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Since it's different from state to state, my info for NJ came from here.
http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/di...

What you described sounds much better and I'd be happier if that were true.

Granted, less microplastic per cubic metre does reduce its effect on fish (according to this study, which did use a control). But spreading it out affects correspondingly more fish.

And in the cited study, many of the effects were non-linear - testing with 1/8th the microplastic concentration still produced 1/2 the negative effects (compared to the control), which would indicate a wider distribution of debris may actually worsen the overall problem.

But my main point stands: oceanic plastic debris is getting into a very significant proportion of our fish, despite the lack of clumping. And the literature suggests that's a problem for us, as well as the fish.

The request was denied based on an executive order, EO #26:

http://www.state.nj.us/infoban...

In NJ OPRA requests can only request records that exist, in the form it already exist in - you can request an existing report, but you can't request that a report be generated.

Assuming there is some forensic report on the dolphin, it can be requested - if the report is later found to be inaccurate, the only job at stake is the person who's job was to accurately & correctly report on the death of the dolphin, not the bureaucrat that prints off a copy of the report to satisfy an OPRA request.

Here's Executive Order 26, McGreevy. It's pretty clear that the "individuals" whose medical records are exempt from disclosure are humans; it would be a stretch for it to include dolphins.

As for disclosing the water is polluted, I doubt that's the issue. This is New Jersey, we know the water's polluted.

Um... the law says "Tesla" at what part of the text?

The part where it says "like Tesla Motors" in the actual text of the law. It both mentions Tesla explicitly as an example of who this law applies to...

This bill provides that ZEVs may be directly sold by certain manufacturers, like Tesla Motors [...]

...as well as implicitly refers to Tesla in that the bill is tailored such that it will only ever apply to Tesla. Namely, the bill only applies to manufacturers of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) engaging in direct sales who were licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission on or before the start of last year. The only company on that list or that will ever be on that list is Tesla.

Just because they do things differently now, what if there are suddenly "Tesla2", "Tesla3", and so on?

There can't be. See the provision above about the date. Even if a "Tesla 2" manufacturer came along and managed to get licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (which they can't be, since I believe the part of last year's law that prohibits them is still on the books), they wouldn't have done it before the start of 2014, meaning they wouldn't be eligible for this exemption.

Your whole story boils down to "Pickup trucks are usually used for business and the State of California knows it so that is the default. You can license a pickup in a non-business way if you want to, though, by checking a checkbox."

Yeah. So what's the problem?

This is ridiculous: "subject to being issued a very pricey ticket if you are ever caught carrying anything in the truck bed - even if it's personal belongings or groceries". I looked it up and I couldn't even find cranks complaining about that much less reasonable people.

Here's the DMV page: http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Vehicle/NonCommercial.htm. Big spoiler here: there's nothing about ticketing you for getting groceries.

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/...

So it's highly likely that if that situation is true that the doctors he is dealing with could be breaking the requirements of their medical license.

Perhaps his Doctor has one of those medical degrees where he got the 'original' and the medical school doesn't have any record of it... for privacy.

That would be entirely up to that doctor

No, it's not. For example, the State of New Jersey requires that doctor's keep the original records.

Do I have a right to my medical records?
In most instances, the patient has a right to receive a copy of his or her medical records, not the original. Although most patients assume that the records belong to them, the Board requires that the physician to maintain the original to ensure that the patient’s medical history is available to any subsequent treating physician or health care provider. Copies may be given to the patient, another doctor, your attorney, your insurance company or another family member if the patient expressly authorizes it. If a patient is deceased, the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate may obtain copies also. Medical records cannot be released to a spouse, family member (except in the case of a child), attorney or any other person unless the patient gives his/her express consent to release them to that specific person.

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/...

So it's highly likely that if that situation is true that the doctors he is dealing with could be breaking the requirements of their medical license.

And folks could just buy their guns in another state, no?

Well, if NJ law is anything like CA law, then yea, they could, but if they don't have special permission from the state to own a non-compliant weapon, they're going to be in deep shit with Johnny Law.

And if folks aren't being forced to use such technologies, I'm not sure why folks are terrorizing a marketing drone from a manufacturer that isn't even selling the weapon in the one state with such a law.

