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It appears that Democrats realize that not allowing police to give written notice
to parents the first time they catch their kids smoking weed or drinking alcohol is a potent issue Republicans could use against them this fall.
A Democratic-backed bill to clarify that cops can inform parents was introduced last week and appears to be on the fast track. It’s a clean-up bill of the last marijuana clean-up bill.
The first clean up bill was a way to get Gov. Phil Murphy to sign weed legalization while assuaging concerns from the Legislative Black Caucus. But now the leader of that caucus, Sen. Ron Rice, is OK with allowing parental notification. So how did the original clean-up bill end up including language that barred parental notification? I don’t know.
Camden mayor to step down in April with 8 months left in term
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
Posted Mar 06, 2021
Camden Mayor, Frank Moran, talks with other guests during the grand opening of the American Water headquarters building in Camden, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. (Al Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media)Al Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media
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Camden Mayor Frank Moran announced his resignation in a letter to the public Friday, saying he intends to step down April 30 with about eight months remaining in his term.
Moran, a Democrat, was elected mayor in 2017 and previously served as a councilman for about 20 years. He told the Courier-Post he was stepping down to take time for himself and his family. His resignation was not health-related, he said.
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The decision came after a lot of soul searching, prayer and talking with my family, who are everything, Frank Moran told the Courier-Post on Friday, as news of his resignation broke.
But, Moran said, the decision to step down effective April 30, eight months before his term expires, is one he made without regrets and with the knowledge that it s something the City of Camden has blessed me to do, after 31 years as a city employee. I have done and witnessed amazing things in this city, he said.
Moran, who served as City Council president under his predecessor, Dana Redd, has been involved in city government since first being elected to council in 1997. He began working as a laborer for the City of Camden after graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School and rose through the ranks of the Camden County Parks Department before leading it.
The mayor on Friday said he submitted paperwork to leave office April 30. I look forward to a healty and restful retirement and all it has to offer, he said in a resignation letter.
Members of the city s Democratic committee would choose a successor to complete Moran s term.
While Wilson and Fuentes cited the mayor s health in announcing his departure, Moran said that was not a deciding factor.
Wilson and Fuentes praised Moran, a lifelong city resident who began his mayoral term on New Year s Day in 2018.
He served on City Council from 1997 to 2017, spending the last eight years as council president.