They’re Coming For Your Plastic New Jersey

Remember way back in the beginning of the month when we warned you a ban on plastics was coming?

Some of you laughed. The Senate President was on our radio show and, based on his response that you “can introduce any bill,” I don’t think he believed this was coming. He was definitely not yet aware of the legislative hearing that was held last week when we asked him in advance of that hearing on our show.

According to one published report some people in the legislature are marching full steam ahead to ban plastics:

State Sen. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, who announced Murphy's intentions during a joint legislative hearing on plastics in Toms River, said his "ban bill" could see legislative action as early as mid-September.

"We will be working hard this fall on plastics legislation," Smith said after the hearing. "But we're going to take plenty of testimony. We want to hear from the people of New Jersey. We're not jamming anything down anybody's throat."

Come on Bob, you are jamming this down everybody’s throats. Your party controls the Senate, the Assembly and the Governor’s mansion, and the radicals control your party.

I fill my recycle can with paper and plastics and I drag that can all the way down my driveway every week. If everyone else followed the law there would be no reason to ban plastics. Maybe someone could invent a way to use the plastics to fill the potholes that are all over this state.

Besides, if you ban plastic bags what would Phil Murphy’s soccer team use for windows in the substandard housing he provides for the players?

Senator Smith is serious about a ban on plastics. He told the North Jersey Record:

"We heard testimony today from scientists who said that we now have plastic particles in our bodies, so it's become a public health issue," Smith said. "I think there is a lot of momentum for a ban, and I think we'll have it done by the end of the year."

I don’t know what scientists Smith heard from on that day but trust me, I have no plastic in my body. Thanks to a heart attack back in February I now have a team three different doctors that I can barely afford who never once said a word about plastic in my body and I think these doctors have made me take every test possible.

We moved from paper to plastic bags when I was a young man because plastic was better for the environment, or that’s how I remember it. A bunch of talk about saving the forests. Now because we saved the forests and completely mismanage them we have giant fires all over the western United States. Good job environmentalists!

And now we’re supposed to listen to the same groups that wanted us to switch to plastics and ban the plastics they wanted us to switch to in the first place. It’s like the environmentalists can’t make up their minds.

Given the high taxes and the high fees we all have to pay for the “privilege” of living in New Jersey you would think Senator Smith and his friends would work on making New Jersey more affordable.

Instead Senator Smith makes plastics a priority.

Did Flawed Camco Freeholder Candidate Try To Pull A Fast One In Vineland?

Vincent Squire

Based on official minutes of meetings of the Vineland Development Corporation we’re now wondering if Vincent Squire, the flawed freeholder candidate the Republicans in Camden County want off their ticket, tried to pull a fast one in Vineland.

It appears, according to meeting minutes, Squire wanted to rent the old Landis Marketplace from the Vineland Development Corporation. According to the September 17, 2015 meeting minutes:

Property Lease: Sandra Forosisky updated the board on the lease for 631 E. Landis Avenue (formerly the Landis Marketplace). She advised that she received and email from Mr. Vincent Squire’s accountant regarding his financials. The accountant stated that the financials should be received by September 23, 2015.

Three months later, in January 2016, the issue of Squire renting the old Landis Marketplace came up again. Apparently, Squire signed the lease, gave the Vineland Development Corporation a check and asked them to hold the check. From the January 21, 2016 meeting minutes:

Sandra Forosisky reported to the board that she received the signed lease from Vincent Squire in connection with the lease of the Landis Marketplace. She also received the down payment but was requested to hold the check. After much discussion and review, Sandra suggested that Mr. Wilson Lu be involved in the rental of the marketplace along with Mr. Squire.

Reading that, it appears the Vineland Development Corporation didn’t exactly trust Squire because they suggested he would require a partner to make the deal happen. Following is what the Vineland Development Corporation finally decided in the meeting minutes:

After discussions, a motion was made by Cosmo Giovinazzi, seconded by Praful Thakkar approving the following conditions in connection with the lease between the VDC and Vincent Squire:

1) 2 months security and 6 months’ rent up front

2) A guarantee from Wilson Lu

3) Certified check or wired funds as payment

4) No allowed to make permanent changes to the building

All members approved.

It’s obvious that between whatever financials were sent by Squire’s accountant in September 2015, coupled with the fact Squire asked the Vineland Development Corporation to hold his check that the folks running the Vineland Development Corporation saw something wasn’t exactly right with Squire.

Asking for 6 months rent up front is unusual, requiring a cosigner is unusual and requiring payment be made by certified check or wired funds is highly unusual.

All this makes it fair to ask if the Vineland Development Corporation feared Squire was trying to pull a fast one on them?

As best we can tell Squire wasn’t willing to accept the terms laid out by Vineland Development Corporation and never moved in. All we can say is good job to the Vineland Development Corporation for seeing through this guy’s BS.

RUMOR: Threats And Intimidation In Haddon Township

The story of Haddon Township Commissioner Paul Dougherty just keeps getting bigger!

Multiple sources have told us there are now threats of lawsuits against Township residents speaking out on the Dougherty issue.

If true, this is BS and needs to stop.

Based on comments on social media that have been forwarded to us it appears the residents are fighting back. Good for the residents!

In one heated social media discussion a man who may or may not be involved in real estate, who might allegedly be a friend of Dougherty’s posted at least one comment about lawsuits. As we understand many of the comments have since been deleted but following is a piece of how residents are pushing back on those alleged threats.

We’re leaving the names out of this post because we didn’t ask permission to use their names. But this is one reply to the alleged threat of lawsuits:

not to be rude, but who the heck are you to tell people what they can and can’t talk about? I hope it does cause a frenzy in all honesty! The residents of HT deserve someone honest and ethical to make decisions for them. I don’t know this gentleman and he is probably a decent guy, but he broke the law and most likely needs to go get help for his problem. I can tell you from personal experience that the worst thing you can do is NOT talk about it, “brush it under the rug,” or ignore this behavior. This is a public forum where the good people of HT can talk about these kinds of things and get some facts (think of all the “rambling nonsense” that is going on outside of here). What’s wrong is wrong and the facts speak for themselves.

We had one source explain, “People have been getting phone calls with threats of criminal charges.” Furthermore, it’s been alleged that Dougherty may be coaching the guy who may or may not be involved in real estate.

As we were tracking down sources for this piece, one source replied, “Yes, I just received a message yesterday about it. Apparently they are threatening with lawsuits to those going against Dougherty.”

All this talk of threats and intimidation adds up to one thing. Tomorrow night’s commissioners meeting in Haddon Township has the potential of being very exciting.