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By Jim Donovan: The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that it is citing 26 home improvement contractors for alleged violations of state consumer protection laws. The state is seeking $251,602 in civil penalties and consumer restitution, based on complaints and referrals by consumers across New Jersey.

New Jersey law (and Pennsylvania too by the way) requires that home improvement contractors register with the Attorney Generals Office.

The contractors cited today include both registered and unregistered contractors at the time of the alleged consumer law violations. AAA Above All Average Painting Company/Above All Average Construction, Mays Landing (Unregistered) Angel Berdugo d/b/a Elegant Home Remodeling, Willingboro (Unregistered) Anthony Wyatt t/a Anthonys Custom Exteriors, Mantua (Unregistered) Ermal Rustemlliu d/b/a Tri State Construction, West Caldwell (Unregistered) Fritzky Contracting LLC, Pompton Plains (Unregistered) G. Lee Sales, Inc., Tuxedo Park, NY (Unregistered) Gualdino Santos, Elizabeth (Unregistered) HydraShield, Inc. d/b/a HydraShield Waterproofing, Deerfield (Unregistered) Kevin Matthew Harrison d/b/a Arias Restoration and Renovation, Berlin (Unregistered) Mark Walton t/a All Exteriors Roofing & Siding, Seaside Heights (Unregistered) Michael McNamara t/a Affordable Masonry, Randolph (Unregistered) Myck General Contractors,LLC, Paterson (Unregistered) Nicholas Marino d/b/a Pools! Pools! Pools! Levittown, PA (Unregistered) Robert Haines, Egg Harbor City (Unregistered) Salahudin Abdullah t/a New Day Reconstruction, Camden (Unregistered) Stephen B. Hensler Custom Builders, Point Pleasant (Unregistered) At Home Renovations & Repairs Company, L.L.C., Hamburg (Registered) Carmens Anthony, Inc. d/b/a Anthony L. Falcone General Contracting, Ventor City (Registered) Garry N Moore t/a General Contractors, Blackwood (Registered) GSR Masonry & Contracting Inc., Kendall Park (Registered) Hercules Contracting Limited Liability Company, Raritan (Registered) Keith Tanis d/b/a Keiths Contracting, North Haledon (Registered) Norwestar Services LLC d/b/a Norwestar Services, Bloomfield Registered Paul Iski t/a Gutter Up Construction Co., Bordentown (Registered) Smith Design and Construction Limited Liability Company, Collingswood (Registered) Straight Light Painting & Construction Limited Liability Company, Clark (Registered)

Of the contractors being cited today, the Division has directed all but three to pay a total of $153,582 in restitution to consumers. The restitution amounts range from $200 to $27,400, and represent the amounts allegedly owed to consumers due to the performance of shoddy work, or the failure to start and/or finish work for which consumers had pre-paid.

In addition, the Division is citing all 26 contractors for various violations of New Jerseys Contractors Registration Act. For example, 16 are cited for soliciting home improvement work despite having failed to register with the Division, as required by law. Others are cited for violations such as failure to provide consumers with detailed, written contracts, which are required by law for all home improvement contracts costing more than $500. The State has assessed a total of $97,750 in civil penalties against the 26 contractors, in addition to the assessed consumer restitution.

Todays action follows the Divisions July 16, 2014 announcement of Notices of Violation to 68 home improvement contractors, seeking a total of $1,046,978 in consumer restitution and $276,250 in civil penalties. Home improvement complaints are typically the largest consumer complaint category the Division of Consumer Affairs receives each year as was the case in 2013, when the Division received 1,434 consumer complaints about home improvement contractors.

Each of the contractors receiving a Notice of Violation has the opportunity to contest the alleged violation, or the opportunity to correct the violation by desisting from any practices in violation of the law, paying a civil penalty and/or consumer restitution where required, and submitting an application for registration, if not registered. Each contractor also may contest the Divisions assessment of consumer restitution.

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UPDATE, 3:15 p.m., Oct. 1:

The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled Oct. 1 5-0 to allow the Republican Party to select a candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates 35th District race in November.

