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By Matt Friedman Statehouse Bureau When the state Senate voted to restore $7.5 million in fam- ily planning funds in June, 30 of the 40 senators supported it — more than enough to override Gov. Chris Christie if he vetoed the measure. Christie did veto the bill, and Democratic lawmakers today will kick off their effort to override it in a Statehouse news conference. But GOP leaders say their mem- bers will not defy the Republican governor. “There will not be enough votes in the Senate to spend money that we don’t have,” Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) said Monday. “This is the time for fiscal discipline, and the mem- bers of the Republican caucus rec- ognize that.” Of the seven Republican sena- tors who voted yes on the fam- ily planning bill, three told The Star-Ledger they will not vote to override the veto, and the other four either could not be reached for comment or would not say Monday. Democrats won’t be able to get the 27 votes needed for a Sen- ate override if one more Repub- lican who supported the bill opts against opposing Christie. Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Ber- gen), who with Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) will launch the Democrats’ override campaign today, said she holds out hope at least one Republican can be swayed in the upper house, which would vote first. “Tom Kean can come out with whatever statements he wants. I don’t believe that he’s going to be able to control all the good people in his caucus,” said Weinberg. Christie did not reference abor- Fund veto fight begins (See VETO, Page A-7) By DJ McAneny [email protected] MONROE TWP. — Richard Janofsky was outside his broth- er’s new home in Williamstown Monday morning, helping install posts in the ground for a fence. His brother Max, a township police officer, was at work. Janof- sky was simply there to help him out. It is to this end that Janofsky’s time as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marines and Platoon Command- er to the 1/6 Bravo Co., Third Platoon is so obvious and fitting. Janofsky, 24, returned Satur- day from a seven-month tour of duty in Marjah, Afghanistan. The Williamstown High School grad- uate is humble, well-spoken and dedicated to living a life of thank- fulness. His brother, an Army reservist, returned home from his own tour in December 2008. Now, Janofsky says he should be home for about 18 months before a second tour, though he does not know what the details to that deployment are yet. He is just happy to be home — and happy that he could return to everyone alongside him. Though nine were wounded and were sent home early, all 40 soldiers in his platoon returned to United States soil. “It went well — we brought everybody back which is our ultimate goal,” Janofsky said. “To accomplish our mission over there and bring every one of the Marines that I bring over there back ... it was better than any other feeling I could experience. I couldn’t ask for anything more. The unit we were with did lose some people, but we continued to work to honor them. Honor- ing our fallen is right there with bringing everyone home in importance.” Marine gets warm welcome home (See MARINE, Page A-5) 6 56525 11031 3 INDEX WEATHER Partly sunny. Highs in upper 90s. Lows in low 70s. PAGE A-2 Bridge ........C-4 Classified .. D-3 Comics .......C-4 Dear Abby ..B-2 Dr. Gott......B-2 Economy ....C-7 Nation ....... D-1 Obituaries ..A-7 Shryock......B-1 Six ..............A-3 Sports ........C-1 State ..........A-4 Sudoku.......A-2 Television...C-5 Viewpoint ..A-6 Wall St. ......C-6 ■ A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing six children nearby, officials said. ■ Each time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sym- pathizers typically retaliate with six additional assaults on foreign forces over the next six weeks, researchers using newly declassified NATO data conclude. ■ NATO and Afghan troops attacked two vil- lages that had been held by Taliban fighters, killing more than 30 insurgents as they secured the Bachancha and Badmuk villages, NATO said in a statement. Two Afghan soldiers were killed, NATO said. Page D-1 The day in Afghanistan C YAN M AGENTA Y ELLOW BLAC K C YAN M AGENTA Y ELLOW BLAC K Gloucester County Times 113th year: No. 183 Copyright 2010 Gloucester County Times Woodbury, N.J. http://www.nj.com/gloucester FIFTY CENTS TUESDAY August 3, 2010 DON’T FLIPPER OUT With intense summer heat, animals need to keep cool as well. PLACE, B-1 PARK PLACES Philadelphia mulls armed rangers at sites. REGION, A-4 BP SAYS ATTEMPT TO KILL GULF WELL MAY SUCCEED. D-1 BREAKING NEWS: nj.com/south Staff photos by Tim Hawk Marine Lt. Richard Janofsky of the Williamstown section of Monroe Township gets a hug from Grand- mom Mary Jane Harty during a welcome home celebration Saturday. MONROE TOWNSHIP ■ Democratic lawmakers are set to kick off their effort to restore funds to family planning despite Christie’s rejection; GOP says override won’t gain enough support ■ Automobile agency will only monitor emissions standards on cars at inspection stations across the state Above, Judy Janofsky smiles as she welcomes home her son at the event. At left, Zachary Roberts, 7, car- ries an American Flag as he runs around waiting for the arrival of Lt. Janofsky, his neighbor in Wil- liamstown, ahead of the celebration. By Mike Frassinelli The Star-Ledger staff TRENTON — State Transportation Commis- sioner Jim Simpson lik- ens the situation over the state’s beleaguered Trans- portation Trust Fund to a homeowner who for years spent too much on credit cards and now is living paycheck to paycheck. Next month, the Trans- portation Trust Fund Authority plans to refi- nance $300 million to $400 million in existing bonds to take advantage of lower rates and also issue $800 million to $900 million in bonds to get the fund through March, it was announced Monday. “We are now going to be completely tapped out and borrowed out for the trust fund,” authority Treasurer Steve Petrecca said after a board meeting in Trenton. By March, author- ity members hope to know what is needed to get the Transit officials: Funding is gone (See TRUST, Page A-7) By Lucas K. Murray [email protected] Starting this week it’s up to motorists to make sure their vehicles are free from mechanical defects. