What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/23/2024
Scutari Lies About OPRA Bill & Murphy Plays Dumb, NJ DOE Invests in Tutoring, NJ Students Behind in Math,Primer on “the Line,” Incarcerated Waiting on Approved Pay Increase & the Worm Moon Scutari Continues to Lie About OPRA Bill, and Murphy Does His Best to Pretend Not to Know northjersey.com We are all in on transparency,” he said. “I would...
Notes on the 03/19/2024 Town Council Meeting
Traffic Safety A recent accident involving a young resident of Berkeley Heights prompted testimony from several residents on traffic concerns on Park Avenue and in general. Since the accident, a petition has been circulating throughout the community advocating for the following: 1. reducing the speed limit to 30 mph for the length of Park Avenue 2. installing permanent automated speed...
BHCW Position on the Berkeley Heights BOE Selection of Robert Nixon as the Acting Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools
We are cautiously optimistic in the selection of Mr. Nixon as the Acting Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools. Our community is seeking stability and leadership from someone who knows our schools, has had the time to develop personal relationships with students and staff, and is looking to run the District well rather than making a name for themselves outside...
Ms. Nardi On Superintendent Search During 03/18/224 BOE Meeting
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BHCW 03/17/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts in Trenton, picking up where we left off last week on the battle over OPRA with additional coverage on the Affordable Housing bill. We begin with a fierce battle on 3/11 that saw a packed room at the hearings and OPRA advocates throughout the state tear the...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/16/2024
OPRA Safe (for now), Momentum for Abolishing the Line grows, Pre-Schools Get More Support, ADU’s Get a Boost, A Different Perspective on the Affordable Housing bill The Public Successfully Fights Back Legislators on OPRA Overhaul New Jersey Monitor A hotly debated bill to overhaul the state’s public records law was pulled from consideration Thursday after days of fiery complaints from...
Berkeley Heights Mayor and EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the Town Council Writes to Legislators to Stop OPRA and Housing Bills
Dear Members of the Legislature, By way of introduction, I am the Mayor of Berkeley Heights Township. Over the last 30 years, I have “grown up in politics” in Democratic politics in Union County. So, I am no stranger to how the process of government and politics works in this State. I am also a proud Democrat who was overwhelmingly...
Sarlo’s Terrible OPRA Bill Passes Committee – Up for a Vote on the 18th
Scutari, Sarlo, and Danielsen passed their “let’s hide all the shady things we do” bill through the committee today. As we reported earlier, Scutari threw out independent voters off the committee and installed puppets. The most incredible thing witnessed was the complete ignorance and outright lies about OPRA that were used as justification for the bill. For example: As CJ...
Update on The Battle to Save OPRA – 12:00pm
BHCW submitted its testimony on the OPRA bill to the Senate and Assembly last night with an update today as the petition continues to add signatures. We also joined the WFP, ACLU, LWV, and 120 other organizations throughout the state in signing a letter opposing Sarlo and Danielsen’s bills to destroy Opra. Berkeley Heights BOE Representative Sai Akiri and Town Council-member Margaret Illis are...
BHCW 03/10/2024 Newsletter – Save OPRA
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter begins with vital information for Berkeley Heights Residents. We cover renewed efforts on the state level to destroy OPRA, the rally to defend our current law, and ways that YOU can help in the effort. Time is of the essence as both bills are being heard TOMORROW – Monday – 03/11/2024....
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