Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Tuesday February 18 News Updates

 Weather: 29° Sunshine and clouds mixed. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

The National Weather Service forecast map for Wednesday into Thursday continues to favor a more southern track of the storm that will leave less than 1 inch of snow across most of New Jersey 



- Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres blasted protesters for targeting Borough Park “simply because it is Jewish.” “It should come as a shock to no one that the pro-Hamas mob targeting Jews and promising to ‘flood’ Boro Park has descended into violence,” posted to X Tuesday night.
“Violence is not a bug but a feature of the so-called ‘Free Palestine’ movement, which has no desire to free Palestinians from Hamas.”

- Hannity interviews Trump & Musk together 
ELON MUSK: We must be over the target - they wouldn't be complaining so much if we weren't doing something useful. We are trying to restore the will of the people through the president. We are finding an elected bureaucracy that is opposed to the president and the cabinet. You look at D.C. voting - 92% Kamala. That's a lot. That's almost everyone. If the will of the president is not implemented - and the president represents the people - that means the will of the people is not being implemented. That means we live in a bureaucracy, not a democracy.

- Boro Park Update: 
A pro Hamas terrorist attempted to ram his car into Jews at the intersection of 14th Avenue and 37th Street in Boro Park. He was stopped by the NYPD and taken into custody.

-Police recovered a knife that a perp attempted to stab a Jew

- Activist Heshy Tishler was viciously attacked by Hamas supporter at the protest  he was treated on scene by Hatzolah bleeding from the face. He vowed to press charges.

-- Hundreds are gathered on 14th Ave in Boro Park tonight at the pro-Palestinian protest as the NYPD is hard at work, ensuring everything stays under control.
Multiple units from various NYPD departments are on the scene of the planned pro-Palestinian protest to ensure maximum safety for all. NYPD units intervened to stop someone from physically assaulting multiple people at the pro-Palestinian protest on 14th Ave.

- Rabbi Moshe Margaretten of Tzedek responds to Trumps EO for IVF "As a pro-life rabbi and father of nine children, I can definitively tell religious conservatives that there is nothing more pro-life than IVF. On behalf of would-be parents who need financial support to build their families, I welcome this announcement but note that the HOPE Act is our best guarantee. Thank you @realDonaldTrump  and @JDVance for your support of this incredibly important issue! @elonmusk

- President Trump has instructed AG Pam Bondi to fire all Biden Era US Attorneys
He is cleaning house  Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining “Biden Era” U.S. Attorneys. We must “clean house” IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System - THAT BEGINS TODAY!

- Trump reads out fraud found in Social secur payments: From 200 to 209 years old, 879 people [on Social Security]. 210 to 219 years, 866 people. From 220 years old to 229 years old, 1,039. Then, you have 2 people from 240 to 249 years old. 1 person that is 360 years old.

- President Trump just signed an Executive Order to Expand Access to IVF. The order aimed at expanding access to IVF treatments. The order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs.

- Lakewood BOE to Sell school and campuses amid financial Crisis as lakewood taxpayers will now owe $300 million in loans to the state.

In a bid to alleviate its ongoing financial struggles, the Lakewood School District is putting several properties up for sale, including the Ella G. Clarke Public School on Manetta st, and Campuses One and Three on Linden Avenue. The sales will not make much of a dent in the cash strapped school district. The BOE will have a public meeting tomorrow to discuss the financial crisis.

- Gridlock traffic this afternoon James St Pine St Rt 9 area due to construction. 

- Bring back plastic bags like Trump did for straws, N.J. lawmaker says
Assemblyman John Azzariti Jr. (R-Bergen) announced on Monday legislation to repeal the law that restricts businesses from selling or distributing single-use plastic carryout bags, paper bags, polystyrene foam (similar to Styrofoam) service products and plastic straws.

- The Trump administration is contemplating a policy change under which SNAP benefits would not be used to purchase junk food and sugary drinks. This proposed ban, aims at improving public health by restricting the type of food that can be bought with food stamps. 

- NJ state police with traffic enforcement on the GSP ramp off exit 89 by Cedarbridge 

- Presidents day sale at Shloimys kosher world Clifton Ave and Kennedy 
Salmon family pack $8.99 limit 3 (on wed only)
tevyas ground beef $6,99 resses peanut butter puffs cereal  11oz $2.99, Catering packages.

- Video message in English from Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita He referred to the new reality in the world with the entry of a new president into thr White House, "Today many people trust a new president in America, and think that he will help us. But you need to know that these people are hindering the coming of משיח. Only when we understand that Hashem is the only power that can help us, from the president of America we will not be saved, only then God will bring salvation. Any thought about a big army, a big air force, or the thought that 'we are very strong', nothing can come out of it.""The only thing we have is  Hashem, and the future redemption will only occur when we recognize that no one can help us except God himself."

- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight  6 pm watch live stream here see agenda here on the agenda application, Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision and Site Plan to create 76 lots off Massachusetts ave and Prospect st. Large crowd expected.

