Trump Pays!
Former workers at the Trump Plaza can collect severance checks Thursday and Friday at the Local 54 offices, Lynda Cohen reports. The payouts were negotiated in 2009. The Plaza closed in 2014. I guess that’s what they meant when they said Trump was “slow-pay.”
Celebration for Mikey
Elsewhere in Lynda Cohen, I really loved this story about Mikey Pittman.
Anyhoo. Thank you, Lynda!
Debate Night
We went to the debates last night for freeholder and for U.S. Congress at Dante Hall, and I have to say it was a fun time.
We don’t have a story or anything (just some tweets), except maybe that the Republicans are running on the everything’s-hunky-dory (sp?) ticket and on their great “bonding capability.”
As an outsider, it’s weird to think about who gets into politics and why. Like, I understand it if your house fills up with water every time it rains and half the neighborhood is addicted to OxyContin. You might be angry and want to do something other than sit at the computer and pull out your hair.
But what about the rest of these people who are in it, term after term, to shout the same lame slogans about diversifying the economy and supporting small business? It’s mysterious. Unless they’re in it for the grift.
Immigration Maps
Route 40 has a data report on immigration cases across New Jersey, with an interactive map. We were able to drill down through Homeland Security data (thanks to a FOI request by TRAC at Syracuse) to map pending deportations by zip code. No surprises that there are a lot of cases in Atlantic City and Pleasantville, but there are also dozens in Galloway Township and Egg Harbor Township… Take a look.
For more feats of journalism from across South Jersey…
Ventnor’s largest retail store still not charging for single-use bags–VENTNOR – The carryout bag ordinance has been on the books since February, but enforcement was delayed six months to get the public used to the idea. Oct. 1 was the first day for enforcement of Ventnor’s single-use bag fee ordinance adopted on Feb. 22. www.downbeach.com
Vintage photos of films made in N.J.–New Jersey has hosted film crews for some truly outstanding classics, like "On the Waterfront," and some ... others. The movie industry was BORN in New Jersey, beginning with Thomas Edison and moving to the cliffhangers that were actually filmed on and over the cliffs around Fort Lee and Palisades Park. www.nj.com
Lawmakers hire legal showman Michael Critchley to aid Murphy investigation–State lawmakers on Wednesday hired Michael Critchley, one of New Jersey’s most prominent defense attorneys, as counsel to a new committee that will investigate the hiring of a Murphy administration’s official who had been accused of rape. www.politico.com
OP-ED: WHAT OFFSHORE WIND COULD DO FOR ECONOMY AND JOBS IN NEW JERSEY–Sometimes success is about being in the right place at the right time. Eight years after the signing of one of the nation’s most robust laws to open the market to offshore-wind generation, New Jersey’s moment has arrived. www.njspotlight.com
Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters after skiff runs aground off N.J. (VIDEO)–The U.S. Coast Guard hoisted three people to a rescue helicopter on Wednesday a day after their skiff ran aground and left them stranded off New Jersey in the Delaware Bay. www.nj.com