NJ21st 07/23/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with two articles about somewhat similar narratives on initiatives in Berkeley Heights and Warren, which leave residents of both communities with more questions than answers. Despite weeks of effort on our part, the Berkeley Heights Mayor, Council, and Recreation Chair still need to make...
Residents in Warren and Berkeley Heights Have Similar Questions on Non-Binding Ballot Measures Connected to Recreation
The following is a contribution from Steve Bumgarner originally posted on Warren Confidential. Berkeley Heights residents should pay close attention to the concerns especially surrounding the issue of funding sources. To date, despite the many speeches and articles from the Recreation Chair and Township Government – requests for information are provided late and are reliant on whether the Town Council...
More Information – Same Questions on CMS Field Referendum Ballot Question
On 06/27/2024, NJ21st sent an OPRA request to BHPSNJ and the Township requesting the following information: Copies of all emails from June 1 2024 to June 27th 2024 Subject: Lease between the BOE and Township for Lower Columbia. The most recent version of the lease agreement on Columbia was provided to the BHPSNJ BOE. This OPRA request was submitted after...
Who are the Real Clowns That Want to Tear It Down? Part Two
Part II – The Hysterics Over Transportation Let’s go back way back on Transportation (the years when the Township indicated “all roads were safe” before Sai and Natasha got elected, and suddenly two months after they got elected, they suddenly became “unsafe”. In 2021, Laura wrote, in connection to the presentation on reconfiguration that has since been pulled from the...
NJ21st 07/15/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter begins with an overview of District developments and moves to the start of a series that plans to detail – step by step- efforts by operatives from both local machines to obstruct progress being made by the new Board of Education. We move on to...
Who are the Real Clowns That Want to Tear It Down ?
Part I – The Hysterics Over Board President With declines in proficiency firmly evidenced, two years of an assault on democratic mechanisms, and an 11th-hour attempt to prevent a new BOE from delivering on its promise to improve the District, former BOE representatives and operatives within local government loyal to the Old BOE became obsessed with ensuring Angela Penna became...
NJ21st 07/08/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. Our newsletter begins with the progress made by the new BOE majority and Administration concerning Math proficiency despite the secretive land grabs, drama, and chaos that the political houses and their operatives are creating in our District. We move on to an analysis of the shocking response from...
NJ21st 07/01/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. The newsletter begins with articles expressing questions and concerns surrounding the Townships’ attempt to get public buy-in on their attempt to secure control over school property. This is followed up by two responses we received from the BOE vice president and a BOE representative that provide some insight...
Response to Vice President Dipti Khanna regarding Lower Columbia Lease Agreement
Debbie Varnerin is Chair of the Berkeley Heights Recreation Commission and Resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ Dipti, I was disheartened to see your response to John Migues and the Berkeley Heights Community Watch when you ignored my email dated May 15th. As a resident and the Chair of the Recreation Commission am I not important enough, or vocal enough, to...
NJ21st 06/23/2024 Newsletter
Our newsletter starts and ends with concerns about the Town Council agenda this week. With a questionable set of decisions surrounding the CFO position and a one-sided narrative on the CMS Field issue- one has to wonder why the Mayor and Council Members focused their efforts on BOE issues they have little to no information on over the past month....
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