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The County Watchers: UC Alliance Appears to be DOA - Dead on Arrival
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. June 28, 2008. UC Alliance Appears to be DOA - Dead on Arrival. Visit http:/ www.ucalliance.com/. Among its priorities the Alliance lists the following on its website -. Continue to Publish Countywide Newspaper. Reviewing the latest edition of the Directions. It is clear that it has veered far from the original intent. The first and third pages have been hijacked by. State Senator Raymond J. Lesniak. The Union County Alliance. Conspicuously absent ...
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The County Watchers: The banana republic of Union County
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. November 10, 2005. The banana republic of Union County. The numbers in Union County freeholder races don't change much from year to year. The Democrats win by the same margins. The only thing that causes a fluctuation in freeholder race numbers is the top of the ticket; presidential and gubernatorial elections bring out more voters who more than likely will vote straight down their party line. Elizabeth, Hillside, Linden, Plainfield, Rahway, Rosell...
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The County Watchers: M and E Railway Taking UC for a Ride Back to the Future
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. August 05, 2007. M and E Railway Taking UC for a Ride Back to the Future. Weis' association with MMBI and MIKAB Corporation gave me reason to be annoyed with our Freeholders. Check the company website (http:/ www.mikabcorp.com/history.html). Their clients are Verizon, T Mobile, ATT Wireless, Nextel, etc. I am annoyed by many things in this 11-page document. Statements about "The Marketing Plan will have to be both flexible and nimble in order t...
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The County Watchers: How Can the State Continue to Fund a "Breached Contract"?
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. July 02, 2008. How Can the State Continue to Fund a "Breached Contract"? Five Union County Towns Submit Resolutions to Stop the Funding of M&E Freight Railway. Submitted by: Richard Lenihan. The Coalition to Stop the Train has sent copies of Resolutions passed by five municipalities to 19 lawmakers and state officials, including the Governor, Attorney General, and the Union County Manager. All supporting documentation can be found HERE. NJ Foundati...
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The County Watchers: In loving memory of my son Geoffrey Gelfand
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. May 22, 2008. In loving memory of my son Geoffrey Gelfand. Submitted by: Dexter Gelfand. The jail's idea of medical responsibility was to give him access to a doctor who told him "You're fine". Well, he wasn't fine at all. When he complained about pain and bleeding from his throat, this "doctor" callously responded, "You didn't care about that when you were out on the street, did you? Ordered no tests, and sent him back to his cell to suffer.
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The County Watchers: We get the government we deserve
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. November 15, 2007. We get the government we deserve. 8220;Union County Freeloaders”. Was the message emblazoned across this photo dipicted on t-shirts worn by protesters during a May 10, 2007 vigil which ended with a visit to a freeholder meeting. The County of Union has recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit in the matter of Edward Sinclair, Jr., the 17 year old who died in their Juvenile Detention Center on May 10, 2003. The cost at the time t...
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The County Watchers: YO!......Look Out for the Locomotive
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. June 21, 2007. Look Out for the Locomotive. Judging by an article this week in the Star Ledger it appears as though the UC Board of Chosen Freeholders is working to get what has been referred to as the UC Garbage Train back on track. According to a new analysis by the county of the 14 mile stretch of track there would be created at least 500 jobs and more than $10million generated. But, what is particularly interesting is that the report also s...
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The County Watchers: Trucks, Trains and Union County
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. June 25, 2007. Trucks, Trains and Union County. Arlo Guthrie romanticized the freight train in his song. 8220; The City of New Orleans. Painting the idyllic picture of 2 conductors and 25 sacks of mail rumbling past farms, fields and the grave yard of the rusted automobile. Shouldn’t the residents along the line be informed of this activity before tanker cars go rolling through downtown, Cranford, Westfield, or Plainfield on their way to PA? The im...
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The County Watchers: July 2008
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. July 06, 2008. County Watchers has a new home. Visit us at Countywatchers.com. July 02, 2008. How Can the State Continue to Fund a "Breached Contract"? Five Union County Towns Submit Resolutions to Stop the Funding of M&E Freight Railway. Submitted by: Richard Lenihan. All supporting documentation can be found HERE. Coalition to Stop the Train. Who really will benefit from the freight rail project? Look Out for the Locomotive. How Can the State Con...
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The County Watchers: Taxpayers are out another $377,499
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Government in Union County, NJ. June 17, 2008. Taxpayers are out another $377,499. Although an agreement to establish a children’s museum in Union County was entered into with much fanfare in 2003, recently the county very quietly terminated their agreement with the Children’s Museum of Central New Jersey (CMCNJ) after blowing through $377,499. In a Worrall Community Newspaper. 8220;They seemed to have some pretty good ideas of where they’re getting money from,” Freeh...By early ...
