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ASSEMBLY, No. 3998 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 211th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MAY 5, 2005 Sponsored by: Assemblyman LOUIS MANZO District 31 (Hudson) SYNOPSIS Provides for forfeiture of vehicle or building where weapon was unlawfully possessed. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. AN ACT concerning forfeiture and amending N.J.S.2C:39-5. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. N.J.S.2C:39-5 is amended to read as follows: 2C:39-5. Unlawful Possession of Weapons. a. Machine guns. Any person who knowingly has in his possession a machine gun or any instrument or device adaptable for use as a machine...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/05/eveningnews/main685799.shtml New Tech Targets Tax Cheats NEW HAVEN, Conn. April 5, 2005 (CBS) A few weeks ago, New Haven resident Cara Norman found her son's car being towed from outside her Connecticut home. The reason stunned her. It turns out she owed $37 in back taxes. "I was furious. I'm going; 'What are you towing it for?' And he said 'Well, you owe back taxes." As CBS News Correspondent Thalia Assuras reports, in a small but growing number of cities, vehicle tax and parking ticket deadbeats are being nailed by the taxman's new high-tech tool. "We like it," says Moses...

The spate of slayings over the first three months of the year has prompted Assemblyman Louis Manzo, D-Jersey City, to introduce a bill which would make it possible to confiscate a home or car in which an illegal firearm is found - even if the gun doesn't belong to the owner. "Simply put, we cannot afford to lose another life, at a time when it has become a daily routine to read about another life lost in our neighborhoods as a result of gun violence," Manzo says in a letter asking state Assembly Speaker Albio Sires, D-West New York, to...

Deputy stops man for traffic violation, but ends up seizing his cash and jewelry John Pickens didn't want to show his face while telling Ted Oberg his story, but he has contacted the FBI. By Ted Oberg ABC13 Eyewitness News (01/17/05 - HOUSTON) — It seemed like a routine traffic stop, but then it took an unfortunate turn for the man who was pulled over. That driver was told, "I have good news and bad news. The good news is you don't get a ticket. The bad news I have to take your money and your jewelry." Deputy stops man...

Voting for something that taxes the other guy and not yourself seems basically unfair. A couple of examples from the recent election come to mind. In Benicia, California, where I live, the school district had a parcel tax on the ballot. No surprise. Schools always seem to need more money. This particular one granted an exemption to people over 65. So, since I fit in that category, I could vote for a tax http://www.theconservativerepublican.com/taxingtheotherguy.html

Homeowners would be forced to rent out properties that have stood empty for more than six months under proposals unveiled today. Under an amendment to the housing bill, tabled by Labour backbencher David Kidney MP, councils would be able to take over such properties, restore them to a decent standard and rent them out at an affordable rate. The council could claim its costs back and give the rest to the owner. Some 750,000 homes are standing empty in the UK at any one time. Mr Kidney's plans would cover the 300,000 homes left unoccupied for more than six months....

<p>And, lo, the city fathers looked upon a choice piece of property and declared, "Let there be blight." And there was blight.</p> <p>And it was good too -- at least for the Ohio businessman who wants that land for a $125 million development, and for the city of Norwood, which wants that developer for the new tax dollars it hopes he'll bring in.</p>

New police firearms unit confiscates hundreds of gunsRachael Golden/The Gazette Lt. Michael Mancuso (left) and Sgt. Kenneth Berger display some of the weapons the county police's Firearms Investigation Unit has recovered in the past year or so. The unit evolved from the tens of thousands of tips called into police during the 2002 sniper attacks. Police investigators expected to find guns inside a Kensington home when they raided it in April. But they did not expect to find so many. Police found 57 handguns, shotguns, rifles and assault rifles, said Sgt. Kenneth Berger of the county police department's Firearms Investigation...