A solid 'no go' to licenses for illegals
     State representatives from Monmouth and Ocean counties should reject a proposal put forth by Assembly-man Joseph Vas (D-Middlesex) that would, if signed into law, permit illegal aliens to drive legally in New Jersey.
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Behind-the-scenes players really wield political power
Your Turn
David Finkelstein Guest Column
     Having just read the latest round of poison pen letters published in the News Transcript, I feel the urge to contribute my own venom to the low level of discourse in which Manal-apan officials and their proxies are engaged. There are many professional, dedicated, skilled, responsible employees and v
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For the Record
     The Marlboro K-8 Board of Education has proposed a tax increase with two components for the 2006-07 school year. The general fund carries an increase of 15.7 cents per $100 of assessed valuation ($314 increase to the owner of a home assessed at $200,000) and a second question to retain courtesy busi
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There's a word for that, and the word is ...
Coda
Greg Bean
     My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two.
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