Because morons exist on all sides of all debates - remember the asshat who came up with the Gun GeoMarker app?

Try to not let fringe lunatics color your view of the majority, who disagree with their actions.

The NJ law(again AFAICT, the only such law in the US) only addresses the manufacture and sale of guns *in* NJ, not possession.

And if someone doesn't like the product or the idea of such a product, then don't buy one.

The issue is that some states have pushed for laws which would require this kind of technology on new guns, and require older firearms to be fitted with such a scheme.[Emphasis added]

Other than NJ, which states have put forth or enacted laws requiring "smart" guns? The NJ law (enacted in 2002, BTW) is, AFAICT, the *only* state to have enacted such legislation. What is more, the NJ law makes no mention of retrofitting any firearms. In fact, "antique" guns are explicitly exempt from the provisions of the statute.

As I mentioned in a previous post, IMHO, this is something of a tempest in a teapot.

If you are in NJ you can do your own state taxes easily through their website for free. Did it on both TurboTax and NJ and they equaled the exact amounts.

Yes and that is why Intuit sued for unfair competition and got the high fee to e-file state returns so they still get a piece of the pie.

"Free" doesn't sound like a high fee to me.

If you are in NJ you can do your own state taxes easily through their website for free. Did it on both TurboTax and NJ and they equaled the exact amounts.

Yes and that is why Intuit sued for unfair competition and got the high fee to e-file state returns so they still get a piece of the pie.

If you are in NJ you can do your own state taxes easily through their website for free. Did it on both TurboTax and NJ and they equaled the exact amounts.

According to the New Jersey MVC (PDF), if you purchased a vehicle in another state and paid sales tax on the vehicle, you provide MVC with the receipt. If you paid 7% or more sales tax in the other state, you pay no sales tax to New Jersey. If you paid less than 7%, you pay the difference to New Jersey. In practical terms, if the purchaser buys in the states neighboring New Jersey, there is no additional cost — New York State sales tax is 4%, Pennsylvania sales tax is 6%.

For example: Alice, who lives in Atlantic City, buys a Tesla in middle-of-nowhere Pennsylvania (6% rate) for $60,000. Alice pays Pennsylvania sales tax on that vehicle in the amount of $3600. If she had purchased the vehicle in New Jersey, she would have to pay $4200 in sales tax. So when registers her vehicle with the MVC, she'll owe the difference ($600), plus title fee ($60) and registration fee ($59 assuming it weighs under 3,500 pounds, see here), and possibly, if Christie is really an a-hole, a 0.4% Luxury Surcharge ($240). Keep in mind, if she purchased the vehicle in New Jersey, she'd pay the same sales tax, but all of it would go to New Jersey. If she purchased the vehicle in New York (4% sales tax), she would pay $2400 in tax to New York and $1800 in tax to New Jersey.

But, I could be missing something. If so, please let me know.

According to the New Jersey MVC (PDF), if you purchased a vehicle in another state and paid sales tax on the vehicle, you provide MVC with the receipt. If you paid 7% or more sales tax in the other state, you pay no sales tax to New Jersey. If you paid less than 7%, you pay the difference to New Jersey. In practical terms, if the purchaser buys in the states neighboring New Jersey, there is no additional cost — New York State sales tax is 4%, Pennsylvania sales tax is 6%.

For example: Alice, who lives in Atlantic City, buys a Tesla in middle-of-nowhere Pennsylvania (6% rate) for $60,000. Alice pays Pennsylvania sales tax on that vehicle in the amount of $3600. If she had purchased the vehicle in New Jersey, she would have to pay $4200 in sales tax. So when registers her vehicle with the MVC, she'll owe the difference ($600), plus title fee ($60) and registration fee ($59 assuming it weighs under 3,500 pounds, see here), and possibly, if Christie is really an a-hole, a 0.4% Luxury Surcharge ($240). Keep in mind, if she purchased the vehicle in New Jersey, she'd pay the same sales tax, but all of it would go to New Jersey. If she purchased the vehicle in New York (4% sales tax), she would pay $2400 in tax to New York and $1800 in tax to New Jersey.