- Lakewood families who had their Food stamps benefits stolen, took out a ad in the paper thanking Gourmet Glatt for stepping up and offering gift cards to make up for their loss.

- Giyus: Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Edelstein: I am announcing - there will be personal and institutional sanctions in the conscription law 

- Elon Musk's DOGE slashes $370 million at the Education Department — in just 48 hours!

- Newly released video shows the exact moment of the impact of Delta Connection flight 4819 in Toronto.80 people were aboard the flight. Miraculously, only 18 suffered injuries. Two are critical but stable. The pilot didn’t flare the aircraft before touchdown meaning the plane slammed into the ground while dropping at a rate so fast the main gear collapsed.  The right wing breaks off and the plane rolls, skidding to a stop

- The Jackson Township Council has initiated plans for a thorough audit aimed at enhancing the efficiency of all municipal departments.  This plan is in line with the broader effort nationwide to cut wasteful spending in government 

- Lakewood Public Schools attorney makes millions in unusual, but lucrative, pay structure app reports Thanks to a generous and unique contract, he has been paid more than $6 million by the school district since 2017, far more than any other New Jersey public school lawyer Jersey City Public Schools, which has five times as many students as Lakewood, has spent $1.2 million on legal fees in the same period. Jersey City does not have an in-house lawyer. The contract arrangement by the board allows him to not only collect a steady $50,000 a month regardless of how many hours he logs on the district's behalf, but also to charge the district $475 per hour for additional litigation services.“There is no salary in any public school or charter school salaries that comes close to what he is earning,” said Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
Howell Township Schools, with almost the same enrollment as Lakewood, at 5,598 students, spent $103,268 on total legal fees in 2023-2024,

- The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner reportedly resigned over the weekend after a dispute with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the Elon Musk-led group’s efforts to access sensitive government records. 

- Musk claimed to uncover “the biggest fraud in history” when he stumbled across more than 20 million people listed in the Social Security database as over the age of 100 years old.
“According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!” Musk posted on X late Sunday, showing a chart of ages ranging from zero to 369 years old.

Rav Shaul Alter kabolas ponim in Lakewood last night at BM Shvilei Dovid Oak & Vine




45 comments:

  1. Why can't the oilam fagin the lawyer for making so much money if the township is stupid enough to pay him so much. Good for him

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    1. Are you willing to give up your kids bussing so he can make his salary?

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    2. Because the township isnt stupid - they were coerced....

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    3. No one wáz coerced
      He was making big bucks suiing the BOE, and winning.
      (Parents were suing the BOE to pay for their tzatzkeleh's special education fees, which the law requires, but BOE didn't want to pay for. So they bought off the lawyer. And now you're complaining.)

      While perfectly legal, there are always cases of lawyers going to the other side, provided certain confidences are kept.
      Note that toanim havva reputation of changing sides, dependent on who can pay more. There was one toain who wasnt doing that, but he ended up as Gabbai at Khal Kadosh Otisville.

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    4. Just wait until these crooks and thieves decide that they have to renovate all of the existing buildings before they sell them and then rent they more properties from other entities

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    5. Wrong! He duped thge BOE to get $10 millions for easy "stay put" cases for kids that more than likely it was him that put them into inappropriate placements in the early 2010s, when he was boss, not approved by the commissioner. Such lies in this evil, nonhakaros hatove town. Just go and vote who you are told tol Sheep. Cowards. I really dislike this town. Not knowing what is going on, especially when your elected representatives are doing wrong, namely not paying me, take part in the evil. Y'all are accessories.

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  2. Yes, Inzelbuch makes a million a year and I made $70,000. Who is more valuable? Well, I guess that was meant to be. Stupidity about saving money by hiring him. Just for opposing me might have cost a hundred million to the taxpayers. Now I don't owe him, the Vaad (who tried for years to convince Michael to get me a promotion) the Igud (who blocked my promotion), Fatboy, Dr. Winters, politicians. Had I gotten an administrative job then I would have lost some of my First Amendment rights as a policymaker. Well, they are going down, down, down. Getting us into $300 million debt. Gosh, could such a thing happen in NJ where someone who deals at the highest levels of state government, in all three branches, owes nothing to anyone? Pretty cool. Lone Ranger

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    1. You are probably brilliant but you need to learn grammar. Who writes your briefs?

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    2. Why do you keep talking about the Igud ? There is no such thing. There hasn't been an Igud meeting in more than 10 years . 99 per cent of the schools don't even know who or what the Igud is or who makes the decisions. Please stop blaming the non existing Igud for your problems.

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    3. 2:46 +- I need a meeting with the igud or the vaad. I want to buy the BOE schools at a big discount, then sell it for A houses or B a yeshiva at a substantial profit.

