Expensive Elections
The Senate and Assembly primary races are on track to become the most expensive in New Jersey’s history, NJ Spotlight reports. One of the battlegrounds is here in South Jersey: Stephen Sweeney and his running mates have raised $2.4 million, spent $1.4 million and have $970,000 left in the bank. Not bad for a part of the state with above-average unemployment and poverty rates.
CRDA
What has the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority been up to? The State Auditor’s Office began a probe of CRDA’s finances and performance last year and it is – just about – wrapping up, after a longer-than-expected investigation, Route 40 reports.
Sober Living
New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it easier for sober-living houses to get local land-use approval, NJ Spotlight reports. Atlantic County’s Bill Schmincke of Stop The Heroin ta
A red tailed hawk, captured on camera by @devonelizabethphotography
lks in the piece about the need for sober-living facilities (which Stop the Heroin operates in our area). The piece looks at how many New Jersey communities realize the extent of the opioid crisis, but have a “not in our backyard” response to planning applications from treatment facilities – and even sober-living homes. We’ve written a little bit about the differing response from South Jersey communities before. When a recent Atlantic City application to open a 26-bed detox clinic came before the city’s zoning board, it was unanimously approved with many board members commenting on how great the need was for such a facility. Meanwhile, our NJ News Commons colleague Matt Skoufalos of NJPen, has documented a battle around turning a green space into a rehabilitation center.
In the rest of the news from the last 24 hours, there’s a push to stop diversions from the state’s clean energy fund, it could get really hot later this week, the Atlantic City Seafood festival is moving to a new venue, and while the Atlantic City council delayed, the state went ahead and privatized its trash collection anyway. All that and more below:
Atlantic City Man Arrested in Mother’s Day Killing–An Atlantic City man was arrested early Monday morning in the Mother’s Day killing of a local rapper. Keith Cundiff Jr., known as K-Miz, was found shot multiple times in the 800 block of North Maryland Avenue just before 3 p.m. Sunday. Cundiff, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene. BreakingAC
Recreational marijuana would be legal in NJ under new bill–Marijuana could be grown, sold and used in New Jersey under new legislation introduced Monday in the state Senate. Courier-Post
Shore Medical Center spirituality summit addresses addiction–No one is immune to the scourge of opioid abuse, Shore Medical Center Chief Financial Officer David Hughes told a crowd of nearly 100 gathered May 2 at Greate Bay Country Club for a spirituality summit focused on addiction. Shore News Today
LoBiondo: ‘Classified intelligence is classified for a reason’–A New Jersey Republican on a key intelligence committee called reports Monday that President Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials “deeply concerning” and vowed to bring the issue up with the House panel this week. Philly.com
The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth–As a neonatal intensive care nurse, Lauren Bloomstein had been taking care of other people’s babies for years. www.njspotlight.com
State privatizes Atlantic City trash collection without City Council–ATLANTIC CITY — Officials running a state takeover of the city bypassed City Council on Monday to privatize the city’s trash collection. Press of Atlantic City
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