The problem facing the State of New Jersey is that both retirement and health care costs have escalated over the past 10-15 years more rapidly than any other State expenditure. There are many reasons for this escalation, but if such trends continue, both the State and its local governments will […]
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013 As Reviewed by Ted Odenwald Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft became good friends as they worked together to achieve the goals of the progressive movement […]
The Oakland Flood Commission meeting held on Monday, February 10, was open to the public and attended by members of the Flood Commission including Chairman Lew Levy, members Dot O’Connor, Ted O’Grady, Anthony Smid, Gina Steele and Bill Farley, Flood Commission recording secretary Lois Smid, as well as Mayor Linda […]
