Shaneen Allen and her sons Niare and Sincere. Photo via facebook
The mainstream media will be making a big deal today about the leniency Baltimore Raven Ray Rice received from the NFL after knocking out his then finance in Atlantic City in February. TMZ obtained an released a video of the incident this morning. Sources are quoted as saying that NFL officials saw the video before suspending Rice for the first two games of this season and docking his pay for a third game.
But the NFL would not be subject to the public outrage they are experiencing had the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office not been lenient with Rice first. Rice was first charged with simple assault. The charges were upgraded to aggravated assault by an Atlantic County Grand Jury. Rice faced a possible five years in State Prison. But the Prosecutor accepted Rice’s application into the Pre-trial Intervention Program for First Offenders and his Not Guilty plea which leaves him off the hook if he stays out of trouble for a year.
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Posted: September 8th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Chris Christie, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Opinion | Tags: Atlantic County, Chris Christie, Domestic Violence, Gun Rights, Guns, James McClain, John Hoffman, Justice, Pre-Trial Intervention, Ray Rice, Shaneen Allen | 10 Comments »
Governor Chris Christie and Puebla Governor Rafael Moren Valle attend a reception with traditional dancers, marching band and meet and greet students at Centro Escolar Niños Héroes de Chapultepec in Puebla, Mexico on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen)
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Posted: September 6th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie | Tags: Chris Christie, Mexico, Puebla, Puebla Governor Rafael Moren Valle | 1 Comment »
Governor Chris Christie said that he his inclined to not renew New Jersey’s Red Light Camera program when the five year experiment expires in December.
Speaking at a press conference in Sea Bright yesterday afternoon, the governor feigned surprise that Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon is opposed to the RLC program. O’Scanlon has waged a ferocious multi-year campaign against the cameras, producing independent data showing that the cameras increase accidents at intersections where they are installed, that they are often timed to entrap drivers and alleging that they are nothing more than a money grab on the part of the companies that operate them and the municipalities that deploy them.
Christie said he has not studied the issue to the extent that O’Scanlon has, “but I will, ” he said, “I have some concerns. At this point I am not inclined to allow them to continue, but I haven’t made a final decision yet.”
Posted: August 29th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Declan O'Scanlon, New Jersey, News, Red Light Cameras, Sea Bright | Tags: Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, Chris Christie, Declan O'Scalon, Red Light Camera Program, Red Light Cameras | Comments Off on Christie inclined to nix Red Light Cameras
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Posted: August 27th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New York, News, Port Authority | Tags: American Stevedoring Inc, Andrew Cuomo, ASI, Chris Christie, Jerald Nadler, Manhattan DA, Port Authority, Port Authority of NY/NJ | Comments Off on Manhattan DA probes secret settlement between Port Authority, seaport company
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare puts him alone among Republican governors vying for the 2016 presidential nomination, and could come back to haunt him among primary voters. Some of his potential rivals who are also governors have sought ways to leverage federal money, and others have spurned the Medicaid expansion…
Posted: August 24th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, ObamaCare | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Chris Christie, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare | 1 Comment »