The ballots will have to be reprinted and redistributed with the new candidate's name, Marie Sprouse-McDavid, listed. The decision came at about 3:15 p.m., the day after justices heard the case.

Click HERE to read the order.

After hearing the case, several Justices issued statements in the ruling.

Justice Allen Loughry said the practical effect of the Election Commission and Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's failure to be knowledgeable of and comply with this state's election laws has serious consequences.

Loughry addressed the fact military ballots have been printed and mailed, and the ballots must be reprinted and re-sent to the voters, at a cost.

Seeking to escape the consequences of their inaction, the Commission and Secretary Tennant offensively suggest that an amendment to the ballot may cause our military men and women and overseas voters to be confused about the need to complete a second ballot,' and thus lead to their disenfranchisement, Loughry wrote in his concurrence. I seriously doubt that our military and overseas voters are so easily confused.' Perhaps more offensive is the respondents' suggestion that the voters of the 35th District should simply grin and bear the consequences of the Commission's failure to follow the law.

Justice Menis Ketchum said it was his belief that the Election Commission blatantly ignored both a black-letter election law, and a 22-year-old case interpreting that law.

Ketchum wrote the decision process is a simple choice of one or the other. The Legislature crafted election laws that attempt to be fair to both sides. Sauce for the goose, as they say, is sauce for the gander.

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MONTVILLE TWP. - The Montville Kiwanis Club swore in a new president, Joe Daughtry, and vice president, Michael Johnson, along with Treasurer Doug Cooper and new member of the Board of Directors Manny Irizarry at the annual installation dinner on Friday, Sept. 19, at the Columbia Inn.

Both the incoming president and vice president are the sons of current Kiwanis members, Art Daughtry and Dave Johnson.

Outgoing President Jerry Hug served throughout the 2013-2014 business year.

The parents of both Daughtry and Johnson were present and spoke of their pride in their sons for their past achievements and for their ongoing participation in community projects. Daughtry is the current president of the Drug Awareness Council and Johnson is running for the Board of Education in the upcoming election.

The Montville Kiwanis Club has contributed to several community projects over the years, such as the childrens playgrounds at the Community Park and Camp Dawson, the Kiwanis Food Pantry, scholarships and sponsorship of the High School Key Club and their participation in the High School Key Club and their projects.

The new officers and their committees have many upcoming projects in development, such as restoring the siding at the Food Pantry building and socially, a wine tasting event coming up in early 2015.

Any man or woman who would be interested in joining the Montville Kiwanis can contact Michael Johnson at (973) 316-8450 or e-mail him at Michael.Johnson3@Marist.edu. Former Key Club members are particularly invited to join and regain the spirit of volunteerism that they developed in high school.

For more information about meetings and the club in general, visit MontvilleKiwanis.org or Facebook.com/MontvilleKiwanis.

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Why governments are so stingy with information after the fact is rather obvious. Consider the legitimate concern that SaskPower simply did not do its due diligence on its smart meter deal with Sensus.

Despite recovering $24 million by convincing the U.S.-based company to take back the faulty devices, this deal will still wind up costing ratepayers millions in installation and removal costs.

Of course, we don't know whether SaskPower did or didn't do its diligence. It keeps putting up roadblocks to getting to the bottom of this, including a $57,000 bill sent to this newspaper - the supposed cost of four Freedom of Information requests about the selection of Sensus, exemptions for installers, malfunctions and communication with Sensus.

But such disclosure shouldn't be just an after-the-fact matter. Even more critical for governments is to be open and accountable to the citizenry before expenditures are made.

And unless it's another Spudco, in which the former NDP government promoted a project as being something it clearly never was (it was an almost-exclusively government enterprise sold to the public as a public-private partnership), then there's no good reason for the public not to have information before a project starts.

This takes us to the puzzling matter of the public-private Regina bypass project and the government's reluctance to provide the public with all the information individuals are requesting on the route chosen for this project.

In fact, concerned citizens have started a Facebook group entitled "Why Tower Road?" - a reference to the north-south road running west of CTV's Regina station - as the location for this bypass's eastern end.