But, I could be missing something. If so, please let me know.

As someone that lives (and grew up in) NJ, I can only say that you're misattributing the cause of this situation.

Follow the money. In February of 2011, school superintendent salaries were capped (depending on district size) at $125k-$175k, because they were previously in excess of $200k in many instances. These "jobs" are quite awesome. The pay is great (especially compared against other gigs in education). The benefits are great (you get to keep rolling over sick days [because you work from home when you're actually sick], eventually cashing out literally years worth of paid time off when you retire). Many greed-motivated teachers (a minority among teachers) see the position of superintendent as the only way to "win" in their career track. Even now, with the cap in place, the median district superintendent salary is $176,505, with the highest salary being $264,579. This issue was even more ridiculous pre-cap.

But there's only a fixed number of these positions! How terrible! Well, at least there's ~550 of them. Do you think people vying for these truly enviable positions will allow their chances of getting one to be cut? Of course, consolidating districts would mean axing superintendents. While this would be amazing for the education budget in this state, freeing up shitloads of cash to actually, you know, educate kids, there's no way it will happen. There's too many people with a vested interest in having as many districts as possible. You'll see districts being split up even further before you seem them being merged together.

But blame it on racism, in a state where "as of 2011, 56.4% of New Jersey's population younger than age 1 were minorities(note: children born to white hispanics are counted as minority group)", according to Wikipedia. Based on my anecdotal experience, the citizens here have no race-based aversion against merging districts. I'm not sure how being in the same "district" as a poorly performing school (or "blacks", as you suggest) would have any impact on anything. I mean, they're already in the same "state" as these undesirable schools, sometimes in the same "county", and yet things keep chugging along just fine. I'm not sure why people would think that rearranging administrative boundaries would have any actual impact on their own town's schools. If anything, having your district include shittier inner-city schools could be a boon to you, as districts with the poorest-performing schools are the ones that get the lions share of the funding.

Really, you're looking at this from the wrong angle. You're looking at it as an outsider, as a citizen not directly involved in the education industry here. I can tell you that there are only two groups of people that have significant sway when it comes to education-related issues in NJ: the teachers [union], and the old people [that don't want to pay property taxes for education services they don't personally need]. They're the ones that go battle at the polls. They're the ones that actually get policy crafted. They're the reason we spend close to $100M every year on school district superintendents alone. I can assure you, there is no organized racist movement to keep districts from being consolidated.

I required more than that to take a 125cc moped out on the open road without an instructor.

I had to drive round a closed driving course, then go out with the instructor. The complete course to drive a 125cc moped (that only lasts two years before I'd have to either do it again or take the full test) took two days.

When and where did you take your driving test?

This isn't where I took my test, but for example:

http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Licenses/RoadTest.htm

A safety specialist will accompany you while driving in an off-road testing area or on a public road course

...

What skills are tested?
Driving in reverse
Stopping at appropriate signs
Nearing corners or intersections
Stopping smoothly
Sitting properly
Turning around
Steering properly
Parallel parking
Yielding to right-of-way

Tracking info, no. But static location info is not protected.

Red light camera footage is routinely archived and saved - even posted on YouTube as "safety" messages, or info-ads for the camera mfrs.
This archiving is against the law.(But no penalty is in place to enforce the data destruction!)
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2018570960_redlightcameras01m.html
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/52_.HTM
Police vehicles are routinely outfitted with plate-recognition devices. Parking authorities use them to identify scofflaws; Routine police investigations will canvas the area of a crime, recording plates in order to develop a list of potential witnesses/suspects; patrol cars use them to alert on any match with stolen car registries or amber/silver alerts.

With many hundreds of static collection locations, it becomes easy to infer the general paths taken between these points. The tracking device becomes a redundant dongle - adding expense to the motorist who ultimately has to pay for all this added technology, and inviting tinkering/hacking to provide unreliable data back to the collectors.

...
After much research, I discovered that a CFL has about 4 milligrams of Mercury that is released as a vapor (which is readily absorbed by the body unlike the solid form). ...
The EPA website's cleanup instructions were vast.

