House Movers
Avalon Zoppo writes about moving a very old home that used to be in Avalon from Egg Harbor Township (where it was in storage) to Cape May, where it will now live, with the assistance of seven law enforcement agencies.
The shoobies grow tired of putting their houses on stilts and hoisting them into the air. Now they cut them into pieces and drive them down the Parkway instead. My, whatever will they think of next.
Underwater Seismic Blasts
Elsewhere in our coastal environment, Senators Booker and Menendez and Congressman Jeff Van Drew are sponsoring bills banning the use of seismic air gun blasts to find oil off the New Jersey coast. Since drilling for oil off Cape May would be terrible, it is pointless and cruel to torture the whales etc. with sonic blasts in the meantime, especially since some locals have whale-watching businesses.
At first I thought this story was silly, but then I remembered our government is run by internet trolls and found my spirits strangely buoyed by this small act of non-cruelty.
The Worst People
Elsewhere in posturing, Sam Sutton at Politico covered the hearings in the state judiciary and appropriations committees on marijuana legalization, which enjoys strong public support, where one state senator said the bill marked a descent into a “violent, pornographic nightmare worthy of a Bosch painting” (Sutton’s words) and another said the expungement provisions were cause to rename the bill “the Drug Pusher, the Drug Pusher’s Friend Act.”
So I guess that’s two ‘no’s.’
For more feats of journalism…
Atlantic City’s Showboat hotel seeks return of casino gambling–Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein said Monday he's moving forward with plans to bring a casino back to the Showboat, which he has been running for three years as a non-gambling hotel. www.nj.com
Cocaine bust led cops to ‘ghost gun’ network that sold untraceable AR-15s, AG says–The guns were ordered online, lacking serial numbers and just a few parts shy of being ready to fire – with instructions on how to finish them, authorities said. www.nj.com
Working a Day on the Beer Canning Line–Everyone knows how to get beer out of a can. But getting beer into a can? That’s a whole can of worms. njmonthly.com
Ventnor awards contract to rebuild Wellington Avenue firehouse–VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners March 14 awarded a contract to rebuild Ventnor City Fire Station No. 2 on Wellington Avenue, which no longer meets National Fire Protection Association and Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations for critical infrastructure buildings and is beyond repair, officials say. www.downbeach.com
Discrimination suit against Atlantic County prosecutor moved to Cumberland County–A lawsuit alleging sexism and harassment under the current leadership at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has been moved to Cumberland County. www.breakingac.com