- Construction crews complete Vine Street extension from Cedarbridge to Pine St. No word on the official opening.
- Mishpachas Shwekey sitting Shiva for their father R' Menachem ZL in Lakewood at 1120 Somerset Ave today & Tomorrow
- Property tax increase coming to Lakewood homeowners after School district officials want a $104 million state loan to help balance a proposed $309 million budget for next year, a move that would push the district’s state loan debt close to $280 million APP reports.
The budget proposal would increase school taxes by 2.6% for an average property tax hike of $166 on a home assessed at $349,284 the average duplex will see upwards of $350 - $400
Currently, Lakewood has the highest outstanding state loan balance in New Jersey.
he new proposed budget includes $13 million for charter schools, $73 million for out-of-district tuition, and $33 million for nonpublic school transportation. That’s nearly $120 million just for those non-district costs, more than one-third of the total spending plan.
- Georgian Court University has announced a tuition and fee freeze for 2024-2025. Both undergraduate and graduate students will pay the same rates as this year. According to the university's website, full-time undergraduate tuition is $17,680 per semester for the 2024-2025 academic year. The cost is $18,925 per semester for full-time nursing students.
- Anonymous letter in social media attacking Lakewood residents for harrasing a family on Purim day that wore costumes showing solidarity with Iarael and IDF.
Who sells these Insurance policies?
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DeleteThere are many people who purchase basic insurance policies for their home which only cover the structure not the contents. The campaign insinuated that the insurance was just that - as it was not covering their belongings.. Apparently, they were renters who did not purchase any insurance on their belongings - The campaign would be truthful if they would write they did not have insurance instead of writing "not covered by insurance" - as if they had some insurance...
DeletePrivate Elite University on gorgeous grounds cheaper than BMG tuition.
ReplyDeleteOur not for profit largest makom Torah.
Is BMG tuition more than 37,000 per year ? Those numbers of 18,000 are per semester which is half a year .
DeleteFormer mansion and grounds of Jay Gould, railroad magnate, Robber Baron.
DeleteProblem with yidden, they'll take the property and not maintain it. Not saying BMG is neglecting now, but who knows what happened years ago when they had to schnorr money all the time.
The property tax hikes allowed by our self appointed askanim is more than any savings from tuition relief
ReplyDeleteWhen are people going towake up and vote fopr what is best for them the taxpayers? Lang had there candidates who warned about the large debt to the state. It is time to vote people who represent us the taxpayers and not special interests. Vote incumbents out!
ReplyDeleteI'll tell you again after seeing this comment that the voucher bill says that there will only be vouchers if the public school are fully funded. That has only happened twice since 2011, but will happen this budget cycle. But the Lakewood already got a court ruling that full funding is not enough and that it needs much more. So state aid will have to fill in the $100 million a year that we have been borrowing before any voucher relief happens.
DeleteThe junior leaguers (Vaad, nursing home tycoon, Igud, mosdos bosses, assemblymen, committeemen, just about everyone in Lakewood) might be using up whatever political capital they gained and will ultimately backfire into extra funding for the district and zero for nonpublic schools.
That is what you get from doing everything in secret. You get ignorance and stupidity. "Oh, I did not know." Next time don't make decisions in secret. Consult with someone who knows more than you. Dumb people.
Slow news day
DeleteOne reason we haven't been able to vote incumbents out is that we haven't put up too many candidates to oppose them. We need competent people to step up to the plate and run against our stale local govt.
DeleteWith good media coverage
Delete& give some of those backing the candidate Rabbi titles
DeletePerhaps someone can explain to me what belongings are not covered by fire insurance???
ReplyDeleteA tenants belongings are not covered at all under the owners homeowners policy.
DeleteAKA they did not have insurance! the campaign insinuates they had, it just didn't cover - not being honest
DeleteYWN is filth gutter tabloid no respectable frum yid looks at that garbage. Their click bate on Lakewood was meant to make the people look bad
ReplyDeleteShame on them and shame on their advertisers and shame on the fake daas Torah who they claim to rely on
What would are askanim get out of highering our taxes??
ReplyDeleteThey only look out for them$elves and support tax raising politicians as long as they get a piece of the pie
DeleteWell connected lakewood vaad askan once famously played down tax increases on the poor residents and somehow manages to always be on the receiving end of grants that officially are meant for Lakewood
Like those Roshei Mosdos who became wealthy from selling Covid food boxes. Who do they have in mind when telling us who to vote for?
DeleteRoshei Mosdos did not get rich from the Covid food boxes. They used the money to raise teachers salaries.
DeleteNote for those who toyed with the notion of flamboyant radical RFK :Nicole Shanhan is about as wokey Holywood lefty as they have out there.
ReplyDeleteOur in-house Trump hater probably loves her.
DeleteLook at these dumb people that you elected. All of a sudden, after I resign and am not there in the organization anymore to save them, they are all of a sudden worried about the debt.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.app.com/story/news/local/2024/03/26/lakewood-lobbied-state-aid-seeks-largest-loan-ever/73094330007/
Just as long as they can cry, "We have no money" but we have enough to pay the lawyer a million and the superintendent over $200K, what should we need to pay Lang more than $60,000?
The history books will reflect it all. I have already had two authors request writing a book and there will be more. Up until now, I did not want anyone to write about the whole disgusting experience but I don't care anymore. The people of this town, the voters, have to take some kind of responsibility for it all. I am not looking for money or even a "Thank you." I want to clean house. Run them all out. The BOE, the Vaad, the Igud, the Township Committee, the legislative delegation, every one of them. All for naught because not only because I am no longer a member of the organization, but hopefully I will moving out of this town and in good riddance.
Go for it. Put it all out there.
ReplyDeleteYou keep talking about the Igud. It does not exist. Ask 95 percent of the Mosdos and they have no idea who or what the Igud is or who runs it or if there ever was a meeting to elect anybody in the last 10 years .
ReplyDeleteRabbi Balsam was at almost every meeting between Michael and Rabbi Weisberg about my job. Rabbi Weisberg in 2017 told me that Balsam, Verschlieser and Mandelbaum (I don't know any of them and Balsam just sat there quietly).
DeleteThe whole thing is Bizarro Planet. Who's the boss? So messed up when the buck stops nowhere.
Not sure if I wrote that I was told that those three people put Michael back into power. So that is as close to "Igud" control as is possible in the company ladder. Some company, more like Enron if anything.
DeleteBut this whole stupidity about saving money by hiring him is such baloney.
We just live in a stupid town where you can fool all of the people all of the time.
Almost no mosad knows who the Igud is . Why don't you ask them .
ReplyDeleteI just told you that the Igud is Balsam, Madlebaum and I guess Kenerik. They are nobodies in the big scheme but enough human to empower Dr. Winters and Michael to run a piece of garbage corporation. I will not ask them. Would the President of the United States lower himself to ask people who once opposed him? I am everything and they are nothing.
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