![]() ![]() Phil Murphy tried the opposite approach - in public. Yet on the same day back in Trenton, Gov. ![]() grim reality: Trump hid COVID facts while Murphy told hard truth,” by The Record’s Charles Stile: “‘I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic,‘ Trump told Woodward in one of the interviews for his new bombshell book, ‘Rage,’’ which chronicles Trump’s early handling of the pandemic. To Sciarra, Murphy is punting this problem to local districts in the same way President Trump punted the virus problem to states” He wants the state Board of Public Utilities to press for concessions from internet providers to ensure low-cost access. He wants the state to coordinate purchases of hardware to gain bargaining power and ensure supply lines. How can we solve a problem if we can’t measure it? … Sciarra wants the state to establish a database showing where kids lack access to virtual instruction, down to the school. ‘It’s an estimate,’ says Mike Yaple, a spokesman for the department of Education. The 230,000 was based on income data and surveys of parents during the pandemic, but no one considers that reliable. ‘It should be our responsibility to ensure that kids have what they need to learn…I’ve been expressing frustration about this since March.’ No one, including the Department of Education, knows exactly how many kids remain without connection. “The notion that we could all come together and say, ‘We don’t love this idea, but we’re prepared to give a little bit of blood to help us get through this together in one piece for the next couple of years,’ I think that’s reasonable.” Murphy said his administration has started a conversation with the operators.ĭIGITAL DIVIDE - “ A test for Murphy: An army of children are falling into the digital divide,” by The Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran: “‘We are ultimately engaging in the process of filtering kids towards failure,’ said Ruiz, a Democrat from Newark and chair of the Education Committee. “This is what you get, I guess, for reaching out and trying to find common ground,” Murphy said during his regular briefing in Trenton. Phil Murphy on Friday panned the suggestion that the New York Stock Exchange might move its trading systems out of New Jersey if a proposed tax on financial transactions is approved. MURPHY RECITES LYRICS TO KARMA POLICE - Murphy pans NYSE’s threat to leave New Jersey if ‘micro-tax’ on stock trades is implemented, by POLITICO’s Samantha Maldonado: Gov. ![]() QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I never saw a more perfect environment for politicians to avoid the heat.” - Assembly GOP Leader Jon Bramnick on virtual Assembly budget hearings. Four more deaths for a total of 14,242 (not counting 1,789 presumed deaths) WHERE’S MURPHY? - In Trenton for a coronavirus press conference at 1:30 p.m.ĬORONAVIRUS TRACKER - 306 newly-diagnosed cases for a total of 196,634. If you have any ideas on how to measure the economic impact of financial server farms in New Jersey, feel free to email me. And how much advantage New Jersey gains from having extensive internet infrastructure in North Jersey? ![]() There’s also a question about how moving across the country would affect high-frequency trading, where proximity to servers is important. To gauge the threat of their departure, I’d like to know how much they contribute. How much do these companies contribute to New Jersey’s economy and tax revenues? How many people does the NYSE employ at its Mahwah data center? This brings up some questions I’d like some help figuring out. There’s an implication, not stated, that other exchanges with their servers in New Jersey would also leave if the proposal becomes law. The Wall Street Journal broke the news Friday that the NYSE, which has made the threat before, will run one of its exchanges from a backup site in Chicago for a week to demonstrate that its threat is serious. With an electronic financial transaction tax proposal gaining currency with the legislature and governor, the New York Stock Exchange is sending a message to New Jersey: It takes very little effort for them to up and leave. NYSE ramps up threats to leave over transaction tax ![]()
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