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Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I frankly think the line has worked pretty well, and if progressives are out there trying to look at whether or not they got a good government over the past 6½ years, I’d like them to find a more progressive government in America … with yours truly elected twice on the line in both cases.” – Governor Murphy rejecting the characterization that he’s a lame duck
TOP STORY: The Bashaw of Zdan
Governor Murphy says county ballot lines have ‘worked pretty well‘, according to the Bergen Record. The Governor laughed off the notion that the First Lady’s failed Senate bid has cost him political capital, according to NJ.com.
A Monmouth University poll finds that the desire to move out of the country is on an upswing.
Governor Murphy will make a trip to California to bolster NJ’s AI efforts, according to ROI-NJ.
Governor Murphy signed legislation reauthorizing the Transportation Trust Fund for another five years.
Now out of the Senate primary race, First Lady Tammy Murphy is focusing on improving maternal health, according to NJ Spotlight.
Over 20 stranded seals were saved on Jersey shores this season, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Community colleges will likely raise tuition as state aid dwindles, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Cape May County officials aren’t crazy about renaming the Parkway rest top for Bruce Willis, according to the Press of Atlantic City.
Sussex County Commissioner Hayden will sue his colleagues over his censure, according to NJ Herald.
ICYMI: Following Murphy departure, frontrunner Kim refrained from spiking the football; Murphy Senate exit ends counterproductive feud; Menendez may pursue independent re-election; insiders assess line implications, insiders scramble to assess potential line ruling, as behind-the-scenes questions abound, legislative leaders pledged to begin a ‘public process on ballot design’; establishment chokes down potential ‘line’ ruling
In Bloomfield, Councilwoman Mundell filed over 700 petitions to run for mayor.
In Belmar, Kinney will seek re-election, according to TAPinto.
In Bernardsville, the Palmer project hearing was postponed, according to NJ Hills. The town hired a law firm to investigate a employee complaint, according to NJ Hills.
In Cape May, the budget will keep taxes stable, according to the Press of Atlantic City.
In Clark, the Union GOP chair tossed county committee incumbents from the line, according to NJ Globe.
In East Brunswick, taxes may increase, according to MyCentralJersey.
In Flemington, the mayor celebrated stable municipal taxes, according to TAPinto.
In Florham Park, a small tax increase is expected, according to NJ Hills.
In Lakewood, schools requested $104M in aid from the state, according to the Asbury Park Press.
In Mount Olive, the budget includes a small tax increase, according to NJ Hills.
In New Brunswick, five incumbents will run for re-election, according to TAPinto.
In Newark, performance is a key BOE election issue, according to NJ.com.
In Oakland, students protested the Ramapo Indian Hills transgender policy action, according to the Bergen Record.
In Paramus, a Hindu temple cut expansion plans, according to NorthJersey.com.
In Plainfield, three candidates will run for two council seats, according to TAPinto.
In Ridgewood, the state told the village there are issues with a sports field application, according to the Bergen Record.
In Roseland, the budget was introduced, according to NJ Hills.
In Seaside Heights, the town is losing about half of its motels, according to the Asbury Park Press.
In Toms River, the if the council doesn’t rescind police cuts, voters will decide, according to the Asbury Park Press.
In Trenton, transitional housing at Mill’s Hill is causing division, according to the Trentonian.
In Vineland, the town was told to hire back a police captain, according to Burlington County Times. Ex-Mayor Romano was taken into custody, according to Burlington County Times.
In Washington Township, Short bowed out of re-election, according to NJ Hills.
In Watchung, the incumbents won’t have primary challenges, according to NJ Hills.
ICYMI: In Jefferson, AFP, Jersey 1st held an event; in Hoboken, Dems endorsed Kim and Bhalla, Chair Hodes resigned; in Trenton, officials hoping for Starbucks change of heart
AROUND THE WEB:
Offshore wind ports took a hit when developer pulled out. Why N.J. is still hopeful.
Steven Rodas, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
- John Giovannitti, standing outside the gates of the Paulsboro Marine Terminal near more than a dozen 400-foot-long steel pipes that weigh up to 5 million pounds each, fielded calls about fixing a roadway at that night’s city council meeting.
Settling the congestion pricing lawsuit could benefit both New Jersey and New York | Opinion
John Reichman, Esq.
- Governor Murphy has sued the federal government over its approval of New York’s congestion pricing plan. There is a way to settle the dispute that benefits both New Jersey and New York.
Pork roll or Taylor Ham? One NJ ballpark says, ‘why not both?’
Jen Ursillo, NJ1015
- One New Jersey minor league baseball team has found a way to end the long-running pork roll/Taylor Ham controversy. The Jersey Shore BlueClaws in Lakewood has announced that through a partnership with Taylor Provisions, it will open a Taylor Pork Roll stand at ShoreTown Ballpark this season.