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission policy that has the state performing only emissions checks went into effect Monday. The commission’s chief administrator says own- ing a vehicle is as much a responsibility as driving one. “Not only must a driver act responsibly behind the wheel, but keeping the vehicle well maintained and road ready is equally important,” Raymond Mar- tinez said. “This is why our local service stations and auto dealerships play such a critical role in helping to keep our cars and trucks in excellent working shape with regular servicing.” So the state is no longer in the business of perform- ing checks for mechanical defects on privately owned vehicles. School buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles will continued to be checked for both emis- sions and equipment flaws. MVC slashes check-up services (See MVC, Page A-5) By Lisa Fleisher Statehouse Bureau In one of the first, tangible consequences of the national health care overhaul passed earlier this year, New Jer- sey opened up a federally funded health insurance plan for people with major or ongoing medical condi- tions Monday. The plan — called NJ Pro- tect — will use $141 million in federal money to cover an estimated 21,000 residents for three years through a program run by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, said Ed Rogan, a spokesman for the state Department of Banking and Insurance. It’s open to New Jersey residents with specifically defined pre-existing con- ditions who have not had health insurance for six months. Only U.S. citizens, nationals or legal residents are eligible. The coverage will cost between $212 and $768 a month, depending on the person’s age and plan selected. Under the health care bill signed in March, states were required either to set up their own plans or accept a federal plan for people deemed high-risk. The fed- eral government will spend $5 billion overall to provide coverage. By creating its own plan — something many other Republican governors have refused to do — Gov. Chris Christie is not endorsing health care reform nor rul- ing out the possibility of joining a lawsuit against the federal move, spokesman Michael Drewniak said. N.J. offers health plan using $141M from feds (See PROTECT, Page A-5)
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By Matt FriedmanStatehouse Bureau
When the state Senate voted to restore $7.5 million in fam-ily planning funds in June, 30 of the 40 senators supported it — more than enough to override Gov. Chris Christie if he vetoed the measure.
Christie did veto the bill, and Democratic lawmakers today will kick off their effort to override it in a Statehouse news conference. But GOP leaders say their mem-bers will not defy the Republican governor.
“There will not be enough votes in the Senate to spend money that we don’t have,” Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) said Monday. “This is the time for fiscal discipline, and the mem-bers of the Republican caucus rec-ognize that.”
Of the seven Republican sena-tors who voted yes on the fam-ily planning bill, three told The Star-Ledger they will not vote to override the veto, and the other four either could not be reached for comment or would not say Monday.
Democrats won’t be able to get the 27 votes needed for a Sen-ate override if one more Repub-lican who supported the bill opts against opposing Christie.
Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Ber-gen), who with Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) will launch the Democrats’ override campaign today, said she holds out hope at least one Republican can be swayed in the upper house, which would vote first.
“Tom Kean can come out with whatever statements he wants. I don’t believe that he’s going to be able to control all the good people in his caucus,” said Weinberg.
Christie did not reference abor-
Fund veto fight begins
(See VETO, Page A-7)
By DJ [email protected]
MONROE TWP. — Richard Janofsky was outside his broth-er’s new home in Williamstown Monday morning, helping install posts in the ground for a fence. His brother Max, a township police officer, was at work. Janof-sky was simply there to help him out.
It is to this end that Janofsky’s time as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marines and Platoon Command-er to the 1/6 Bravo Co., Third Platoon is so obvious and fitting.
Janofsky, 24, returned Satur-day from a seven-month tour of duty in Marjah, Afghanistan. The Williamstown High School grad-uate is humble, well-spoken and dedicated to living a life of thank-fulness. His brother, an Army reservist, returned home from his own tour in December 2008.
Now, Janofsky says he should be home for about 18 months before a second tour, though he does not know what the details to that deployment are yet. He is just happy to be home — and happy that he could return to everyone alongside him. Though nine were wounded and were sent home early, all 40 soldiers in his platoon returned to United States soil.
