Tag Archive: election
New Brunswick Mayor Claims $15 Million is Missing
By “Concerned New Brunswick Resident”, The history is this. In 2006, Corzine floated a BILLION dollar bond for 15 school projects. The rebuild of Redshaw and improvement of Paul Robison School were two of the projects, long delayed, that would be accomplished through this funding. 15 million (of the BILLION) was allocated for these two…
Editorial: Referendum Kill Bill is Bad Policy
Illustration by Sam Romero When Jon Corzine left office on Tuesday, he left a parting gift for political machine bosses across the state. S3157, which has come to be known as the Referendum Kill Bill, helps entrenched incumbent politicians shield themselves from public displeasure by making citizens wait 10 years between city-wide referendums concerning: length…
Election Updates…
The vote count from the actual voting booths PLUS the early votes (by mail, by messenger, and in person): YES – 2311 NO – 2427 There are also 203 provisional ballots that are being counted tomorrow. The election is not over. At 7pm there is an IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT AT KAIRO CAFE! Rampant voter suppression and…
New Brunswick Ward Campaign 2009
This upcoming election is very important for New Brunswick residents. Do you enjoy our current ”at-large” system or do you believe New Brunswick needs to change the direction of its path and move to a ”ward-based” system?
Once Again, UNB Closes Their Doors to the Community
After weeding through all of their information on the internet for about 30 minutes, the only information about UNB meetings that was publically accessible was on the Discussion Board on their Facebook Fan Page. Topic: Meetings?, where a New Brunswick resident, naturally, inquired about UNB’s meeting location. The only seeming representative of UNB who responded…
Abundant Life Church: a Political Organizing Tool
Our Moxie correspondent showed up promptly this evening at the Abundant Life Church to be stopped at the door by a woman and 3 men. She asked for our correspondent’s name and his/her reason for attempting to attend the Unite New Brunswick meeting. Our correspondent told them, “I was invited by Glenn Flemming”. Is there…
Progress, but let’s see how Wednesday plays out…
Here, at Moxie Today, we are open-minded and willing to dig for information. So, said correspondent then followed through with his/her investigations, and was invited by a longstanding church member of the Abundant Life Church to attend a service to better understand how the religious community was involved in the campaign. Our correspondent subsequently attended…
Progress, but let's see how Wednesday plays out…
Here, at Moxie Today, we are open-minded and willing to dig for information. So, said correspondent then followed through with his/her investigations, and was invited by a longstanding church member of the Abundant Life Church to attend a service to better understand how the religious community was involved in the campaign. Our correspondent subsequently attended…
Where is Unite New Brunswick?
In the spirit of this holistic and inclusive vision, a Moxie Today correspondent ventured out to better understand Unite New Brunswick and their Vote No to Wards campaign. We figured that, like Empower Our Neighborhoods, Unite New Brunswick publicly advertises their meetings on their Facebook page, website, and YouTube channel. How else will New Brunswick…