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President of @NJPolicy, ex-legislator, staffer, author, teacher, bureaucrat, bizman

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Joined February 2014
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Keevey's summary of the NJ's worse-in-the-nation financial condition and the danger of current proposals is a valuable read njspotlight.com/2020/05/opin…
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NJ's adding 1000 beds w. 4 USArmy-constructed new hospitals to handle COVID-19. Great! Where do the MDs, RNs, hospital administrators, etc. come from? njspotlight.com/2020/03/miss…
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NJ fights back against Trump's war against Obamacare (to the benefit of tens of thousands Jerseyans) njspotlight.com/2020/02/murp…
Charter schools seek big change in who pays for their facilities and it'll only cost about $1 billion! No thanks.
Here's a good idea! Do NOT commit $500m to making movies in NJ njspotlight.com/2020/01/and-…
Finally! 2.35 years after voter approval, NJ gets to the bond market to finance improvements to the state's public libraries. Why such delay? njspotlight.com/2020/01/big-…
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Here's an op-ed that covers 3 recurring--maybe permanent--issues affecting public schools: funding of facilities, state aid, pensions & benefits; state testing and charter schools. Worth a read njspotlight.com/2019/12/op-e…
NJ has the highest and most unfair ratio of sentencing black arrestees vs. whites for the same crimes of any state. Chief Justice Poritz's report calls out for reform njspotlight.com/2019/12/op-e…
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Puhleeze, NJ legislators, pass a bill to mandate--yes require--all school children to be vaccinated even if its offends their parents' bizarre "evidence" njspotlight.com/2019/12/cont…
Whew! The last-minute effort to re-organize Blue Cross is sensibly halted so that the consequences of the bill can be scrutinized njspotlight.com/2019/12/hori…
Federal cuts food stamps (aka SNAP) will mean 12,000 of NJ's poorest will lose vital coverage njspotlight.com/2019/12/thou…