Admittedly, those pushing for more information - who state their goal is make the government take a "sober second look" at the Tower Road location as they push for the bypass to end a mile further east at Gravel Pit Road - are hardly dispassionate observers.

Nester Mryglod is a co-owner in Super Seamless of Canada - a siding company that plans to relocate its operations on land it owns near the city bypass.

But that certainly doesn't negate the validity of questions he and others are raising on the "Why Tower Road?" Facebook page.

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TAMPA Employees at a roofing company that officials say stole insurance money from nearly 100 homeowners have been arrested, the Florida Department of Financial Services said Wednesday.

Officials said 97 homeowners in six counties, including Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco, had unfinished roof repairs and liens on their homes after the Tampa-based NBRC Roofing Company visited them after storms and convinced them their roofs needed repairs.

As part of the $525,000 insurance fraud scheme, authorities said the company helped homeowners file insurance claims for the repairs and convinced them to give NBRC the right to make the repairs and receive the claims benefits. Once NBRC was paid for the claims, employees kept the money and repairs weren't finished, officials said.

Five people were arrested on charges of organizing a scheme to defraud: Frank Martin Pureber of Apollo Beach; Carlton D Dunko, Stacy Lynn Dunko and Joel Samuel Deserio of Tampa; and Alexander Josue Gomez of Riverview.

More arrests are expected, the department said.

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Five employees from a Tampa area roofing business have been arrested and three more employees are being sought in an roofing scam that left nearly 100 Tampa Bay area homeowners with unfinished roof repairs, Jeff Atwater, the states chief financial officer, announced on Wednesday.

According to Atwater, NBRC Roofing Company employees would visit a home after a storm and convince homeowners roof repairs were needed. The company would help the homeowner file an insurance claim but would take the insurance money and not do the roof repairs, Atwater said in a press release.

The insurance fraud scheme has totaled $525,000, Atwaters office said, and affected 97 homeowners in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Hernando, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Five NBRC Roofing Company employees have been arrested and charged with organizing a scheme to defraud, a first-degree felony that is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

The NBRC employees who were arrested are Frank Martin Pureber, of Apollo Beach; Carlton Dunko, of Tampa; Stacy Lynn Dunko, of Tampa; Joel Samuel Deserio, of Tampa; and Alexander Josue Gomez, of Riverview.

Investigators are still searching for Eric Shane Johnson, of Bradenton; Christopher Michael Rios, of Brandon; and Benjamin Zebulon Matthews, of Lakewood Ranch.

Anyone who might have information on this case is asked to contact the state Department of Financial Services at (800) 378-0445.

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October 1, 2014 - NBA Development League (D-League) Austin Toros Austin, TX (Oct. 1, 2014) - The Austin Toros today announced that Earl Watson and Jason Fraser have been hired as assistant coaches. Watson and Fraser join current head coach Ken McDonald and assistant coach Mike Miller on the Toros bench.

"I'm thrilled with the addition of Earl and Jason to our staff," said head coach Ken McDonald. "Both have valuable basketball backgrounds and will bring depth and experience to our group."

Watson enjoyed a 13-year NBA career that included time with seven teams (Seattle, Memphis, Denver, Oklahoma City, Indiana, Utah and Portland). Watson was selected in the second round (40th overall) by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2001 NBA draft. In 890 games, he averaged 6.4 points, 4.4 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 22.2 minutes. Watson, a four-year starter at UCLA, was named to the All Pac-10 First Team as a senior in 2001.

Fraser most recently served as Villanova's director of student-athlete development. The McDonald's All-American (2002) played four years at Villanova averaging 6.1 points and 5.9 rebounds. He helped the team advance to the 2005 NCAA Sweet 16 and the 2006 NCAA Elite Eight, and ranks fifth on the school's all-time blocked shots list (172). After college, Fraser played professionally overseas and for the Harlem Globetrotters.

The Austin Toros tipoff their home schedule on Sunday, Nov. 23rd at 3 p.m. against the Santa Cruz Warriors at Cedar Park Center. For ticket information, please visit austintoros.com or call (512) 236-8333. Season and group tickets are available now and start at just $5.

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