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Lawnside Police Manual

As a public service, the New Jersey Libertarian Party has uploaded the Police Manual for the Borough of Lawnside (Camden County) to the Internet. The manual outlines the rights and duties of officers and sets forth the department’s disciplinary policy. It is available by clicking here. John Paff, ChairNew Jersey Libertarian Party’sOpen Government Advocacy Project

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Sample of Pilesgrove Executive Minutes on-line

I chair the New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Open Government Advocacy Project which seeks more openness and accountability from government, especially at the local level. I submitted an OPRA request to Pilesgrove Township for some of the Township Committee’s resolutions that authorize the exclusion of the public from Committee meetings (i.e. to go into closed or […]

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Supplement: How can we get the Local Finance Board to enforce the ethics law?

I have submitted the following two OPRA requests to the Local Finance Board in an attempt to document the Board’s poor performance. John PaffSomerset, New Jersey —-Request Confirmation No. W41209 BACKGROUND: A May 30, 2008 article in the Record “Oury failed to file required disclosures, clerk says,” reported that Bergenfield Borough Clerk Catherine Navarro-Steinel had […]