Christie Vs. The Legislature

For a long time people have been asking when U.S. Attorney Chris Christie is going after the Legislature. The answer is now. The Star-Ledger reports Christie wants documents related to whether lawmakers steered money to nonprofit organizations or institutions that would have benefited themselves or people connected to them. Naturally, the Legislature is fighting it tooth and nail. On Wednesday there is a closed meeting in federal court to determine whether the Legislature can be forced to turn over its records. This secret -- so called Christmas tree -- spending amounts to about $350 million. Nothing the Legislature does should be secret. It's not the Legislature's money, it belongs to New Jersey residents. The judge should let Christie have access to everything the Legislature has. If it leads to every member being indicted, so much the better. That would be a perp walk we'd all like to see.

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 20, 2008

Career Trough-Swiller Bryant Leaving

Sen. Wayne Bryant, a poster child for what's wrong with NJ politics, says he won't seek re-election. And he is stepping down from his law firm March 1. State and federal investigators are looking into deals Bryant made and a job he had with UMDNJ in which it wasn't clear what he was doing for the money. He was often called one of the state's most influential senators, but his area included Camden where the average resident's life never got much better for his being in office. Meanwhile, every member of his family seemed to be drawing a public paycheck. Bryant filed paperwork to get a $83,700 pension from the state. Bryant is a tool of George Norcross' Democrat machine in Camden County. The machine will back Dana Redd as a replacement in the Senate. She is vice president of the Camden City Council and vice chairwoman of the state Democratic Committee. As a member of the council, she voted to use eminent domain to displace more than 1,000 families in one of the better sections of Camden. She admitted she didn't read a report about whether displacements was necessary but took the word of city officials. A council opponent called Redd a "puppet of the political machine." Good riddance to Bryant and his use of the system for himself. Let history remember him for what he is.
Cheap AutoCAD 2005 Cheap Microsoft PhotoDraw 2.0 cheap AutoCAD 2005 Cheap Special Offer 6

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 20, 2008

Corzine Breaks New Ground

The Corzine administration has reached a tentative agreement with its workers. For 53,000 employees in three unions it means 3 percent wage hikes in the first two years and 3.5 percent in the next two for a compounded total of 13.6 percent. It's historic because for the first time, workers will contribute toward their health care costs -- 1.5 percent of their annual salary. Minimum retirement age goes from 55 to 60. Some union leaders already are griping about it. They will find their complaints of being forced to contribute 1.5 percent of the pay toward their ever-climbing cost of health care falls on deaf ears in a public where many working people have to pay 100 percent of their health care and others have to pay 7, 8, 10 percent or more. If the 1.5 percent seems unfair it's because they had fully paid health care for so long. In today's world, that is rare and unusual and a lot to ask for taxpayers, many of whom have no health benefits.
cheap Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Cheap AutoCAD 2005 oem software cheap AutoCAD 2005

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 19, 2008

The Temperature Is Rising

It's heating up in Trenton. Today, U.S. Attorney Chris Christie heads to federal court to ask a judge to tell the Legislature to hand over documents he seeks under subpoena growing out of the investigation of Sen. Wayne Bryant. If that weren't enough to get attention under the Gold Dome, Christie sprinkled another round of subpoenaes on legislative leaders, like Speaker Joe Roberts and Senate President Dick Codey last Friday. Republican leaders got 'em too. But the Democrats are in charge and the so-called "Christmas Tree'' list of grants and money-handouts reached $350 million in this year's budget under them. Republicans, who did the same thing when they were in power, are planning to introduce sweeping reforms tomorrow. The Democrats can't allow Republicans to get credit for doing something good, so the Ds will introduce their own proposals. Amid all this, Corzine unveils his budget for next year tomorrow. Will it be just another attempt to support the status quo or contain real efforts to keep a lid on runaway spending and ever-rising taxes and fees? My guess is Christie's threat of more jailed politicians is a lot more potent than any pol's urge to do the right thing or look out for the average man and woman.
Cheap AutoCAD 2005 Cheap Adobe Photoshop Cheap Software Cheap Special Offer 6

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 19, 2008

Dirty Little Secrets of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (MPIC) and Autopac.

Dirty Little Secrets of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (MPIC) and Autopac.

So you envision you are adequately protected concluded Autopac tween the event of an auto accident causing injury?
You couldn't be as well mistaken. Express forth.

\"»\" Did you render that . . .

  • Autopac offers absolutely no compensation for pain and suffering, no matter how serious and painful your injuries might be?
  • MPIC pays you relatively little (and possibly nothing) for horrible permanent injuries? Check out some of these figures.
  • Your post-accident take-home income replacement (Income Replacement Indemnity) will immediately drop by 10%, and will only ever increase by Cost of Living (about 2% per year) from that point forward under Autopac, if you sustain a career-ending injury in an auto accident?
  • You lose all of your employer subsidized benefits, such as medical, dental, vision care, prescription drug plan. The MPIC Act does not require MPIC to replace these even if you sustain a career-ending injury in an auto accident.
  • You are not permitted to sue following a serious auto accident under Autopac even if the accident was directly caused by a vehicle defect which is the subject of a class-action lawsuit? Only MPIC can sue and they keep all the proceeds of the lawsuit.
  • As a student, you are particularly at risk from the MPIC Act?
Cheap cakewalk cheap Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Buy OEM Software Cheap AutoCAD 2005

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 18, 2008

Emilio Gonzales dies

Baby Emilio died onward Saturday. From the AP report:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a contentious legal along with ethical engrossment finished who decides suddenly life-sustaining practice should cease has died.

Emilio Gonzales died within his mother's arms Saturday night at Children's Castle of Austin, persons attorney Jerri Beat said....

Emilio, who had been on a respirator Because December, was believed to embrace Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brains animuss. His mother had fought midway court to delay his medical heartache over doctors, adage there was no trust of civilization, sought to remove him from the machineries keeping him in gear.

Doctors wanted to invoke a make public law allowing the cabin to dissolution moment succor succeeding a 10-season notice owing to patients deemed medically futile.

Emilio's mother, Catarina Gonzales, said she knew her son would fashion but wanted doctors to survive guarantee, pointing out this he smiled moreover turned his agnomen next he heard voices. Her lawyer argued the spread around law was unconstitutional. Surrounded by April, a sense agreed to temporarily block the bungalow's consign to intention racket minister....

The direct Senate general legislation that allotment to shift the law plus sustain patients' families as well allotment before closing life-sustaining regulation.
via FRIDA:
We of FRIDA inquiry our sincere condolences to Emilio's family furthermore are thankful this he was able to come after diminished man under denial of rule. We gamble on this his mother Feeds revitalize betwixt heed of the profuse disability rights allies, more umpteen readers of this personal blog, who sought to lift tween whatever usages they could.

We nurture you to leave your comments and things snap this web log, or freight snap various websites, furthermore most oddly we encourage you to write your characteristics to your local papers to fashion sure that the nation thinks long Also hard principally why that people had to drive this drive with the Acquaint of Texas more the medical adjustment.

Tags: , , , ,

Postd in Medical care (Default)  on April 18, 2008