PoliticsAnti-Bullying Bill of Rights-Assemlywoman Speaks
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:09 PM
There has certainly been no lack of media attention and public debate on New Jersey education over the past few months. There was the contentious budget battle between Governor Christie and the state’s teachers union, the loss of $400 million in critical Race to the Top funds and the firing of Education Commissioner Bret ... Read More
PoliticsWill NJ Gov. Christie run for president in 2012? He says: I don't want to
Posted: Nov 7th, 2010 8:23 PM
Gov. Chris Christie is regularly asked if he will run for president in 2012. But he claims to have no interest in being part of a nationwide election — even after traveling nationwide for other people's election events.
New Jersey's Republican governor involved himself in 20 contests in 15 states outside his home state ... Read More
PoliticsMSNBC Suspends Ultral-Liberal Keith Olbermann Over Political Donations to Dems
Posted: Nov 5th, 2010 4:34 PM
Keith Olbermann, MSNBC’s primetime firebrand host, has been suspended indefinitely for violating the ethics policies of his employer earlier this year when he donated to three Democrats seeking federal office, MSNBC announced Friday.
“I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC ... Read More
PoliticsReader Post - New Committeeman, Now What?
Updated: Nov 3rd, 2010 1:44 AM
I have been living in Lakewood now for 29 years. The same amount of years of Bob Singer being on Town Committee. I knew that the guy was a w--re when it came to taking money. but he alwayss did favors when you needed them, as long as you gave to his campaign.It was just a service like any other.
Like Mayor Steve ... Read More
PoliticsAkerman WINS – Election Day 2010 – A Wild Race Enters the Home Stretch
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:20 PM
Lakewood's Voice will bringing you the most extensive coverage available, stay tuned for all election news & results.
Total Registered Voters : 376,314 Voters Read More
PoliticsElection Day – Know Your Town (Video) – by Harold Herskowitz
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:20 PM
Tomorrow may be the beginning of a new era in the history of Lakewood. What started out as sarcastic humor, turned into public advocacy, and eventually, with the help of The Lakewood Scoop, changed the face of politics in our town. It does not matter what each person's secret agenda, in the mad circus that masqueraded ... Read More
PoliticsVideo - President argues with hecklers for nearly 3 minutes...
Updated: Nov 1st, 2010 12:34 AM
President Obama, who is having a hard enough time with the Republicans this election season, had to deal with putative supporters today in Connecticut.
As Obama launched into his stump speech at an arena in Bridgeport, a group of protesters began heckling him over funding for the global fight against AIDS.
“Excuse me ... Read More
PoliticsVAAD Endorses Isaac Akerman- Suspiciously Forgets To Put Egert Even On The Ballot?
Updated: Nov 1st, 2010 12:37 AM
The same Vaad that had reportedly asked Albert Akerman not to run, has of course decided to endorse him. Reportedly he did not ask for their endorsement. It seems they figured if they put their name on a candidate that is winning without their endorsement, some might feel they still have some influence.
One suspicious ... Read More
PoliticsAkerman Campaign Gaining Momentum
Updated: Oct 26th, 2010 1:22 AM
‘Vote Albert Akerman’ signs have been popping up all around town the last couple of days, and Marta Harrison signs are rarely seen in the Frum neighborhoods. Elections are a week from Tuesday. Albert Akerman will be holding a private fundraiser Tuesday night. Although the feeling is that he will have a landslide ... Read More
PoliticsSince June, five new Republicans for each Democrat in N.J.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2010 7:46 PM
The number of registered Republicans in New Jersey has grown more than five times faster than the number of registered Democrats since the June primary, but Democrats still enjoy a significant advantage.
Voter registration numbers announced this afternoon by the Division of Elections in advance of the Nov. 2 election show ... Read More
Politics, Local NewsLakewood Jewish leaders’ Vaad’s influence splinters
Updated: Oct 23rd, 2010 11:17 PM
For a man who had lived here only one year, Bill Hobday felt remarkably secure as a candidate for Township Committee in early 2002. He already had Republican Party backing and faced no opponent in the June primary.
The only matter left was a meeting … a courtesy, he thought … with local Orthodox Jewish leaders who ... Read More
Politics, BusinessThe True History of The LAC- Getting What They Can
Updated: Oct 15th, 2010 9:30 AM
LAC member Shuey Shmukler and John Corzine
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by Hershel Herskowitz
With all the chatter lately about what the LAC has been doing on the Board of Education, The Lakewood's Voice wanted to know how the LAC was founded, what its goals were, and what their political ... Read More
PoliticsWill Isaac Akerman Benefit Lakewood? By Hershel Herskowitz
Updated: Oct 13th, 2010 5:23 PM
As the calendar gets closer to November everybody should be thinking about the upcoming election. In reality very few people are thinking about it at all. The feeling on the street is that very little change can truly take place. Yes, our elder statesman Senator Singer has retired from the Township Committee, and ... Read More
PoliticsObama Has The Book Thrown At Him
Updated: Oct 12th, 2010 11:00 AM
This is the astonishing moment a book was apparently hurled at the head of President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.
The flying missile narrowly missed hitting the President yesterday.
It is not clear what the book was, where it came from in the crowd, or why it was thrown at Mr Obama - who did not ... Read More
PoliticsFrantic behind-the-scenes dealings could resuscitate Hudson River tunnel project
Updated: Oct 10th, 2010 3:42 PM
The white, twin-engine Gulfstream IV jet lifted quickly off the runway, banking purposefully toward Trenton like a cruise missile seeking its target.
