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The publications contains timely issues and views of the mayors initiatives that the organization is focused on legislatively and community issues that effect all New Jersey residents.

Winter 2006 Quarterly Magazine

• PATCO Extension Will Keep Things Moving Forward in Southern New Jersey BY MARLENE ASSELTA, PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

• My ‘Youth Development’ in Hackensack BY GORDON BISHOP, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

• Regulatory Law Often Involves a Question of “Where Do I Draw the Line?” BY SHARI BLECHER, ESQ., AND STUART LIEBERMAN, ESQ., PARTNERS, LIEBERMAN & BLECHER

• Police Directors: Powerful or Powerless? BY STEVEN S. GLICKMAN, ESQ., NJCM LABOR RELATIONS COUNSEL

• RSS Feeds and Podcasting for Local Government BY ERNEST LANDANTE, JR., PRESIDENT, NOVITA ISSUE COMMUNICATIONS

• Solar Energy is Hot in New Jersey: Water Utilities Tap into Energy from the Sun BY WALTER LYNCH, PRESIDENT, NEW JERSEY AMERICAN WATER

• How Gas Vapor Barriers Make Environmental Sites Safe for Redevelopment BY HEATHER MARTIN, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES, EAI ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES

• No Child Left Behind Initiative Can be Enforced Through Telecommunications Solutions BY DONNA MESSINEO, SR. VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING XTEND COMMUNITCATIONS CORPORATION

• The Mayor’s Top Priority… The Best Interests of Children NJCM 43^rd Annual Conference, April 20-21, 2006 BY MAYOR DOUGLAS H. PALMER, NJCM PRESIDENT

• Haddon Township Provides Recreation for Kids through Park Redevelopment BY MAYOR WILLIAM J. PARK, HADDON TOWNSHIP

• Investing in Our Communities for a Better New Jersey BY CHARLES RICHMAN, FORMER ACTING COMMISSIONER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

• Vote For Me and Everything Will Be Free BY DONALD M. SCARRY PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, NEW JERSEY ECONOMICS

• Law Enforcement Accreditation in New Jersey BY MITCHELL C. SKLAR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE

• Another View on the Cable Franchise Issue BY JON SPINNANGER, NJCM HONORARY CHAIRMAN

• Remembering a Special Mayor: The Honorable Warren Hagstrom of Wanaque Borough BY DAVE STREET, NJCM AFFLIATE MEMBER

• Hamilton Township Adopts Automated System to Speed Snow Removal Municipality Goes High-Tech to Plow through Paperwork BY HON. GLEN GILMORE, MAYOR, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP

• Limiting Phosphorus in Surface Water: Who Pays? BY PAMELA S. GOODWIN, ESQ. & JANE KOZINSKI, ESQ.

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