Another year... another legal budget crunch. How will we pay this one off? We have used three options in the past: Pay out of the bond Pass an emergency budget Raid the Police and Road budget Orloff was quoted as saying: "I remain perplexed as to why Readington doesn't want to sit down and try… Continue reading Readington Ordered to Pay Solberg’s Lawyers yet again
Author: Dennis M.
Readington’s Hours of Operations Ordinance
Below is the link to what appears to be a draft of Readington's Hours of Operation Ordinance. It lists out the times and days (weekends and weekdays) that businesses may operate. It also lists out the businesses that would be exempt. So far this is a draft only (it came with the download from the… Continue reading Readington’s Hours of Operations Ordinance
An “Old” copy of the Solberg Bond Escrow Balance
Couple of days ago I filed an OPRA request requesting the most "current" balance statement on the escrow account holding the Solberg Bond. Today I got it and I realized it did not reflect the $2.9 million we had taken out. Then I noticed the date of the statement and it is from December 21,… Continue reading An “Old” copy of the Solberg Bond Escrow Balance
Foothill Rd Residents still angry
Recently a letter was written to the editor about the dire plight of the residents of Foothill Rd. Here is the link http://thehunterdoncountynews.com/letter-to-the-editor-safety-issues-foothill-rd-readington-township/ The Readington Twp committee seems to continue to ignore the residents of Foothill Rd. This is a road that school buses refuse to travel on during bad weather. Years ago Township officials… Continue reading Foothill Rd Residents still angry
Resolution R-2016-105. Yet another emergency budget to pay legal bills
Well it looks like this year we won't raid the road or police budget because we just approved an emergency budget to pay legal bills. Administrator Mekovetz stated that the Township has fa llen short on the legal line item of the budget and this resolution is appropriating $185,000 to cover future legal bills from… Continue reading Resolution R-2016-105. Yet another emergency budget to pay legal bills
Time to pay Solberg’s lawyers… again
MyCentral Jersey reported that on Nov 18 Solberg's lawyer will seek legal fees for the Judge Miller court case we just lost. The website reports that Solberg's lawyer is using the same argument they did after the Jackson case for the fees. They received $2.9 million from the township to pay for legal fees after… Continue reading Time to pay Solberg’s lawyers… again
Quick Chek in Readington
Not so long ago Quick Chek had plans to build a new gas station over in Bridgewater on the Eastbound side of Rt 22. A group called "Bridgewater Residents United" fought the plan and in essence forced them to make a large number of concessions through their BOA. Quick Chek decided earlier this year to… Continue reading Quick Chek in Readington
Our old ‘friend’ Undersheriff Russo had his own TV series.
This one fell completely through the cracks. Hunterdon's "favorite" former Undersheriff Micheal Russo played the Governor of NJ on his own TV show on Fox called "Chase Street". Yes... it's like some bizarro dream but here is the Youtube link to his interview on Fox news about it. He plays Governor 'Mike Micheals' (which is… Continue reading Our old ‘friend’ Undersheriff Russo had his own TV series.
ICYMI: Merck buyer backs out… no more ‘sigh of relief’
During the 2014 election, former Readington Committeeman Frank Gatti penned a letter to the Hunterdon Democrat titled the “Sky is not Falling”. In that letter, Committeeman Gatti wrote that while the county’s largest ratable, Merck, was leaving the sky was not falling because “…the building remains and the taxes will be paid.” In other words,he… Continue reading ICYMI: Merck buyer backs out… no more ‘sigh of relief’
Lawsuit: Trentonian v. Readington Twp
Recently (October 17), Readington had on their Executive Session agenda a line item about a lawsuit from The Trentonian Newspaper. I had not heard about this at all so I OPRA'ed the township for any court filings and/or letters from the Plaintiff's attorneys. In summary, this case pertains to the arrest of a Scotch Plains… Continue reading Lawsuit: Trentonian v. Readington Twp
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