Government Jobs Parts I, II and III – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver told Chris Franklin at NJ.com that she won’t be intervening to remove Mayor Gilliam and Councilman Jeffree Fauntleroy as the ACDC requested.
Mayor Fight, Marijuana and the End of Sears – Tuesday’s Roundup
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The recreational marijuana bill moved out of committee yesterday and heads to a full vote in the state legislature, which could come as early as December 17, the valuable Spotlight reports, adding that the bill’s proponents don’t quite have the votes, but they’re close enough.
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AC Dems Condemn Mayor, Councilman
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The Atlantic City Democratic Committee voted to denounce Mayor Frank Gilliam and Councilman at-large Jeffree Fauntleroy, saying they were perpetrators of a “vicious physical and emotional attack” outside the Golden Nugget on November 11.
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Sears’ End Times
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If you grew up in the 80s, like me, you understand the first thing any reasonable person would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse or interstellar plague would be head to the mall to score some super deals at Orange Julius or Olympia Sporting Goods. So we found this note from Jim Doorn, who attended the final hours of the Sears at the Hamilton Mall, which closed over the weekend, highly relatable. The scene there was like something out of Night of the Comet. Except there were lines. “Upon entering,” Jim notes, the store was “void of anything, a blank slate and no people.
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Gene Allen, Rural Cabins, an Emergency Meeting for the Mayor, etc. – Monday’s Roundup
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Lynda Cohen has an insightful link to an interview with Ray Bethea Sr. (whose son was a star player at Atlantic High) and who is at the center of the basketball program controversy over Gene Allen.
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Ashes and Hope – Thursday’s Roundup
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The state AG Gurbir Grewal is going to issue new guidance for ICE detainers, replacing the old directive from 2007.
This sounds a little esoteric, but this guidance spells out how local/regional law enforcement should ask questions about immigration status and how they should handle requests from the federal level. It also deals with local officers who are deputized to do immigration stuff, which happens in Cape May and Salem Counties.
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Opioid Lawsuit, Car Crash, Public Meetings – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Public Meetings! The DCA tweeted out a picture of a meeting yesterday of the Atlantic City Executive Council and there were lots of local heavyweights, but not a lot of laypersons, or any media, prompting Ryan Hutchins at Politico to observe it looked like a blatant violation of the NJ Open Public Meetings Act and that the Murphy admin was essentially bragging about it. I don’t get invited to those things. Nor do I know the law, but here’s the pic. Who else used to watch Romper Room?
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HQ2, Big Fish, Fralinger’s – Tuesday’s Roundup
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In national news, Amazon picked Long Island City and Crystal City, Virginia, for its new headquarters HQ2.
Am I crazy, or did they just string along a few hundred American cities for two years pretending to care about “development” or somesuch before plopping down in maybe the last two places that need development?
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Mayor Fight, Wrongful Convictions, Football – Monday’s Roundup
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Everybody’s reporting that City of Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam and Councilman Jeffree Fauntleroy scuffled with some unidentified persons outside the Golden Nugget over the weekend.
Well, not everyone is reporting that. Harry Hurley’s reporting that the mayor punched a female security guard.
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Vineland Football and Veterans on SNAP – Friday’s Roundup
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Mike McGarry from the Press of AC has a great story about Dan Russo, the head football coach at Vineland, where they have maybe the most beautiful high school football stadium in South Jersey (#controversial) and the strangest mascot (“Poultry Clan”).