“It went well — we brought everybody back which is our ultimate goal,” Janofsky said. “To accomplish our mission over there and bring every one of the Marines that I bring over there
back ... it was better than any other feeling I could experience. I couldn’t ask for anything more. The unit we were with did lose some people, but we continued
to work to honor them. Honor-ing our fallen is right there with bringing everyone home in importance.”
Marine gets warm welcome home
(See MARINE, Page A-5)
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Dr. Gott ......B-2Economy ....C-7Nation ....... D-1Obituaries ..A-7
Shryock ......B-1Six ..............A-3Sports ........C-1State ..........A-4
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■ A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing six children nearby, officials said.
■ Each time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sym-pathizers typically retaliate with six additional assaults on foreign forces over the next six weeks, researchers using newly declassified NATO data conclude.
■ NATO and Afghan troops attacked two vil-lages that had been held by Taliban fighters, killing more than 30 insurgents as they secured the Bachancha and Badmuk villages, NATO said in a statement. Two Afghan soldiers were killed, NATO said.
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The day in Afghanistan
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACKCYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Gloucester CountyTimes
113th year: No. 183 Copyright 2010 Gloucester County Times Woodbury, N.J. http://www.nj.com/gloucester FIFTY CENTS
TUESDAYAugust 3,
2010
DON’T FLIPPER OUTWith intense summer heat, animals need to keep cool as well. PLACE, B-1
PARK PLACES Philadelphia mulls armed rangers at sites. REGION, A-4
BP SAYS ATTEMPT TO KILL GULF WELL MAY SUCCEED. D-1 BREAKING NEWS:nj.com/south
Staff photos by Tim Hawk
Marine Lt. Richard Janofsky of the Williamstown section of Monroe Township gets a hug from Grand-mom Mary Jane Harty during a welcome home celebration Saturday.
MONROE TOWNSHIP
■ Democratic lawmakers are set to kick off their effort to restore funds to family planning despite Christie’s rejection; GOP says override won’t gain enough support
■ Automobile agency will only monitor emissions standards on cars at inspection stations across the state
Above, Judy Janofsky smiles as she welcomes home her son at the event. At left, Zachary Roberts, 7, car-ries an American Flag as he runs around waiting for the arrival of Lt. Janofsky, his neighbor in Wil-liamstown, ahead of the celebration.
By Mike FrassinelliThe Star-Ledger staff
TRENTON — State Transportation Commis-sioner Jim Simpson lik-ens the situation over the state’s beleaguered Trans-portation Trust Fund to a homeowner who for years spent too much on credit cards and now is living paycheck to paycheck.
Next month, the Trans-portation Trust Fund Authority plans to refi-nance $300 million to $400 million in existing bonds to take advantage of lower rates and also issue $800 million to $900 million in bonds to get the fund through March, it was announced Monday.
“We are now going to be completely tapped out and borrowed out for the trust fund,” authority Treasurer Steve Petrecca said after a board meeting in Trenton.
By March, author-ity members hope to know what is needed to get the
Transit officials: Funding is gone
(See TRUST, Page A-7)
By Lucas K. [email protected]
Starting this week it’s up to motorists to make sure their vehicles are free from mechanical defects. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission policy that has the state performing only emissions checks went into effect Monday.
The commission’s chief administrator says own-ing a vehicle is as much a responsibility as driving one.
“Not only must a driver act responsibly behind the wheel, but keeping the vehicle well maintained and road ready is equally important,” Raymond Mar-tinez said. “This is why our local service stations and auto dealerships play such a critical role in helping to keep our cars and trucks in excellent working shape with regular servicing.”
So the state is no longer in the business of perform-ing checks for mechanical defects on privately owned vehicles. School buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles will continued to be checked for both emis-sions and equipment flaws.
MVC slashes check-upservices
(See MVC, Page A-5)
By Lisa FleisherStatehouse Bureau
In one of the first, tangible consequences of the national health care overhaul passed earlier this year, New Jer-sey opened up a federally funded health insurance plan for people with major or ongoing medical condi-tions Monday.
The plan — called NJ Pro-tect — will use $141 million in federal money to cover an estimated 21,000 residents for three years through a program run by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of
New Jersey, said Ed Rogan, a spokesman for the state Department of Banking and Insurance.
It’s open to New Jersey residents with specifically defined pre-existing con-ditions who have not had health insurance for six months. Only U.S. citizens, nationals or legal residents are eligible. The coverage will cost between $212 and $768 a month, depending on the person’s age and plan selected.
Under the health care bill signed in March, states
were required either to set up their own plans or accept a federal plan for people deemed high-risk. The fed-eral government will spend $5 billion overall to provide coverage.
By creating its own plan — something many other Republican governors have refused to do — Gov. Chris Christie is not endorsing health care reform nor rul-ing out the possibility of joining a lawsuit against the federal move, spokesman Michael Drewniak said.
N.J. offers health plan using $141M from feds
(See PROTECT, Page A-5)
