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Higher fuel efficiency standards coming soon to NJ

Good news for the environment (via TPM): President Obama on Monday will direct federal regulators to move swiftly to grant California and 13 other states the right to set strict automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards, two administration ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  25 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Lisa P Jackson,  George W. Bush

Wait!

Rep. Rush Holt sends out a weekly email newsletter, and this week it includes a highlight from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. ...we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens, directed ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  19 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Newark slumlords on blast

A creative idea from Newark West Ward Councilman Ron Rice Jr from his State of the Ward address: "...there was one matter that really got the crowd at West Side High School intrigued, and that was his stance on landlords. He is looking to start a bad ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  18 Jan 2009

Garden State politics once again fit to print

On Jan. 9, the Times published two stories on the race: One on Gov. Jon Corzine (though it was largely a profile piece), and the other on former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie: This weekend, they are again running a pair of articles on Corzine and ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  17 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Jon Corzine

Monday morning quarterbacking the pension fund

There was plenty of wailing and gnashing of teeth when the state pension fund lost many billions of dollars in the wake of the economic collapse. The decision to purchase millions in Lehman stock in June was public information, but few publicly ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  15 Jan 2009

Adler appointed to Veterans' Affairs committee

U.S. Rep. John Adler (D) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will be appointed to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. It would be the second committee assignment for the freshman congressman from Cherry Hill, who last week announced his ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: John Adler

Joe Ferrierevich

One last parting shot. As he departs office in advance of a Jan. 22nd convention - a date he selected -sources also say he fired Paul Kaufman, new general counsel for the BCDO and the replacement for Ferriero ally Dennis Oury, who also faces corruption ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Loretta Weinberg,  Rod R. Blagojevich

Not cool!

Jeez, we really can't catch a break, can we? Even while Illinois steals the mantle of corruption away from us for a few days, SNL still picks on innocent little New Jersey. Credit where it's due, Fred Armisen does a pretty great impression of N.Y. Gov. ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  14 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Fred Armisen,  Seth Meyers

Separate is still not equal

It's actually come to this: A panel convened by the legislature of the State of New Jersey has concluded that discrimination is not good. Maybe someday we can look back and laugh, but for now, it's a sad and necessary step toward progress. The ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  10 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Deborah T. Poritz,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John Kerry

Changes

I have some news to share. The Observer Media Group has announced that Juan Melli will join Politicker.com next week as the Associate Editor. Melli founded the New Jersey-based political blog BlueJersey.com in 2005 and has since served as publisher and ...

From JUAN MELLI, BlueJersey.net,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Princeton University,  John McCain

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