CRDA, Noah, Norcs and the Atlantic Club – Thursday’s Roundup
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Cory Booker’s former chief of staff, Modia Butler, is joining the CRDA board.
Butler’s also a partner at Mercury, the terrifying public relations firm. Super.
What Is The Atlantic Club’s Owner Up To?
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The Atlantic Club is still up for sale and its owners just modified a $10 million mortgage on their other Atlantic City Boardwalk property, The Claridge. These things are not related, Dale Schooley, director of acquisitions for the owners, TJM, told me yesterday.
Let It Not Collect Dust – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Everyone reports on the NJ Transit audit, which Governor Murphy released yesterday at a train station in Metuchen. The system’s a mess, but “fixable” Murphy said, while pledging not to let the report collect dust. It’s like he read our minds.
Prosecutors, Courts, Layoffs – Tuesday’s Roundup
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The Press of AC and Breaking AC have stories on Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner, specifically that three employees (one current, two former) have accused Tyner of futzing with evidence in the April Kauffman murder case, hiring unqualified relatives and committing mortgage fraud.
Celeste Fernandez Is Trying To Talk About The Economy
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Celeste Fernandez, candidate for freeholder at-large in Atlantic County, said she made her decision to run for office on November 9, 2016, which makes it easy to count her among the millions of women moved to action by the ascension of a reality TV star who boasted of sexual assault to the office of President of the United States.
Lucy Had a Credit Card? – Friday’s Roundup!
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Phil Murphy who used to work for Goldman Sachs talked a lot about forming a state-run bank when he was campaigning for Governor, but hasn’t talked about it much since, the valuable Spotlight reports, apropos a report by the Citizen Action Education Fund, which you can read here.
Apologies, Unreasonable Anger and More – Thursday’s Roundup
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Apologies for no roundup Wednesday! Some days I have ragestroke and am unable to function. Also, some of us were traveling (side note – it’s possible to get from Atlantic City to La Guardia on public transit in three hours and fifteen minutes and for under $50).
A Plan, A Poll, A Raise – Tuesday’s Roundup
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Everyone covers Phil Murphy’s speech on his plan, or something, for the economy, in which he proposed a $500 million venture capital fund, to replace the tax-incentive programs which are up for renewal next year.
Kim v. MacArthur, Opioids, Fireworks – Monday’s Roundup
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The indefatigable Amy Rosenberg has a fun story on the race between Tom MacArthur and Andy Kim for the 3rd Congressional District, which has entered the Twilight Zone, with MacArthur simultaneously calling Kim a “Washington insider” (!) and “Not one of us” (Kim’s a second-generation American).
Atlantic Club Deal Off, Zoning Changes – Friday’s Roundup
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Stockton’s deal to buy the old Golden Nugget, or the old Hilton or Atlantic Club or whatever they called it at the end, is off now, the parties announced yesterday.
More Microbrew News, A Marijuana Voter and the Foodstore – Thursday’s Roundup
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Good morning Roundup Readers! We’re filing today from the world-famous Atlantic City Inlet, since the waves looked good and we thought there’d be surfers. Also we wanted to get out of range of the Kavanaugh hearings. Has anyone seen Don hometime boy McGahan? He was behind the nominee the whole time last time.
Norcs, Marijuana Justice, A Liquor-License App – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Donald Norcross spent $24,570 from his office budget on Facebook ads during the first half of 2018, making him the top supporter of Mark Zuckerberg’s surveillance machine in Congress, at least according to this metric, ProPublica reports. Other Congresspersons may have spent more on FB through marketing agencies, but those stats are more opaque.
Expungement, Voter Registration etc. – Tuesday’s Roundup
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With marijuana reform looking more and more imminent, the Asbury Park Press looks at how marijuana-related crimes can/should/will be expunged from peoples’ records in the aftermath.
Suburbs! Diversity! Fall Has Fallen – Monday’s Roundup
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Happy Monday, Route 40 Roundup Readers! Hope you had a good weekend! And what a busy weekend it was on the world-famous Atlantic City Boardwalk. On Saturday, they had a longboard competition in front of Showboat and the old Revel casino, and the waves seemed super. The BW also hosted Vagabike VI, a scenic beachfront fund-raising ride organized by Vagabond restaurant.
Stockton and an ‘Affordable’ AirBnB? – Friday’s Roundup
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The ninth-most-popular AirBnB in the state of New Jersey is in Atlantic City in the Inlet, according to a listicle prepared by NJ.com and based on data supplied by the company.