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Posting Czar for the State of NJ, Small Business Owner (you're welcome for my service), Homeowner (yw4ms), Parent (yw4ms). I write about local news: https://glassborogaffer.substack.com/

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ya boi wrote a thing. newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/03/n...

NJ gutted public broadcasting before it was cool • New Jersey Monitor

Democrats attack GOP cuts to public broadcasting nationwide, but back their own cuts to NJ PBS.

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

Help me:

Does anyone know of any school districts that educate students or parents about safe gun storage at home?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

The hogs want representatives with some tie to their local community. Counties are best, not just the state at large.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

Help me:

Does anyone know of any school districts that educate students or parents about safe gun storage at home?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

All borders are arbitrary. That's not a helpful observation.

Rather, counties are permanent & people actually have a community attachment to their county. No one knows their state leg district. Everyone knows their county.

It would be a simpler, cheaper, more transparent, & better system.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

But who is the least bad?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

Is Solomon better than his opponents?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

Streets PAC NJ endorses James Solomon for Jersey City mayor.

For council:

At large - Mamta Singh
Ward A - Denise Ridley
Ward B - Lorena Loayza
Ward C - Dawn Giambalvo
Ward D - Jake Ephros
Ward E - @eleanalittle.bsky.social

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, but there's nothing wrong with counties as multi-member voting districts if # of reps scales with population, it doesn't violate the "one person one vote" rule, yet the VRA bans this perfectly fine system.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 20h

I'm talking about my ideal, not what's realistic.

District have to have equal population. The VRA sadly bans my idea bcs it failed to foresee proportional representation & multi-member districts. Oh well.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 23h

Also, abolish the state senate.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 23h

No, because that wrongly gave each county/district the same number of senators.

If you reread what I wrote, I said that the # of county/district reps should depend on county/district population.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Hm. Sherrill accused Jack of killing people.

newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/09/n...

Mikie Sherrill's wild, dangerous claim about Jack Ciattarelli • New Jersey Monitor

Mikie Sherrill (D) not only claimed opponent Jack Ciattarelli (R) profited off the opioid crisis — she claimed he killed tens of thousands.

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Annual reminder that these are the optimal state legislature districts (# reps = f(population)). I even gave each one a fun nickname reflecting its vibe.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Gerrymandered against other Dems? How does that work?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, since some de-industrialized PA towns seem to have entirely gypsie-based economies now.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

9. Cool. I'm sure that doesn't mean replace the COBOL, modernize unemployment systems, & stop using SAS. It prob means wasting money on AI & hiring your nephews.

10. Sounds fine.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

8. Idk. I'm fine with getting rid of some dumb task forces & boards. Consolidate power.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

7. Seems unnecessary. NJans who attend college in-state are already compensated via way lower tuition. Students attend expensive out-of-state schools for vibes reasons, not rational ones. How does this square w/ the desire to lower income taxes again?

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

5. I don't care much about corporate taxes so I'll pass.

6. Can't reduce income taxes if you want to preserve direct prop tax relief like the Sr Freeze. Banning prop taxes on home improvement is a hilarious way to make the code super complicated.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

4. Ending pork wouldn't even come close to rolling back recent spending increases. To do that, you must address Stay NJ, the Sr Prop Tax Freeze that you support, & ANCHOR. I imagine this would also mean underfunding pensions & NJ Transit again.

Pork is such a red herring.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

3. Already been said before: "all-of-the-above" but exclude the energy source that outpaced demand as decrepit fossil fuel plants must shut down.

Idc about the BPU. Fuck em.

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AP: Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

2. Capping per pupil school funding would slash funding, dumbass.

The state funding 100% of SpEd would be good. But the state should also cover 100% of ALL school funding.

S2 was good. I will die on this hill. Follow the formula, bitches. (If you want to reform Local Fair Share, let's talk.)

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

1. Always funny when cons whine about state income taxes, even opposing a $75k state grant to Gboro for a dog park bcs it raises income taxes, yet support a Senior Tax Freeze that actually cost a LOT in state funds.

Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Time to dunk on this. www.insidernj.com/ciattarelli-...

Ciattarelli Outlines 10-Point Garden State Affordability Agenda - Insider NJ

Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli outlined his affordability agenda today saying that eight years of Phil Murphy as governor and 25 years of one-party Democrat control of the legislatu...

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

NJ's language for talking about affordability is broken because the word Affordability is synonymous with "lower property taxes" here.