Arnone Report: Freeholder Director Praises County Employees and other good stuff..

By Tom Arnone, Monmouth County Freeholder Director

Freeholder Director Tom Arnone

While I could say the last few weeks have been very busy, the truth of the matter is that the County stays busy around the year with ongoing projects and initiatives.

I would like to provide a few updates from the departments I oversee, including the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering. I’m proud to serve as the liaison to this department and cannot praise enough the tremendous work these – and all – County employees do on a daily basis to maintain the high quality of life we enjoy in Monmouth County.

Last week, my fellow Freeholders and I held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the Heavy Equipment Maintenance Building (HEMB) at the Public Works Complex.

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Downey’s Inaction Puts Sick Kids At Risk Of Sexual Assault

Asemblywoman Joann Downey, the Chairwoman of the Human Services Committee, has buried a bill in her committee that would require psychiatric health care facilities to provide 24 hour per day monitoring of children under their supervision, according to a report on NJHerald.

The bill is being championed by a Hunterdon County mother whose 7 year old foster son was sexually abused by another patient while under the care of Newark Beth Israel’s psychiatric facility in 2015. It has been buried in Downey’s pile for 18 months.

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County this Weekend, October 18-20, 2019

By Greg Kelly

Friday, October 18

• The 5th Dimension at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Wayne Brady at Count Basie (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• St Leo’s Fall Festival (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Patrick F. Leahy, EdD: Monmouth U. Presidential Installation (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Brad Simmons: Storyteller at Holmdel Theatre Company – MORE INFO
• Tri-State Theatre Festival: Halloween Edition (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• “Lend Me a Tenor” by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Mamma Mia! at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO

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Monmouth Dems Dump Their Eatontown Slate

Monmouth Democrat Chairman Dave Brown

Monmouth County Democrat Chairman Dave Brown really ought to do a better job of vetting his candidates.

NewJerseyGlobe reports that Brown has renounced his local candidates in Eatontown because of their illegal fundraising activities and because one of the candidates switched Parties to run.

Last month Brown withdrew his Party’s support for Middletown Township Committee candidate Jean Sager after MMM posted video of her calling cops criminals. Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County this Weekend, October 11-13, 2019

By Greg Kelly

Friday, October 11

• WW II Harbor Defense Lantern Tour on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO
• Mamma Mia! at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• “Sweeny Todd” (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• BCC Haunted Theater: Area 732 (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Expungement Seminar (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “Cyrano” at Two River Theater (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Xanadu the Musical at Count Basie (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

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Arnone Report: Pound the Pavement for Purple

By Tom Arnone, Monmouth County Freeholder Director

I would like to wish everyone a happy fall season – now that it’s beginning to finally feel a little cooler outside.

I’d like to focus on one topic in particular for this week’s letter and that is the upcoming Pound the Pavement for Purple 5k and 2-mile walk in Neptune and Neptune City this Saturday, October 12^th. This annual race is presented by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Neptune Township Committee.

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Gopal needs to end his silence on Sager and Nelson

Senator Vin Gopal has been silent about the radical anti-cop, pro-narcotics views expressed by Jeana Sager and Moira Nelson, Democrat candidates for Middletown Township Committee and Monmouth County freeholder.

We gave the senator a pass for his silence when his successor as Monmouth Democrat Chairman, David Brown, condemned Sager’s declaration that cops are criminals.  Gopal was on his honeymoon, a trade mission to India with the Murphys, when that story broke.  But the honeymoon is over now that Nelson has been exposed and Brown has remained silent.

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Houghtaling and Downey Stand With Radical Cop Hating Freeholder Candidate

Monmouth County Democrats, LD 11 Assembly members Eric Houghtaling and Joann Downey in particular, must think Moira Nelson, the Democrat freeholder candidate who views law enforcement officers as trigger happy racist slave masters, represents the character and value of Monmouth County voters.

In case you missed it, we alerted the Dems that they had a second radical cop hating, drug loving candidate in Nelson on their ticket last week.

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County this Weekend, October 4-6, 2019

By Greg Kelly

Friday, October 4

• Chris Botti at Count Basie (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Fall Sidewalk Sale at Pier Village (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “An Evening with Melanie” at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• “Cyrano” at Two River Theater (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Road Show at JSAC (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
• Some Like It Hot: A Festival of the Arts by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

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Middletown Republicans Stand With Police

With their Democrat opposition no longer mounting a campaign, Middletown Township Committee members Kevin Settembrino and Rick Hibel have refocused their reelection campaign to enthusiastically support the men and women of the Township’s Police Department. Read the rest of this entry »

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