Quote from CFL Mercury myths:

One study looking at long tubular fluorescent bulbs found that over a two week period, only 17 to 40 percent of the mercury in the bulb evaporated. The rest remained stuck in the bulb. Roughly one-third of the mercury that evaporated did so in the first eight hours after the breakage; the rest seeped out slowly over the remainder of the study period.

That works out to 0.2 to 0.48 milligrams in the first eight hours. (Assuming average content of 4mg) So getting your son out of the room with 30 seconds, the amount becomes trivial.

You consider these EPA broken CFL clean-up instructions to be vast? Instructions to cook a turkey can be more complex. It highlights some common sense tips to minimize exposure and handling of the broken bulb, and the off-gassing (I take it) of the mercury vapour from the glass.

Sure, but it is not as fixed as you seem to think.

There's a reasons there's a "Comments, Rebuttals, and Justification for Deviations" section on the worksheets (http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/ix-d.pdf and http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/ix-c.pdf), and that http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/app9f.pdf uses the magic words "should" and "discretionary".

Sure, but it is not as fixed as you seem to think.

There's a reasons there's a "Comments, Rebuttals, and Justification for Deviations" section on the worksheets (http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/ix-d.pdf and http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/ix-c.pdf), and that http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/app9f.pdf uses the magic words "should" and "discretionary".

Don't lie, credit freeze wont affect you.

11. Will a freeze lower my credit score?
ANSWER: No.

http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_consumers/finance/creditfreeze.htm#11
http://www.atg.wa.gov/freeze.aspx
http://www.money-zine.com/Financial-Planning/Debt-Consolidation/Freezing-Credit-Reports/
 

In NJ you need a gun license(they call it a Firearms Purchaser Identification Card) to buy even an air powered pellet rifle.
You want a Red RIder BB gun? Get your license, which requires fingerprinting and about a year for the background check.

http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/faq.html See #3.

I am quite certain that if a person is deaf and cannot use hearing aid to hear, he can't drive

You're certain, huh?

In looking for this form... an example from the armpit of the USA.

Following is a general list of claims which can be filed in Small Claims:
* Breach of a written or oral contract.
* Damage to or loss of property.
* Consumer complaints for defective merchandise or faulty workmanship.

Form on pg 8 http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/prose/10151_eng.pdf

Sample (from the last link):

A vehicle is considered abandoned if it has been in the same public location for at least three consecutive days. Most often, it will be damaged or missing critical components, such as the engine, wheels, tires or plates.

You may be able identify a vehicle as abandoned if:

• It has been in the same location for at least three consecutive days
• Is missing the engine, wheels, tires or any other part of the vehicle that make it inoperable
• Has a broken window or windshield that limits visibility
• Has one or more flat tires
• Does not have valid license plates
• Is not registered
• Note: This doesn't include any vehicle kept within a building when it is not in use

How to report an abandoned vehicle
To report an abandoned vehicle, call your local police department with the location and description of the vehicle.

How to obtain to title an abandoned vehicle
If you want to claim ownership and title an abandoned vehicle, you must request an application packet from the Special Title Section at an MVC Agency. You must state whether the vehicle was found on public or private property.

In order to operate an abandoned vehicle on New Jersey roads, it must first pass a state inspection process.

If you own a repair facility and a vehicle was abandoned on your property, you may have it removed and stored or you may sell it at a public or private sale.

So, leave it on someone's property for 3 days without their okay, and they can get title to it.

Oops, that was the Appellate Court decision
Here's the NJ Supreme Court decision:
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/supreme/A1609StengartvLovingCareAgency.pdf

FYI: The actual opinion is prefaced by a Clerk's summary which tells you where in the opinion to look.
Spoiler: The NJSC sent the case back to the Appellate Court to decide what, if any, sanctions to impose on the company's lawers.

2010 Census will be short form only--just 10 easy questions.

Even the government mandated free credit reports are kind of bizarre, I had to forcibly tell these scum to cancel an account at one of the "bureaus" three times over the phone for an apparently ongoing reporting service that I didn't have a way to op out of and I still didn't get all the charges back.

