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                                             Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007
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 NJ Politics   

• Audits: Newark awash in incompetence Newark City Hall was plagued for years with mismanage-ement, in competence and possibly corruption, putting the safety and financial well-being of the city
  and its residents at risk, according to a series of sweeping audits of the city's bureaucracy Star-Ledger  
   

• Tax-relief bill passes with aid of GOP defectors It took some arm-twisting by the governor and
  the votes of three renegade Republicans, but the state Senate broke a weeks-long stalemate yesterday
  and delivered a $2B dose of property tax relief for NJ homeowners Star-Ledger  Gannett  NY Times Inquirer                   

NJ Environment

• NJ Affordable's accounting firm accused of malpractice A Springfield accounting firm did
  not use generally accepted ac counting principles when it prepared financial statements that showed
  NJ Affordable Homes had more assets than liabilities, according to a lawsuit filed in bankruptcy court
  Star-Ledger

• Pallone pushes ban on drilling U.S. Rep Frank Pallone, D-6^th, says that a bill he introduced last
  week to place a permanent ban on East Coast offshore drilling is particularly important to the New
  Jersey shore AC Press

PA Politics 

• The case against Fumo State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo used taxpayer and charity money to pay for everything from political polls to power tools, from cars to farm equipment, from errands to shopping
  sprees, a grand jury charges Inquirer  Conference audio

  > Spying on enemies It reads like pulp fiction: a powerful political boss spying on his enemies,
  ex-lovers and even his own family. And you paid for it Inquirer

PA Environment

• Enviro groups threaten to sue plant A New Florence power plant is discharging “illegal levels
  of potentially toxic metals” into the Conemaugh River – endangering both water quality and aquatic
  life –groups charge Tribune Democrat  Post-Gazette
   

• State seeks boost in nuke plant fee State officials want to raise by 50 percent the fee that
  nuclear power plant owners pay each year to cover the cost of emergency planning, radiation
  monitoring and other tasks Patriot News

New York/Nation/World     

• Democrat wins senate seat on Long Island NY Times
• More funds for Southampton landfill cleanup AG says the state had obtained more than
  $1.5M from 29 private and public groups to pay for the cleanup of the North Sea Landfill NY Times

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