It’s official.

The ballot proof is here. November 3 is just over 7 weeks away.

I’m Asking Byram Voters for Another Four Years…

Earlier today I submitted my petitions and paperwork to appear on the ballot for one of three open seats on the Byram Township Council in the November 3rd election. I’m making a commitment to continuing working with my colleagues on the governing body to make or town a better place to live and work, […]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the […]

The People’s House – June 26, 2015

The People’s House – June 26, 2015

Early evening, April four. Shot rings out in the Memphis sky…

Martin Luther King, Jr.

47 years ago today – on the evening of April 4, 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy addressed a crowd from the back of a pick-up truck at a campaign rally in Indianapolis and announced that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis. Having little time to […]

Byram Township Council Speaks Up For New Jersey State Parks and Historic Sites

In response to the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee’s December 8, 2014 hearing on implementation of Public Question 2 (you can read press reports of that meeting here and here), the Byram Township Mayor and Council passed the resolution below supporting restoration of funding to state parks and historic sites at their meeting […]

Speak up for New Jersey Parks funding

Senate Environment and Energy Committee to hold first hearing on implementation of Public Ballot Question 2

If you read my November 2nd post, Protect our parks, open space, and clean water: Vote ‘NO’ on New Jersey Ballot Question 2, you know that with passage of Question 2 came serious financial impact on our State Parks […]

Protect our parks, open space, and clean water: Vote ‘NO’ on New Jersey Ballot Question 2

Scott Olson photo

By Scott Olson November 2, 2014

On Tuesday, I’m voting to protect our parks, historic sites and open space. I’m voting to maintain protections of our drinking water and precious natural resources. I’m voting ‘NO’ on New Jersey’s Open Space Preservation Funding Amendment, Public Question Number 2, and I’m urging […]