November 27, 2009
“ Taxpayers are subsidizing a private lobbying group — including a six-figure pension for the top employee — even as it sometimes fights proposed laws designed to help bring down the country’s highest property taxes.
The New Jersey Association of Counties relies on deep-pocketed utilities and corporations for support and entices new sponsors with promises of access to officials and the chance to win public contracts.
Taxpayers help fund New Jersey Association of Counties | New Jersey Real-Time News - - NJ.com
“ CAMDEN — A national study ranks this city as the nation’s most dangerous city in 2008. The annual rankings from CQ Press are based on FBI-compiled crime data and population figures. Some criminologists say the methodology is unfair. Camden is no stranger to the top of the list. It was the most dangerous city for 2003 and 2004 and is consistently in the top 10. The bad ranking comes during a year when the number of murders has dropped amid major changes to the police department. The study found Camden had more than 2,300 violent crimes for every 10,000 residents last year.
Camden tops ‘08 list of dangerous U.S. cities | New Jersey Real-Time News - - NJ.com