On board, the anger had yet to fully subside. Just 24 hours earlier, the governor of New Jersey had killed the nation’s largest public transit project — a crucially needed ... Read More
PoliticsAUDIO: Rush Limbaugh Interviews George W. Bush
Posted: Nov 9th, 2010 5:48 PM
RUSH: We are happy, as we always have been, to welcome back to the program President George W. Bush. Mr. Bush, welcome back, and thank you for giving us some time today, sir.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Rush, thank you. I’m honored to be talking to you about this new book I just released.
RUSH: How many times a day in the last two ... Read More
Politics, Local NewsNew Township Attorney?- Who Is George Gilmore?
Updated: Nov 8th, 2010 10:50 PM
Lakewoodsvoice has been given inside information from an anonymous source that a new Township Attorney may be appointed. Reportedly George Gilmore is from the Toms River law firm of Gilmore & Monahan, in which Gilmore is a partner. he also heads the state Republican Chairman's Association, and also draws a salary of ... Read More
PoliticsObama Takes Responsibility For Voter Frustration
Posted: Nov 3rd, 2010 7:39 PM
Washington - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that voters frustrated by the pace of economic recovery dictated a Republican takeover of the House in midterm elections, adding, “As president I take responsibility” for a failure to restore job growth more quickly.
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The president said he was ... Read More
PoliticsWhat To Do If You Have Trouble Voting
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2010 10:17 AM
WASHINGTON -- With razor-thin margins expected in many key races, the flaws of the American voting system will be on full display today.
The nation's patchwork of sometimes unreliable and unverifiable voting mechanisms is not up to the task of reliably counting every vote. Reports of touch-screen electronic voting machines ... Read More
PoliticsRepublicans Poised to Win Mid-Term Elections: Survey
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2010 9:24 AM
Gaining strength as the campaign draws to a close, Republicans are poised for enormous gains in the 2010 mid-term elections, according to new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The poll shows that likely voters prefer a Republican-controlled Congress by a solid 49 percent to 43 percent margin. Among all registered voters, ... Read More
PoliticsStatement from Sholem Egert on the Siyum/Post Election Celebration
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:20 PM
Good afternoon.
Late last night I heard of yesterday’s floor collapse during the Hachnosas Sefer Torah at the new Chavrei HaKollel building.
B’Chasdei HaShem, everyone is okay, but the building is currently considered uninhabitable.
I want to take this opportunity to encourage my friends and supporters to help out ... Read More
Politics2 Battle To Fill Open Lakewood Council Seat
Updated: Nov 1st, 2010 12:36 AM
Since veteran Township Committeeman Robert Singer last month announced he won't seek re-election, two candidates have battled to fill the void. One is a political novice counting on the nationwide anti-establishment wave to bring him a win. The other is a former mayor hoping voters still prefer experience over fresh ... Read More
PoliticsNJ Gov: I’m Sticking With Decision to Scrap Tunnel
Updated: Oct 27th, 2010 10:23 PM
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is standing by his decision to kill the nation’s biggest public works project, a train tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York City, he announced Wednesday.
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Christie, a rising star in the Republican Party for his fearless budget-slashing, has argued that his ... Read More
Politics Blago trial delayed until April, after Chicago mayoral election...
Posted: Oct 24th, 2010 7:57 PM
That sound you hear is Rahm Emanuel exhaling.
A federal judge in Chicago today granted a defense request to delay the retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) from January until April 20, a Chicago source confirms. That would put the trial after the Feb. 22 election and even after a runoff, if necessary, slated ... Read More
PoliticsToms River Superintendent Michael Ritacco charged today with participating in a massive bribery and fraud scheme
Updated: Oct 22nd, 2010 12:21 PM
Toms River Regional Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco was charged today with participating in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving the district's insurance broker, Francis X. Gartland.
Ritacco is charged in an 18-count indictment with fraud, bribery and other offenses. He is accused of taking $1 million to $2 ... Read More
PoliticsGov. Christie invites former Washington D.C. schools chief to consider N.J. education commissioner job
Posted: Oct 19th, 2010 2:44 PM
Gov. Chris Christie has courted Michelle Rhee to become the state’s next education commissioner, but the job’s distance from her family may prove an insurmountable stumbling block, two officials familiar with the negotiations said.
When state officials initially approached Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington, ... Read More
PoliticsWhat Do Freeholders Do, And Why Should I Vote For Democrats?
Updated: Nov 29th, 2010 6:25 PM
Kelly And Lacey Are Poster Boys For Waste, Extravagance, and Payroll Padding.
Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore got Freeholder Jack Kelly a virtual no-show job at the Atlantic City Airport division of the South Jersey Transportation Authority. And, to add insult to the taxpayers, the political machine handed ... Read More
Politics, ReligionVIEW FROM THE TOP- A Candid Talk With Rabbi Aaron Kotler-The People’s Response
Updated: Oct 12th, 2010 5:22 PM
The following article appeared in this weeks Voice of Lakewood Magazine (no affiliation with The Lakewood's Voice). The article was written to be a forum for the concerns of Lakewood's residents regarding the ever increasing influence Bais Medrash Govoha and its CEO Aaron Kotler is having on the Lakewood community. Rabbi ... Read More
PoliticsNew Jersey Gov. Wins Virginia Tea Party Presidential Straw Poll
Updated: Oct 10th, 2010 3:42 PM
Richmond, VA - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie edged former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to win a presidential straw poll at a tea party gathering in Virginia.
Christie, elected in usually Democratic New Jersey last fall, finished with 14% of the 1,560 ballots cast at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots convention.
Palin, John ... Read More
PoliticsWhere Will The Housing Market Impact Congressional Elections? (CHART)
Posted: Oct 10th, 2010 10:46 AM
This year's election slogan may just be "It's the housing market, stupid."
Anyone who's followed politics over the last several months has undoubtedly heard the media refrain that the economy will dominate 2010 mid-term elections. After the escalating job crisis, however, the housing market may one of the bigger factors in ... Read More
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