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    4. The Igud is Balsam, who is at every meeting between Weisberg, me and Inzelbuch, Verchleiser and Mandelbaum. Those are the three that put Michael back in office in 2017. Balsam is still at all the meetings , like the one in 2023, with Schnall attended, Balsam and Weisberg, Inzelbuch. All three, not Weisberg, expressed opposition to me. They could not even get me a respectable job. And who are the people that Rav Malcheil won't tell me why the oppose me. He knows, but won't say. There is an Igud. Someone is controlling the BOE vote. As for 2014, I went to an Igud meeting with over 100 people and Sanders shouted me down. Then they took $40,000 in pledges to hire a different lawyer. All I wanted was to climb the company ladders. So now I likely bring Lakewood billions of dollars, save it from hundreds of million in debt, and you say there is no Igud.

      All of ya'll, your hands are dirty, and owe ME, if you are passing out election endorsements in your school. All you school owners owe me hundreds of thousands of lost parnasa that you all prevented. Yet you give Michael a million a year, Who cares? All this will end. The Igud, whoever they are, and I know it is jusrt handful, is done. No one is going to protect their "interest" from now on. Their schools will get what the law says they get and no more creative interpretations. How dare write that naysayer stuff when I am still taking the brunt of the actions of the evil-doers.

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    5. I also will add that Shenky was the person who recruited Bender to be BOE president. Shame on this town to allow the people with the vested interesest, THE IGUD, to tell them who to vote for. So that they can bend this or that law to get $50,000 for their school general fund and not pay the teachers their $300 stipend under the grant, the people of Lakewood and their grandchildren lost hundreds of million of dollars. Moreover, you all are at fault and must take responsibility for what Inzelbuch did to me and their former opposition to my litigation. Shame on all of y'all forcing me to recruit BOE candidates to clean up this mess. I am STILL doing EVERYTHING for Lakewood on my own. Not a single one of those Igus clowns has done anything to help. They and their ripoff million dollar lawyer just undermines the case (until recently).Without compensation and not even the job that I had for 21 year? What gall to criticize me? That is like criticizing America when the Japanese stabbed us in the back at Pearl Harbor. Worse because we all should be on the same side.

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  3. people should get jobs and not rely on food stamps

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    1. Yup life costs

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    2. It wouldn't be that much if the moguls wouldn't already have skinned us.
      Of course they toss some back,if they get treated as heroes

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    3. most of the people on food stamps do have jobs.

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  4. Where Menashe meir and Ray Coles. The traffic is a parking lot and all we see them is once a month on a zoom call
    Shame on our corrupt elected officials they should all resign in shame

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    1. A multi-billionaire idiot.

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    2. musk is a genius

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    3. Yup. A huge genius. Just like the guy he bought off - another very stable genius, in his own estimation. Meanwhile the supposed ‘savings’ are largely lies, both purposeful and due to incompetence, like the supposed $8Billion saved on an ICE contract

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    4. Keep nitpicking.The person needn't be feted as a savior
      The attitude change in the Fed swamp however has already been seismic

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  6. Typical BOE playbook, on a day that a bad article comes out about the million dollar salary to shift the news with suddenly selling buildings while renting other buildings on E County line

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  7. So who gets credit for helping the olam who lost food stamps
    The gabbai tzedakas who raised funds
    Gourmet Glat
    Tomchei shabbos also said they had money

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  8. ridiculous how "discount" stores charge $.20 for a bag and they advertise on the bag.. Remember the democrats dont care about the middle class or poor. They toll congestion pricing, charge for bags for shopping.

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  9. What a bunch of sour grape loosers who can't fargin the lawyer making so much money because of a backwards farkokedeh township of Lakewood. It's like Mayberry RFD. LOL

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    1. writing lol at the end of your dumb comment does not make it funny.

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    2. People here claim they don't about Mayberry RFD.

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    3. yes, some people here are younger than 80

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  10. Beware, if you are spotted in the picture of R Shaul kabbalos panim , you or any one from your family will not be allowed to enter the Ger Shtiebel across from Bais Aaron

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  11. Lakewood township is run by a bunch of backwards hillbillies

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  12. Were the properties of the public schools already resolved for townhousing?

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  13. What an audacity of The board of education to keep renting additional properties while selling the assets they own!! What boneheaded evil thing to do. Just keep ripping off the taxpayers like there's no end to the money

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  14. Where can I see the videobfrom Rav Moshe Shternbauch?

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    1. I'm sure there are other places but it's on YWN and TLS

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    2. Och. Thank you! It just feels so disgusting to govon their websites. I avoid it at all costs.

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  15. Is Mr Yisrael Dovid Weiss of NK Monsey totally brain dead??

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  16. Two of the Bais Havad Dayonim just built themselves houses for a million and a half dollars each. Musk wants to know where they got that money as Dayonim

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  17. Here is a link to Rav Moshe Shternbuch's message to klal Yisroel. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S9sJ5TeoSXK6d41VF4YWYwkb8VNbG1Ja/view?usp=share_link

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  18. Haha BOE trying to deflect attention with fake news about 15 million stolen while they paid 7 million in legal fees from tax payers money
    Purim can't come faster

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