It sounds like you were had by the marketing trap set up by the credit reporting companies. If you want a free copy of your credit report see the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's FAQs: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre34.shtm

Also you can, depending on what state you live in, "freeze" your report from each credit reporting company. See FAQ on Credit Report Freezes from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (NJ DOBI): http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_consumers/finance/creditfreeze.htm

Private insurance will not pay for a woman's well visit if they don't have a Pap smear.

From another viewpoint, many states have mandatory requirements for Pap Smear insurance, for example in New Jersey:

No hospital service corporation contract providing hospital or medical expense benefits for groups with greater than 50 persons shall be delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State, or approved for issuance or renewal in this State by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance on or after the effective date of this act, unless the contract provides benefits to any named subscriber or other person covered thereunder for expenses incurred in conducting a Pap smear. The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract.

So even if a doctor charges for a Pap Smear that isn't needed, refusing to pay for it could get you in legal trouble.

Most people don't realize how many mandatory regulated requirements there are for health insurance at the state level. This is one of the things that drive up insurance prices.

Where does this 5 mg come from? I know its the number the EPA pulled from somewhere but others who
have measured such things don't agree.
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/energyefficiency/lighting/publications/fs.html
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/research/mercury-bulbs.pdf

and I do 1.3 million dollars in taxable sales annually in NJ

My accountant tells me this is so, and I don't know where the law is as it applies to sales tax, but I do know where it is shown as required for our new hotel/motel tax
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/index.html?hotelfeeinfo.htm~mainFrame
Customer Billing Guidelines: The State Occupancy Fee and the Municipal Occupancy Tax are imposed directly on the customer and must be separately stated on any bill, invoice or other document given to the customer. A vendor may not advertise that the Fee/Tax is not due, that it will pay the Fee/Tax for the customer, or that the Fee/Tax will be refunded to the customer.

State your source. I have never before heard of a state that levies tariffs on imported goods.

In my original post I was citing only the NY tax handbook, but I checked two other states and both of them have a similar policy. You might need to look for 'use tax' instead of 'sales tax', as sales tax is charged when you purchase and use tax is charged when you begin use, unless you paid sales tax.

• New York State Resident Income Tax Return IT-150 & IT-201 Instructions (Page 66)
• California Income Tax Return Instructions 540/540A (page 17) (page 10 according to acrobat reader)
• New Jersey Income Tax Instructions NJ-1040 (page 36, line 44) (page 34 according to acrobat reader)

In most cases, if you paid the same or greater than the local sales tax rate, you're required to pay the difference on your state taxes. In the case of an amazon purchase, for purchasers in most states, you paid 0% tax at the time of the sale because sellers are only required to collect tax for customers in a state in which they have a physical presence.

Just in case you did bother to read the article, here's the contact information for NJ's legislative branch. If you happen to think that the state should welcome transprency and cease dealing with vendors that seek to suppress it, you may want to mention it to your representative. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/contact.asp

To freeze your credit, you need to write a letter (by certified mail usually) to each of the three agencies and provide a good deal of personally identifying information. More than your typical identity thief would have. (More info here: http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_consumers/finance/creditfreeze.htm )

When you freeze your credit, you get a PIN number. To temporarily unfreeze your credit, you must provide the PIN number via overnight mail or "secure electronic mail" (from the link above, not sure what that is) and then wait 3 days for the lift to take effect.

The 'bad guys' technically could keep tabs on you or phish you to such a degree that they could gain enough knowledge to freeze/unfreeze your credit without your knowing, but most identity thieves don't do that. Most just get a person's name, current address, SSN, and DOB, open a credit line in the victim's name, and max it out as much as possible before disappearing. It's kind of similar to how a firewall/router doesn't guarantee that your computer won't be hacked, but it does add significant security to your system and will prevent something like 90% of hack attempts.

then it is reserved to the states (or in this case, a local government).

Guess what, New Jersey has a Constitution too. Looks like New Jersey citizens had something to say about what powers should be reserved to the state and which should be reserved to the people!

Let's see what they said about it...
-Every person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. ... In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
-No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on the presentment or indictment of a grand jury
-The people have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions to their representatives, and to petition for redress of grievances.
-The Governor may cause an investigation to be made of the conduct in office of any officer or employee who receives his compensation from the State of New Jersey, except a member, officer or employee of the Legislature or an officer elected by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meeting, or a judicial officer.

