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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: More Like This - Go Leonie!

Jersey Jazzman: More Like This - Go Leonie!

More Like This - Go Leonie!

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
Mayor Bloomberg is a busy man. When he leaves City Hall, he’s often in a rush and rarely stops to chat to the ever-present protesters on the City Hall steps.
But Bloomberg broke with his usual practice today when education activist Leonie Haimson – the director of Class Size Matters and a frequent flyer on the City Hall steps – hurled a protest slogan at Hizzoner as he headed out for a press conference in the Bronx.
“Don’t balance the budget on the backs of our children!” Haimson shouted.
Instead of continuing toward his waiting car, the mayor stopped, turned and went over to talk to Haimson,

Self-Dealing NJ Dems?

Oh, man, I hope not. Via Blue Jersey:
When the day's work is done at the Heldrich Hotel, Blue Jersey hopes Democratic Chair Asm John Wisniewski reads this post. It concerns a rumor, hot all day, we hope was never true. If it was, we hope progressive and grassroots outrage has shifted some members of the redistricting commission off a certain highly questionable plan.
As Jay Lassiter wrote earlier today, the hottest rumor coming out the redistricting meetings in New Brunswick is that of Senators Barbara Buono and Joe Vitale being lumped together into one legislative district while Assemblyman and Democratic State