I’ve placed the audio of the Borough Commission’s February 18, 2015 meeting on-line here. It’s a big file, so it may take some time to download. I’ve listened to the tape and have listed below the times (MM:SS) where some of the more interesting comments begin. 07:18 Open floor to public comment 07:25 Michael Hawthorne […]
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Barnegat antique shop owner fights onerous ordinance.
On November 17, 2014, Barnegat Township (Ocean County) passed Ordinance 2014-30 which imposes substantial reporting requirements on “secondhand dealers” who purchase “secondhand goods” from the public. The stated purpose of the ordinance is to “assist law enforcement officials and victims of crime in recovering stolen precious metals and other secondhand goods by requiring minimum identification, […]
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Four more organizations seek to join my e-mail OPRA case against Galloway.
On October 27, 2014, I blogged about the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (“NJSACOP”) entering as an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” into Galloway Township’s appeal of a trial court’s ruling that I am entitled to logs showing the sender, recipient, date and subject line of each e-mail sent by […]
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Unpublished trial court OPRA opinion.
Update: In a May 23, 2018 ruling, the Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division’s July 6, 2016 ruling.Update: In a July 6, 2016 opinion, the Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s ruling.———————————————-“Unpublished opinions” are not published in the law books and are not ordinarily written about in legal periodicals. Unless somebody puts them on-line and […]
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Stay is granted despite County’s “flagrant disregard” of court’s order.
Michael Saudino, Bergen County Sheriff On October 18, 2014, I blogged about Paff v. Bergen County, et al, where Assignment Judge Peter E. Doyne ordered the Bergen Sheriff to provide me with an unredacted list of Internal Affairs Complaints against corrections officers who work in the Bergen County Jail. Today, in a decision on-line here, […]