Holmdel officials express concern about public safety at arts center, in town
Holmdel officials express concern about public safety at arts center, in town
HOLMDEL – Members of the Holmdel Township Committee have expressed “grave concerns … about public safety at the PNC Bank Arts Center and across Holmdel due to the new laws signed by Gov. (Phil) Murphy that reduce the penalties for underage drinking to written warnings and restrict the ability of law enforcement to enforce” those laws.
Township Committee members passed a resolution on May 25 putting their concerns on the record. Voting “yes” on a motion to pass the resolution were Mayor Greg Buontempo, Deputy Mayor Cathy Weber, Committeeman D.J. Luccarelli and Committeeman Prakash Santhana.
Women, minorities and LGBTQ people must get half of seats on state boards under proposed bill
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New Jersey’s most powerful elected officials the Governor, Senate President and Assembly Speaker would be required to appoint more women and minorities to public boards and commissions under a bill a state lawmaker said she will sponsor to eliminate the persistent gender imbalance in state government.
Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, D-Middlesex, told NJ Advance Media she is rewriting legislation she introduced in February that would have made gender and race a primary factor in selecting who should sit on state boards. The new version of her bill will be more “aggressive” and mandate that women, minorities and LGBTQ people make up at least 50% of boards, commissions and task forces.
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At her first meeting as a new commissioner of the state Sports and Exposition Authority, Karen Kessler said officials handed her a gift.
It was a men’s necktie.
“What am I supposed to with this?” Kessler recalls saying.
The neckties, featuring the logo of the Sports and Exposition Authority, were given to every member of the powerful board. At the time, it never occurred to anyone that a woman might be a voting member of the board at the public agency that oversees sports arenas and racetracks.