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Who could have possibly seen this coming?
Committee Chair state Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D -Union) pulled the cannabis bill from the Senate Judiciary
committee at the last minute yesterday, a signal that the Legislature and Murphy administration still can’t agree over penalties for underage possession of cannabis.
Hudson County View
The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the one percent payroll tax implemented in Jersey City is constitutional, but will still head back to court to address if the “commerce clause” was violated.
A photo from the November 20th, 2018 Jersey City Council meeting where the governing body approved a one percent payroll tax.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“We agree with plaintiffs that the purpose of the Ordinance, enabled by Chapter 68, was to supplement the City’s revenue available for school purposes,” Appellate Judges Carmen Messano, Richard Hoffman, and Karen Suter ruled in a 51-page opinion today.
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It looks like Gov. Murphy’s veto threat had an effect, at least in the Assembly, where yet another attempt at marijuana clean-up legislation is moving. And while it hasn’t advanced in the Senate, the path to such an attempt doesn’t look closed off.
Fired N.J. school board attorney, cleared at trial, will get more than $300K in lost wages, interest
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
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Kirk C. Nelson was fired by the school board in December 2013 upon being indicted on six counts, including conspiracy and official misconduct, in connection with a fraud investigation that led to the conviction of the school board’s former president.
Jurors deliberated for less than an hour in June 2016 before clearing Nelson on all charges brought by the state attorney general’s office.
In a 25-page decision published Tuesday, the appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that the school board had no basis to fire Nelson. The three-judge panel affirmed the decision awarding Nelson $260,026 in lost wages and also ordered the board to pay interest, which Nelson’s attorney estimated would be at least $50,000.
‘Apprentice’ winner: What N.J. can learn from Trump | Opinion
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
By Randal Pinkett
I know Donald Trump fairly well from my experience on “The Apprentice” and subsequently working for the Trump Organization. And I can genuinely say that from among the few things harder than my time on that program has been the last four years. It has been a very tough four years almost too much to comprehend.
We have seen a president of the United States defend racists, dictators and traitors. Our economy is in tatters. We are a country divided. Four thousand Americans are dying every day because of our government’s inability to address a global pandemic. Climate change is destroying so many aspects of our society. And for good reason, Black and brown families live in fear.