Archives for March 2005
Terri Schiavo Dies at 41
Published on 31 Mar 2005 at 3:07 pm.
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By Jane Roh Fox News Terri Schiavo , the severely brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of an epic legal and political battle that launched a national debate on the right to die, has died.
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Somerset fears loss of millions in federal grants
Published on 29 Mar 2005 at 2:54 pm.
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BY JOE TYRRELL Star-Ledger Staff Over the past two decades, Somerset County municipalities and nonprofit groups have welcomed $31 million in Community Development Block Grants that support everything from handicapped access to sewers, housing rehabilitation and day care. But like their counterparts in communities across the nation, Somerset officials are worried the pipeline will run [...]
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There Are No Winners in the Schiavo Case
Published on 29 Mar 2005 at 2:17 pm.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 By Bill O’Reilly There are no winners in the Schiavo case: that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Terri herself will soon be dead. We pray she’ll have eternal peace in the afterlife. Her parents and siblings have lost their struggle in a very painful and public way. [...]
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Selective Restraint
Published on 28 Mar 2005 at 8:21 am.
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Liberals cheered when Janet Reno defied the courts to seize Elian Gonzalez. The Wall Street Journal Monday, March 28, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST The sad case of Terri Schiavo has raised passions not seen since five years ago. Then another bitterly divided family argued in Florida courts over someone who couldn’t speak on his own [...]
Council appointe must give up seat
Published on 22 Mar 2005 at 7:31 pm.
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Saturday, March 19, 2005 BY CATHY BUGMAN Star-Ledger Staff A seat on the North Plainfield Borough Council will remain vacant until after the November election because the governing body’s attempt to fill it was improperly carried out, a judge declared yesterday. The decision by state Superior Court Judge Harriet Derman, sitting in Somerville, means that [...]
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Gina Lewis Off North Plainfield Borough Council
Published on 22 Mar 2005 at 7:22 pm.
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Republican Council members Cate Carley and Margaret Mary Jones successfully sued the Democratic Council members Dan Glicklich, Bob Hitchcock, Frank Righetti and Nathan Rudy to remove Republican Gina Lewis from the Borough Council.
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Judge: Lewis off N. Plainfield council
Published on 19 Mar 2005 at 9:36 am.
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Seat Republican Gina Lewis was supposed to fill will stay vacant until November. By CHAD WEIHRAUCH Staff Writer NORTH PLAINFIELD — A state Superior Court judge Friday rejected final arguments that could have allowed an appointed North Plainfield Borough Council member to retain her position.
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Budget Increase
Published on 15 Mar 2005 at 5:25 pm.
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By Nathan Rudy On Thursday night the Borough Council introduced the North Plainfield Borough budget as presented by Mayor Allen and the administration. The budget as introduced includes an increase of about $450 for the average house in North Plainfield.
Teacher Can’t Teach
Published on 12 Mar 2005 at 9:18 am.
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Wall Street Journal By CHESTER E. FINN JR. March 11, 2005; Page A10 Over the past half-century, the number of pupils in U.S. schools grew by about 50% while the number of teachers nearly tripled. Spending per student rose threefold, too. If the teaching force had simply kept pace with enrollments, school budgets had risen [...]
Ferguson is spreading lies about Social Security
Published on 6 Mar 2005 at 12:28 pm.
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On Friday, President Bush came to the 7th Congressional District for a Social Security “town hall meeting” with Congressman Mike Ferguson. The meeting, at the Westfield Armory, was billed as a “discussion” but was simply another orchestrated event for the president’s supporters.