I'm unable to find anything in there giving the state of NJ the right to run about unmasking people without cause or due process. If they think daTruthSquad's stuff is libelous, then they can press charges and have a warrant issued.

This article has funny pictures, but there really is nothing to see here. The numbers are pretty random. Compensating for the four (ouch) different types, I get an overall p-value of 0.792. This means there is absolutely NO statistical significance.

Number 53 is most frequent and number 55 least frequent, if you compensate for their possible occurrence. Quite uninteresting if you ask me.

The authors could also have drawn the numbers themselves and come up with similar results...

You can test it yourself if you have R, and generate a much better picture, if you use the following code:
big=read.table("big.dat",sep="%",fill=T)
big$date=as.Date(apply(big[,1:3],1,paste,collapse="-"))
big$type=ifelse(big$date>"1999-1-13",ifelse(big$date>"2002-3-15",ifelse(big$date>"2005-06-22",4,3),2),1)
big$maxnorm=c(50,50,52,56)[big$type]
big$maxspecial=c(25,35,52,46)[big$type]
maxnorms=table(big$maxnorm)
p=rep(0,56)
for(i in 1:nrow(maxnorms))
p[1:as.numeric(names(maxnorms)[i])]=p[1:as.numeric(names(maxnorms)[i])]+maxnorms[i]*5
maxspecial=table(big$maxspecial)
for(i in 1:nrow(maxspecial))
p[1:as.numeric(names(maxspecial)[i])]=p[1:as.numeric(names(maxspecial)[i])]+maxspecial[i]
p=prop.table(p)
allnum=unlist(big[,5:10])
t=table(allnum)
chisq.test(t,p=p)
plot(t/p)

Get big.dat at http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/data/big.dat

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as some have pointed out the existence of beach fees in NJ is to defer the cost of maintenance and safety with the tourists. many nj beach towns have populations in the hundreds but are visited by tens of thousands of out-of-towners who need saving and cleaning up after. most towns have a resident, and non-resident rate. it seems alien, i suppose, to many people, but as a jersey shore native it makes perfect sense to me. that said, it is pretty well excepted that some of the beach towns have certainly used fees as a means of exclusion. sometimes racially motivated, others motivated by class distinction. it continues in some localities despite varying levels of protest. little known, however, is the fact that the beaches "are" public property (with a few small exceptions) and the towns can not actually charge you to use the beach. what they legally charge you for is "access" to the beach. the fee is to actually walk through those controlled access points. if you enter a beach from an adjacent beach, or from the ocean, you have every right to be there. you are essentially paying for the convenience of proximity to adjacent services (rest rooms, lockers, food stands, etc.) via the controlled access point. spot badge checks on the beach are carried out, but they really have no right to do so. though i wouldn't recommend arguing , as shore town seasonal police generally have a better familiarity with the use of their nightsticks then they do with public beach access laws. you can find it all here: http://www.state.nj.us/publicadvocate/news/2007/ap proved/070628_beachguide.html

The accident happened at the Egg Harbor toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway, not the New Jersey Turnpike.

The confusion here is that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is in charge of both the Turnpike and the Parkway.

Always glad to enlighten non-Jerseyans, though.

The accident happened at the Egg Harbor toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway, not the New Jersey Turnpike.

The confusion here is that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is in charge of both the Turnpike and the Parkway.

Always glad to enlighten non-Jerseyans, though.

Simple: the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has traffic cameras. They used to have them on the Parkway too, but it appears they're down now. Go figure.

Next time, take a few seconds and google it before you think about commenting. Here are a few pages you would have found explaining what a terroristic threat is. Granted, I couldn't find a Maryland statute that detailed what the phrase means legally in that state, but it's sufficient to show that the word has existed for a while.

I love how everyone views NJ as Newark and Jersey City, boned on their experiences trying to get in/out/across via the Tunpike. Nobody seems to realize close to half of NJ is still forrested. NJ is kind of funny that it ranges for inner city, to suburbs, to abosulute hicks-ville. Of course most people I know out of state think it's all pavement jungle until they come to visit.

