Budget belongs to mayor, political foe says
      Mayor Steve Acropolis is blaming everyone but himself for the 9.6-cent tax increase. The reality is that the council must approve the budget. Councilman Acropolis voted to approve those budgets in past years. Mayor Acropolis deferred $5.8 million of this year's school payment and erased the $3.6 million surplus from Mayor Kelly's budget. A total of $9.
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Republican Party head takes issue with Democrats
FRANK PANNUCCI JR. Guest Column
      Recently, numerous letters to the editor have been written by several current and former Democrat officials. While I admire all of these gentlemen for their years of service to the public, I am disheartened by their flagrant and grotesque distortion of history.
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Children of N.J. need advocates to prevent child abuse
      Like most New Jerseyans, I was horrified to learn of the Paterson mother who stabbed her 6 monthold infant to death. While it's unimaginable to comprehend the choice to harm a child, I found myself plagued with uneasy questions about how the tragedy came to be.
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'Adults behaving badly' sums up council meeting
      I was watching TV the other night and I came across a compelling fight on local Channel 20. There were eight people, comprised of men and women, fighting what looked like an all-out brawl. One side was bashing the other and it continued for what seemed like an eternity.
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Bill is first step toward health insurance for everyone
      With the passage of S-1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S-1557 mandates that New Jersey's children have health insurance and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market.
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