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A group of 22 New Jersey mayors have asked Gov. Phil Murphy to relax restrictions on the size of outdoor school graduations.
Hours after the mayors request on Wednesday, Murphy said he will announce next week whether the state will ease COVID-19 restrictions, including the one that limits the size of many outdoor gatherings to 200 people.
According to state guidance, there is no limit for outdoor gatherings for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, funerals, memorial services, religious activities or political activities.
The mayors are requesting the same guideline for graduations. Gatherings should follow a consistent protocol, Hillsborough Mayor Shawn Lipani said in the organization s press release. If there can be larger gatherings for both indoor and outdoor events, including church services, weddings and political events, it only stands to reason that graduation ceremonies should also fall under this same umbrella.
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Conforti v. Hanlon case has made news on the political blogs this week. The Conforti plaintiffs have asked the federal court to end the “county line” in New Jersey primaries. That means that they want to suppress the free speech and associational rights of myself, the hundreds of grass roots activists in the party that I lead, and the party itself. While it doesn’t appear that my opinion is welcomed by the Conforti plaintiffs, I am going to air it here.
2020 congressional candidate Arati Kreibich is not the lead plaintiff, but she is a good study why this suit is bad for taxpayers and voters. Ms. Kreibich’s argument appears to rest at least in part on the belief that that she lost her primary to Congressman Gottheimer because she ran “off the line”, and that if there was no line she would have won. That’s nonsense.