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Christie Needs To Throw Down In Middletown
By Matt Rooney, Save Jersey.com When Speaker of the House John Boehner’s caucus didn’t immediately sign off on a massive, bloated Superstorm Sandy relief package in early 2013, Save Jerseyans, Chris...
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“My message to the federal government, get the resources where they are needed as fast as possible, as hard as possible and for the duration. Because the recovery process, obviously in a place like New...
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A New Christie For A New Normal
If Governor Chris Christie’s presidential prospects have been damaged by the Bridgegate scandal and associated investigations, you wouldn’t know it by the amount of television cameras at the Town Hall...
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Hurricane Sandy victims make do in trailers as they wait to rebuild
Hurricane Sandy victims make do in trailers as they wait to rebuild (via NJ.com) Tina Napalo lived in a bungalow-style house on Fourth Street in Union Beach for more than 20 years. “I didn’t have...
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Sweeney and Pallone confirm that Feds are the problem with Sandy relief
Keansburg Deputy Mayor Jimmy Cocuzza, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Congressman Frank Pallone at Sweeney’s Town Hall Meeting in Keansburg, March 20, 2014 Senate President Steve Sweeney and...
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Christie: Federal Law Keeping RREM Applicants in Limbo
Pallone says legislation is not necessary, regulators can change the rules Governor Chris Christie listens to a resident’s question in Belmar. March 25, 2014 MMM photo/Art Gallagher. Click for larger...
View ArticleMonmouth And Ocean Senators Ask Congressional Delegation For Sandy Help
Six state Senators representing Monmouth and Oceans Counties have written to New Jersey’s U.S. Senators and Members of Congress asking for help in correcting inequities and inefficiencies in the...
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The Politics Of Disaster Relief
By Art Gallagher, artvg@aol.com When disaster hits, natural or man made, Americans put aside their differences and come together to handle the emergency. We saw it with 9-11. Most recently in New...
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NJ has distributed less than 25 percent of Sandy aid
NJ has distributed less than 25 percent of Sandy aid (via NJ.com) About a year after the federal government allocated $1.8 billion to New Jersey to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, the state has...
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N.J. Congressman: Sandy funds still needed for infrastructure, businesses
N.J. Congressman: Sandy funds still needed for infrastructure, businesses (via NJ.com) FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – While public officials welcomed the news that the latest round of Hurricane Sandy recovery...
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Highlands Hero Gets RREM’d
After Closing On A RREM Grant, DCA Says A New Home For Vietnam Vet Is Not In The Cards By Art Gallagher Russell Card Jr removes his “family crest” from his family’s home in Highlands in preparation for...
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‘We need help desperately,’ residents tell state officials at Sandy hearing
TOMS RIVER — The state plans to spend most of the half billion dollars in Hurricane Sandy recovery funding allocated to New Jersey in the final round of aid from the federal government on affordable...
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Why Christie Got RREM’d In Iowa
In her last job, Amanda Devecka-Rinear’s office was in an historic brick Georgian mansion on DuPont Circle in Washington D.C., with rooftop views of Embassy Row. Her office now is in a fishing shack...
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Sandy bill clears Senate; Sweeney says storm victims ‘deserve answers’
A bill that aims to address ongoing problems raised by homeowners and advocates about New Jersey’s handling of Hurricane Sandy relief aid cleared the state Senate on Monday. The bill ( S2825), which...
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Sandy victims just want to go home
STAFFORD — If Joe Karcz had gone with his gut, he’d be home by now, instead of staring at his empty lagoon-front lot in Stafford Township. A disabled construction worker, Karcz, whose home was badly...
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Federal Flood Insurance Reformer Quits
Brad J. Kieserman, the federal official assigned to reform the National Flood Insurance Plan and to re-open thousands of Superstorm Sandy related claims amid allegations that thousands of homeowners...
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A Sandy recovery house from hell | Di Ionno
The unfinished front stairs to Joseph Ready’s elevated house in Union Beach look like something out of the game “Mousetrap.” Skinny, rickety, with bare-bones framing, the stairs lead to a shaky,...
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Christie signs Sandy bill targeting recovery aid distribution
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed a bill that requires the state to provide residents participating in major Hurricane Sandy recovery grant programs with personalized timelines outlining...
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N.J. lawmakers: Give homeowners 3 more months for Sandy claims
WASHINGTON — The New Jersey congressional delegation is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend until Dec. 15 its deadline for receiving requests from Hurricane Sandy homeowners to...
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