TheWorx

Our Governor Murphy's attempt at maximizing tax revenue from marijuana sales is tantamount to King George--also a Briton--trying to force a tea monopoly on the colonists. What this graduate of Goldman-Sachs fails to realize is that holding hostage the NJ resident by forcing him to buy "Murphy Weed" under threat of draconian incarceration for "home grown weed" only shows how greed reigns supreme in the Goldman-Sachs world.  As citizens, we need to wise up and understand that the businessman should have no role to play in politics for, although sociopaths make good surgeons and successful businessmen, humanity, as a whole, needs empathic leaders and not just those who offer lip service to our grievances. The best way to get people to buy "Murphy Weed" is to increase their standard of living (i.e., employment with good wages). It is NOT by throwing people in jail for trying to make ends meet through home cultivation. If I have money for "Murphy Weed,...

The people mentioned in the title have seen fit to deprive the New Jersey Resident from growing pot for personal use--Senator Cardinale, through unknown motivation, has done an about face and has introduced a bill to allow for home grow--much to his credit although I've yet to read the bill. This should never have been an issue. Consider this, you can brew alcoholic beverages till the cows come home. None are asking for your wine/beer/whiskey tax dollars. None are selling it to neighbors and friends. The reason it is not more widespread is that the wine industry makes product for every taste and budget AND the taxes are not excessive. Pot, on the other hand, is soon slated to hit our budgets hard. Many in New Jersey, like that rich bugger, Governor Murphy, can afford any product that will be sold. Those of us who can't afford to pay $500 plus for an ounce or who would just like to start a hobby were looking forward to home grow. I've come down hard on Mr. Murphy because he ...

I'm 57 years old. That alone makes it very hard to penetrate the job market. However, NJDOP has a website where you can browse available jobs and submit an application along with $15. I did that and I waited and waited for the process to reach the stage where the actual hiring agency would give out interviews for the position. 2 months into that last stage (the DOP said that the hiring agency had 90 days in which to interview candidates), I got anxious and decided to call the municipality. They were supposed to pick from the top 3 candidates but they told me in no uncertain terms that they were going to give it to "the person who was already doing the job." When I questioned the ethics and legality of their decision, I was told that they really hadn't finalized things. This person was hoping that I would go away but, sadly, NJ is a state where ageism and/or crony-ism is condoned. Stay tuned, I'm waiting to see if I get an interview and if I don't get the job,...