While Hammonton’s Kessler Hospital was overlooked for any help from the state or federal stimulus, Jitney drivers in Atlantic City will get new busses.

Two million would have allowed Kessler to pay its employees, and help strucutre a deal that would have left the acute care facility open and bring in a buyer who could make the hospital a for-profit venture, adding capital to the town and state.

We guess its a little more important that gamblers can get from Tropicana to Showboat in style than it is to support a medical facility that saved countless lives of patrons traveling to and from Atlantic City.

Exit question: Wth just over 17 billion dollars in stimulus money earmarked for New Jersey, and Obama’s stance on the imporance of medical care, just how little does our Governor and Trenton care about South Jersey’s community medical centers?

Exit Question 2: How many millions of dollars of unpaid services has Kessler performed for uninsured residents and visitors to New Jersey? Could it be more than $2.25 million?

Here’s the story at The Press. Christie has been a popular US District Attorney known for busting up corruption across the state. A Republican, he will have an uphill battle with our very blue northern half of New Jersey, but stands a chance as the first candidate in a long time known as a cleaner of corruption.

Assemblywoman Beck introduced a bill for $8.4 million in funding to go to a dozen schools, including Hammonton. The money is earmarked to increase funding to schools that fall below the minimum standards for dollars per student.

The bill is aimed to bring the dozen schools up to par with the state standards.

Jersey Republicans are threatening to stop the Dems’ proposed 20% property tax cut as it only affects households with an income less than $250,000.

“The state constitution requires that all homeowners be treated equally under the property tax laws,” said one Republican.

Republicans want to offer an alternative that would be a tax cut greater than 20% and benefit all taxpayers(thanks HammontonDems, for the link).

The State, in their unstoppable drive to cut taxes one day, doesn’t want to do it all themselves.

New Jersey’s leaders have put a condition on the 20 percent tax credit promised for most households: They want an accompanying law prohibiting local and school taxes from being increased by more than 4 percent each year.

Now, we all love the idea of EVERYONE cutting taxes, but wouldn’t it be nice if the State stopped making excuses, and started bringing tax relief to the residents of this great state?