leelye
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Post by leelye on Jan 10, 2007 13:45:44 GMT -5
Did anyone see this tidbit in the paper today? Over 1,872 births @ CentraState last year, a 50% increase from the year before. How will this impact the Borough schools in the next 4-5 years. Will the Borough be seeking another referendum to expand the schools yet again 5 yrs. down the road ?
Leelye
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Post by richardkelsey on Jan 10, 2007 14:10:03 GMT -5
Nice catch Leelye. Let's not forget that I served on the first expansion committee in 1996. At that time -- the education establishment believed that the expansion then would be all we would need given enrollment histories and the size of our town. In fact, vocal critics such as myself were very skeptical of where these new students were coming from, and how this sudden baby boom just arrived. What -- 7 years later they need to expand!?
You are correct -- this will not be the last expansion as Freehold becomes the illegal immigrant work camp for Western Monmouth. Believe me -- the surrounding towns are more than happy to see that result.
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2007 15:23:27 GMT -5
Leelye and Rich,
You both hit the nail on the head! This is the prime reason why I am so against any tax increases to our residents. We need some real planning due to our crumbling infrastructure. Tax increases are nothing more than a band aid on a gushing wound.
and... this issue and problem is not unique to our town.
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 10, 2007 16:18:47 GMT -5
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP—For the fourth straight year, CentraState Medical Center has set a record for annual births, delivering 1,872 babies in 2006. This represents almost a 50 percent increase from 1,253 births in 2000.
A baby boy, weighing 7 pounds, 12-3/4 ounces, was delivered by Rebecca Cipriano, MD, at 7:52 a.m. on January 1 to parents Alba Avila and Juan Amador of Freehold.
To welcome the first baby born at the hospital in 2007, CentraState and Babies“R”Us of Manalapan presented the family with gift baskets of merchandise and a gift certificate.
It seems likely that this child was born to illegal immigrant parents, who had no insurance to cover their medical costs. I hope I am wrong, but I don't think so.
Hospitals and American corporations shouldn't be rewarding illegal behaviors that result in unfair costs to our taxpayers, by giving out special recognition, gift baskets and gift certificates to those who do not pay their own way, while others have to. Those gift items should go to the people, who are stuck with the nagging health care deductables.
After having to pay for the over and above costs of "what is reasonable and customary," a legitimate American family will need those boxes of diapers and formula, most. The illegal immigrants can always pick them up at Open Door.
Sorry to be so cynical. But, this "celebration" goes, unecessarily, beyond what illegal immigrants should receive. Let these parents have a happy healthy baby. But, charity begins at home and should be given to Americans having babies.
Marc
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 10, 2007 16:29:06 GMT -5
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Post by MB on Jan 10, 2007 17:09:37 GMT -5
2004 Births RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER W B Latino Asian Total Freehold Borough 77 22 137 8 246 Freehold Township 249 10 44 17 335 www.state.nj.us/health/chs/birthchar04.pdfCurrent freehold boro K-8 class size avg 150-175 children per grade  |
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leelye
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Post by leelye on Jan 10, 2007 17:11:32 GMT -5
Ok...I stand corrected on one fact that I originally posted. I said the increase was 50% higher than the prior year, that was a mistake. It should have been 50% higher than the year 2000. Either way, the demographics that were done for the referendum that was defeated twice by the registered voters of the Borough was based on live births from CentraState in the year 2003 or 2004. I attended the presentation that Phil "Show me the money and I'm outta here" Meara gave prior to the first defeated referendum. Obviously there have been many more births and will continue to be. Therefore there will be further needs to increase the sizes of the schools unless something is done soon !!
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 10, 2007 17:29:44 GMT -5
Ahhh...this explains it all. Babies R Us is, of course, owned by Toys R Us, which already faced the same issue in NY. Aren't there any babies being born to legitimate Americans in this country anymore... AND, of course, the ADVOCATES are involved!
No such thing as illegal New Year baby - Toys 'R' Us
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toys "R" Us Inc. agreed on Saturday to award a Chinese-American infant a $25,000 prize in a New Year's baby contest after the company came under fire for disqualifying the girl because her mother was not a legal U.S. resident.Chinese-American advocates said they were infuriated by Toys "R" Us, which opened its first mainland China store less than a month ago, and launched an e-mail campaign on the issue.
The company responded by awarding each of the three babies in the grand prize pool of the "First Baby of the Year Sweepstakes" a $25,000 savings bond. Toys "R" Us is the parent company of Babies "R" Us, which sponsored the contest.
"We love all babies," the company said in a statement. "Our sweepstakes was intended to welcome the first baby of 2007 and prepare for its future. We deeply regret that this sweepstakes became a point of controversy."
Yuki Lin was born at the stroke of midnight at New York Downtown Hospital, according to hospital officials. The Wayne, N.J.-based company had said the prize would go to the first American baby born in 2007.
Although promotional materials called for "all expectant New Year's mothers" to apply, Toys "R" Us spokeswoman Kathleen Waugh said eligibility rules required babies' mothers to be legal residents. Many sweepstakes have such requirements, Waugh said.
Waugh said the prize instead was awarded to the runner-up - Jayden Swain, born 19 seconds after midnight at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. - after the contest administrator was told that Yuki's mother "was not a legal resident of the United States."
The third baby in the running was born in Bay Shore, N.Y., to a couple from El Salvador.
Some Chinese-American advocates said the company's decision smacked of second-class citizenship. Errrr...2nd class citizens? How about NOT citizens at all?
"People are just pretty much outraged," said John Wang, president of the New York-based Asian American Business Development Center.
Albert Wang, an attorney, who launched the e-mail campaign said "She was deprived of $25,000 intended to be used for her college education because of who her parents are," he said.
The controversy had Janet Keller worried her winning grandchild in Georgia would lose the money, and said revisiting the contest would be unfair.
"She was disqualified - that should be it," Keller said. "Don't go changing your mind now."
The company hopes the matter is settled now.
Attempts to reach Yuki's parents, Yan Zhu Liu and Han Lin, 22, for comment were unsuccessful early Saturday. Their immigration status was not clear.
Originally published on January 6, 2007
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jan 10, 2007 17:39:28 GMT -5
Here's the Chinese advocate's rationale that exactly matches the Latino advocates dogma. And, this also supports their views regarding public education...
Leo Y. Lee, 49, an engineer who is past national vice president of the Organization of Chinese Americans, an advocacy organization, pointed out that the savings bond was awarded in the name of the baby, not the mother, and that there was no legal requirement for a rule barring the American-born child of an illegal immigrant.
“I am strongly opposed to the Toys ‘R’ Us decision to give the award to another baby just based solely on the mother’s status,” he said. His group, he said, does not “condone or approve illegal immigration, but anyone who is here should be protected by law — especially a baby with the same rights as any other citizen.”
But comments by Ms. Keller, the grandmother of the winning (NY)baby, hinted at the wrath that the company risked from the other side at a time when the most stringent critics of illegal immigration have called for an end to birthright citizenship, saying the children born to illegal immigrants are “anchor babies” who encourage illegal entry.
“If she’s an illegal alien, that makes the baby illegal,” said Ms. Keller, 50. Told otherwise, she remarked, “Sounds like a double standard to me,” adding, “She was disqualified — that should be it. Don’t go changing your mind now.”
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