NJ.com reported on February 22nd that Corporal Joseph DiParisi, of the New Providence Police Department, filed a claim of damages against the department. The claim is reported to be over a failure to promote DiParisi to a higher rank resulting in lost wages and pension benefits. It was further reported that shortly after, the New …
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Scott Salmon Forced Out of Assembly Race On March 8, 2021, Scott Salmon, candidate for LD 21 Assembly, removed his name from the primary race for the Democratic nomination. Salmon stated: “Running without the endorsement of the Union County Democratic Committee would mean a contested primary, and I believe instead that our resources would be …
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NJ Sierra Club Endorses NJ Green Amendment March 16, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Allen Swanson, Chair, Volunteer Communications Committee, NJ Sierra Club, afswanson@newjersey.sierra.org The Sierra Club’s New Jersey Chapter supports the New Jersey Green Amendment. On March 13, the chapter passed a resolution to endorse a change to the NJ Constitution. The proposed amendment states, …
BETTER BALLOTS NEW JERSEY On Saturday a ballot initiative was launched by a coalition of organizations. This was not a usual ballot initiative. This is a coalition formed to change the primary ballot in New Jersey. Some of you may know, the ballot in New Jersey is unique, no other state in the country uses …
The August 17, 2020 Council meeting had on its agenda a correspondence item from a citizen which contained some inflammatory statements regarding Black Lives Matter and a denial of “systemic racism.” As a result, there was some activity among a number of us in New Providence who are pushing for more recognition of race issues. …
Below are the letter and declaration to be considered at the July 13th meeting of the New Providence Borough Council. The letter and declaration will be considered during the correspondence portion of the meeting and will be open for comments during the public comments portion of the meeting. July 3, 2020 Borough of New Providence …
Recently I wrote an article about what “white privilege to me.” The article is available at the following link: https://lookingleftnj.com/wp-content/uploads/TMNP-Issue-10-Final-.pdf As an extension of that article I am writing what I believe my responsibility is, in the fight to eliminate all forms of racism. I do this from the perspective of being someone identified …
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change. Barack Obama outlines his vision. On June 1, 2020, Barack Obama made a statement regarding his view on how we can make a real sustained change. He states: “So the bottom line is this, if we want to bring about real change, then …
TMNP Issue 9 final
TMNP Special May 25 pg 1 TMNP Special May 25 pg 2
