Category Archives: Family & kids

School funds must be linked to reforms

Posted on June 20, 2008 by

Apparently, building schools for urban, disadvantaged, and mostly black kids on toxics sites without the knowledge or consent of parents is not considered fraud or mismanagement or a scandal or immoral. Could there be a larger environmental justice issue? What’s … Continue reading →

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Que sera, sera

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

After 2 years of a “Stakeholder process” and almost a dozen legislative oversight hearings in response to highly publicized botched cleanups, today DEP Assistant Commissioner Kropp presented the long awaited DEP toxic site cleanup reform bill, S1897 (link to bill: … Continue reading →

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Weiner: Schools won’t wastefully spend anymore

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

We recently called out Scott Weiner, head of the NJ School Development Authority – challenging Weiner to stop wasting taxpayer money and putting children needlessly at risk by building schools on toxic waste sites: (see:Calling Out Scott Weiner on school … Continue reading →

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Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young)

Posted on June 7, 2008 by

Bill Wolfe

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Landscapes of Memory and Meaning

Posted on June 7, 2008 by

*** Apologies – NJ.Com took down all the photos from their website. This post was originally published at NJ.Com on my “NJ Voices” column. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What assholes. (I left the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & kids, Hot topics, personal, Policy watch, Politics, Race & immigration, The working life | 17 Comments