ACLU NJ says tougher juvenile penalties are ‘ineffectual’
Dan Alexander, NJ1015
- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey thinks the call by some New Jersey mayors to toughen juvenile crime penalties is wrong. Democratic Edison Mayor Sam Joshi and Marlboro Mayor Jon Hornik, also a Democrat, have said that juveniles should be charged as adults when they are involved with car thefts and home burglaries.
Gannett plans to close Cherry Hill printing press, lay off 139 workers
Kimberly Redmond, NJBIZ
- A new round of layoffs is hitting New Jersey’s media landscape, with Gannett disclosing workforce reductions at The Courier-Post in Cherry Hill. The move is part of a plan to shut down its printing press on Cuthbert Boulevard. As a result, it will relocate production of several newspapers to other company-owned properties. The Virginia-based media giant will eliminate 139 positions by June 23. According to Gannett, the impacted employees are a combination of full- and part-time workers in the mailroom and press operations.
‘Really inappropriate’: Rumors on immigration status of men dropped off in P’burg challenged
Glenn Epps, For lehighvalleylive.com
- Speculation that five men who were dropped off Monday in Phillipsburg on a Texas-plated charter bus were “illegal aliens” has no merit, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said Tuesday.
South Orange-Maplewood schools draw federal civil rights probe
Briana Vannozzi, NJ Spotlight
- A federal probe has been launched into possible incidents of bias and discrimination in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched an investigation last week, according to NJ Advance Media, which first reported the story. The cause has not been disclosed, but similar federal probes of other districts have examined alleged incidents of antisemitism or Islamophobia.
To fix the Democratic Party, killing the line is just a start | Moran
Tom Moran, Star-Ledger Editorial Board
- New Jersey Democrats have a rare opportunity to rise from the ashes of the Tammy Murphy debacle and emerge stronger after cleaning house. It may be a naïve hope, but as we just learned again, politics is full of surprises.
This New Jersey mayor wants to be a governor like Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott — but for the left
Dustin Racioppi, Politico
- Ras Baraka couldn’t be less like Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott. A Black Democrat raised by activist poets, he is the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, and proclaimed it a sanctuary city in the Trump era, ran a guaranteed income program and expanded opportunities to vote.
With Tammy out, clerks beg, ‘Please don’t take our county line away!’
Terrence T. McDonald, NJ Monitor
- Barely had the words “I am suspending my Senate campaign today” left first lady Tammy Murphy’s mouth on Sunday before New Jersey’s power brokers began trying to use her failed bid for the Senate to their advantage. Murphy’s success in winning the county line in key counties has been the focus of a legal challenge by Rep. Andy Kim and others. Kim argued in federal court that the county line — which gives advantageous ballot placement to candidates backed by party bosses — is unconstitutional and should not be used for June’s primaries.
How far will the fallout from the end of Tammy Murphy’s Senate campaign reach? | Stile
Charles Stile, NorthJersey.com
- The stunning collapse of Tammy Murphy’s campaign for the U.S. Senate will reverberate for years. Here is a look at some of the fallout from Sunday’s announcement.
A cargo ship hit and collapsed a Baltimore bridge. How safe are North Jersey bridges?
Debbie Waldeyer, NorthJersey.com
- Only a few North Jersey bridges cross a span big enough to handle a cargo ship and would therefore be susceptible to being hit by such a ship, as happened early Tuesday to the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it and tossing vehicles into the water.
Revisionist COVID-19 history endangers public health | Opinion
Perry Halkitis, PhD, and Boris Lushniak, MD
- It’s budget season in Washington, D.C., and while the general conversation has revolved around the typical topics—funding the government, immigration, the presidential election—an undercurrent has surprisingly been the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the virus itself, the controversies swirling around the pandemic response never went away. Regrettably, this just cannot be ignored.
Atlantic County bridge replacement recognized nationally
Nanette LoBiondo Galloway, Down Beach
- Atlantic County’s $12.5 million reconstruction of Old New York Road over the Nacote Creek Bridge in Port Republic has received national distinction for exceptional engineering excellence by the American Council of Engineering Companies. The project will be recognized at an awards program May 15 in Washington, D.C.
Pop Lloyd’s legacy still strong as Atlantic City plans stadium renovation, youth program revival
John Russo, Press of Atlantic City
- Mike Griffin thought back to when he was a kid. He remembered the walks home from practice with the Atlantic City Dolphins, the city’s youth football team. “On my way home, we could always stop at Pop Lloyd (Stadium) and see the casino softball league,” said Griffin, now the city’s director of recreation.
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