Sunday, 17 February 2008

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happy '07

Image courtesy Steve Breen

posted by jay lassiter @ 2:15 PM | links to this post

New Year's News Roundup

Many newspapers are doing retrospectives of the year that was. No

surprise who got top billing from the Ocean County Observer: Lt.

Laurel Hester. I wonder if she knew just how powerful her legacy would

be one year later.

In addition to helping countless sufferers of disease like diabetes

or Alzheimers, the new stem cell research center also has much local

promise as well. The stemcell research center (to be named for the

late actor and activist Chris Reeve) suggests bigtime progress for

Camden, as well.

As many of you know, the country lost it's 3oooth soul in Iraq over

the holiday weekend. Peace activists from New Jersey and beyond will

be hitting the streets of Washington later this month. On the 27th, we

will take our mandate to the capital's Mall. On the 29th, we'll be on

Capital Hill doing direct lobbying of legislators to end this

senseless war. So who's in? I'll be headed down and I hope many of my

peace loving brothers and sisters will be joining me from the Garden

State.

Some previously red township councils that flipped blue last

November will be swearing in new progressives today. Likewise the GOP

is floundering in Washington Township.


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