these people did:

http://www.northjersey.com/realestate ... le__sustainable_home.html

house is a little hard on the eyes but really cool.

Is the rental market downtown crazy slow? yes

true world in bayonne is my spot

http://www.trueworldtackle.net/

Ok cool. thanks for the reply CapnJon.

I found my poll area on http://www.njelections.org/index.html

I am registered to vote and voted in November. In November I got a sample ballet and poll location in the mail.

I moved April 1st from coles street to 5th street and now I'm thinking the sample ballet may have got lost in the mail.

Did they send out sample ballets for this election? Is it too late for me to do anything about this?

UPDATE: Judge's ruling could mean end of Abbott schools funding
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Last updated: Wednesday March 25, 2009, 10:34 PM
BY KATHLEEN CARROLL
NorthJersey.com
STAFF WRITER

New Jersey?s effort to right educational wrongs by bankrolling a group of low-income school districts came one step closer to an end on Wednesday.

Judge Peter E. Doyne of Superior Court in Hackensack declared the state?s school-funding formula constitutional, ruling in favor of the Corzine administration and against advocates for poor students. The decision could abolish the controversial Abbott program, which has sent billions of state tax dollars to 31 low-income districts including Paterson, Passaic and Garfield.

A new funding formula that treats all districts the same ?represents a thoughtful, progressive attempt to assist at-risk children throughout the state of New Jersey, and not only those who by happenstance reside in Abbott districts,? Doyne wrote in a 280-page decision, agreeing with the major argument of the Corzine administration.

However, he said that Abbott districts should be allowed to ask for additional aid for at least three years, to see if, in the end, they receive less state money than they need. Doyne noted that Abbott districts may face exceptional challenges due to their low local tax collection and high concentrations of poverty, agreeing with the major argument made by Abbott districts.

Passaic Superintendent Robert Holster said he applauded that decision, because ?there?s still an open door for Abbott districts to demonstrate need.?

Governor Corzine called the ruling ?a significant victory for all school children,? but said he would challenge the judge?s recommendation that Abbott districts have access to extra state funding for at least the next three years.

The Education Law Center, which represents the Abbott districts, said its lawyers support extra funding for the districts but will continue to fight against the funding formula, because it will ?shortchange our neediest and most disadvantaged students.?

The matter now returns to state Supreme Court, which mandated the special state aid as part of the landmark Abbott v. Burke school-funding case. In the class-action suit, lawyers for poor children successfully argued that the school funding formula failed to ensure enough money was spent in low-income communities to provide the ?thorough and efficient? public education guaranteed by New Jersey?s constitution.

The Corzine administration last year asked the Supreme Court to void Abbott mandates, arguing that a new school funding formula fairly shares state aid among New Jersey?s 616 districts. The case landed in Hackensack after justices asked Doyne to review it and make a recommendation.

The ?Abbott? designation has brought small class sizes, new buildings, pre-school and full-day kindergarten to the 31 districts. But it also has pitted them against their suburban neighbors, who serve half of the state?s low-income students and have watched their local taxes skyrocket over the last decade.

In Garfield, Bergen County?s only Abbott district, officials said they would not be sad to see the designation go.

?To a certain extent, I feel it stigmatizes districts,? Business Administrator Dennis Frohnapfel said. ?In the new formula, the money follows the student, and that?s a good concept? The new funding formula has certainly benefited Garfield.?

The district has received greater amounts of aid since the state began using the new school funding formula last year, he said.

?They recalculated the aid based on our population, and since our special education population is increasing, the funding increased,? he said.

The new school funding formula awards aid based on enrollment, and then adds extra money per student for every student who is poor, has limited proficiency in English or receives special-education services. State officials have said it is superior to the system that calculates aid for Abbott and non-Abbott districts separately. But that special, separate status also shielded Abbott districts from the freezes in state school aid that the 585 non-Abbott districts had to contend with earlier this decade.

Lynne Strickland, who heads an advocacy group that primarily represents suburban districts, said she was heartened that the opinion was one that would help stabilize the debate over school funding in the state.

?It gives us a chance to step back, take a breath and work together to get ahead for the benefit of all the kids,? said Strickland, executive director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools. ?The Abbott decision divided us for so long.?

Assemblyman Scott Rumana, R-Wayne, applauded the ruling.

?For far too long our suburban districts have been forced to provide an unfair and disproportionate share of the school funding burden for Abbott districts,? he said in a statement. ?While Northern New Jersey suburban school districts remained flat-funded for years, Trenton poured billions of taxpayer money into Abbott schools, resulting in runaway property tax bills.?

But some in affluent North Jersey districts are critical of the funding formula, which also prescribes an ?adequacy? amount of how much districts should spend per student. They worry that the new funding formula will lower the bar for everyone.

Doyne?s opinion ?shattered faith in common sense,? said Richard Snyder, a Ramsey school trustee and executive director of Dollars and Sense, a Bergen-based school funding advocacy group.

State Sen. Gerald Cardinale, R-Cresskill, noted he was one of the few Republicans who voted in favor of the new school funding formula last year.

?This [new] formula is a way of phasing out Abbott without retreating from the notion that all kids deserve educational opportunity,? he said.

Staff writers Patricia Alex, Jennifer H. Cunningham, Giovanna Fabiano and John Reitmeyer contributed to this story.

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