I cannot speak for the September spinach outbreak, but i can for the Taco Bell incident. Any credit given to a government application should go to NJ's CDRS system and Middlesex County's Public Health Dept. Specifically to Stephanie Brown, a health investigator who works for Middlesex LINCS. Nearly a month before the CDC had their "confirmed" cases and prior to when the story broke CNN's front page, Middlesex County doctors and nurses diagnosed nearly a dozen of "probable" E.Coli cases in the area. The moment the first case was entered, Mrs. Brown's Blackberry buzzed with a notification from CDRSS that E.Coli existed as it did with every case thereafter. Her investigations almost immediately pinpointed Taco Bell as the culprit and her results added to the cases in CDRSS. For the map lovers, from this, CDRSS generated super-terrific maps of NJ on the fly showing the source and resulting case addresses connected by beautiful dotted lines which still hang on my cubicle wall.

I am one of a team of seven who created CDRSS and I am very proud of it. However, policy and red tape prevents the system from realizing it's full potential. In dealing with health issues, I believe that erring on the side of caution is a must. I understand the problem with shutting a place down because of one guy that ate there and got sick. However, when three people get sick from a nasty food born illness, all of them socially unrelated, the only known link between them (i.e taco bell) should be temporarily shutdown and investigated as a precaution. Especially if the location in question is a restaurant as opposed to a food store. However, state and local health departments do not (and cannot) do this. Unfortunately the only people who can (FDA/CDC) are primarily concerned with issues revolving around the macro-level, and consequently this takes way too long to happen. I was on conference calls where higher-ups within NJ's DOH pleaded with Yum! executives to close specific locations when the first cases pointed to Taco Bell. Nearly a month passed before Lab results made their way back through CDRSS and up to the CDC so they could put their big red "CONFIRMED" stamp on these original cases. During that time dozens of other "probable" cases began to surface in multiple states. Needless to say, Yum! execs quickly did a 180 in the conference calls following.

Taken from: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/agguide/shoplift.pd f

Disorderly Persons Shoplifting is a disorderly persons offense if the full retail
Offense: value of the merchandise was less than $200.00.
N.J.S.A. 2C:20-11c(4). A disorderly persons offense is
punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed six
months (N.J.S.A. 2C:43-8), a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
both (N.J.S.A. 2C:43-3c).

However, I have read that the likelihood of this penalty being imposed on you for the first offense is low.

NJ Library Privacy Statute direct link

Here's an interesting tidbit about New Jersey and New York income taxes. Last year, my fiance worked in New Jersey for 2 months, January and February. She then moved to Albany where she worked the remainder of the year for a different employer. She cut all ties to New Jersey once she moved, so none of her work was done there. Last month when she filed her income taxes, lo and behold New Jersey taxes people for their entire annual income, regardless of whether you earned it all in New Jersey or not. She basically had to pay income tax twice.

I doubt this. Like other states, New Jersey has a part-time resident and non-resident tax form which stipulates that your wife is responsible for paying taxes only on income she earned while in New Jersey (see page 7). If she lived in New York but continued working in New Jersey, then the income is split between New York and New Jersey. But that's not what you said.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/S2500/2222 _I1.PDF

NJ just passed an expanded "in-school harassment" law, which now prohibits any form of electronic harrassment. Electronic Bullies are not allowed here, either!

Demand for the resignation of Assemblyman PETER J. BIONDI [R-NJ] Office of the Governor PO Box 001 Trenton, NJ 08625 609-292-6000 http://www.state.nj.us/ Contact the Governor Governor Corzine welcomes the opportunity to consider your thoughts, concerns, ideas, and questions. http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi (R) (Republican Conference Leader) DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 1 East High St. Somerville, NJ 08876 PHONE NUMBER: (908) 252-0800 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/biondi.asp http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=10741 New Jersey Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Assembly, No. 1327 State of New Jersey 212th Legislature Pre-filed for Introduction in the 2006 Session "The operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider shall establish, maintain and enforce a policy to require any information content provider who posts written messages on a public forum website either to be identified by a legal name and address, or to register a legal name and address with the operator of the interactive computer service or the Internet service provider through which the information content provider gains access to the interactive computer service or Internet, as appropriate."