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	<title>Julio Tavarez - 5th Ward Councilman &#187; Quality of Life</title>
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		<title>Report: U.S. Green Building Market Will Balloon to $173.5 Billion by 2015</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2010/07/06/report-u-s-green-building-market-will-balloon-to-173-5-billion-by-2015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Think the trend of businesses making green office renovations is just a passing fad? Not according to the latest issue of EL Insights, which reports that the U.S. green building market value will balloon from $71.1 billion now to $173 billion by 2015. Commercial green building is expected to grow by 18.1% annually during the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowry: As long as you&#8217;re green, you can grow</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2010/07/02/lowry-as-long-as-youre-green-you-can-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, let’s get something straight: The ruinous oil spill spreading all manner of havoc in the Gulf of Mexico is not just President Obama’s problem, and it’s not just BP’s problem.
Indeed, it’s not even only a regional problem but a national problem. In fact, if you want to go one step further, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should NJ Government employees reside in the state where they work?</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2010/06/18/should-nj-government-employees-reside-in-the-state-where-they-work/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2010/06/18/should-nj-government-employees-reside-in-the-state-where-they-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should NJ Government employees reside in our wonderful state?  Well, many of our legislators feel they should and this is why they have introduced Senate Bill 1730 and General Assembly Bill 2478.  These two bills would make it a requirement to reside in New Jersey in order to work for New Jersey.  And I wholeheartedly support both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you are going to take our State aid, give us Home Rule</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2010/01/21/if-you-are-going-to-take-our-state-aid-give-us-home-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 6, 2010, several newspapers published articles with titles like “no more aid for struggling cities”, “Christie will cut state aid” and the like; furthermore, in the body of these articles our Governor was quoted stating “You better budget based upon what you can raise”, “don’t look to Trenton” and “We don’t have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter to Mayor Jose &#8220;Joey&#8221; Torres</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/10/19/open-letter-to-mayor-jose-torres/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/10/19/open-letter-to-mayor-jose-torres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last several months I have been requesting from the Administration of the City of Paterson that the residents and business owners of the 5th Ward receive the same benefits and attention as folks residing and doing business in other wards.  However, the administration has chosen to ignore my requests on behalf of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Pascrell Town Hall Meeting to discuss Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/08/26/congressman-pascrell-town-hall-meeting-to-discuss-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/08/26/congressman-pascrell-town-hall-meeting-to-discuss-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>$40 coupon for Digital TV Conversion</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/05/31/40-coupon-for-digital-tv-conversion/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/05/31/40-coupon-for-digital-tv-conversion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREE $40 COUPON
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		<title>Paterson Armory must be converted into recreation and entertainment center</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/01/15/paterson-armory-must-be-converted-into-recreation-and-entertainment-center/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2009/01/15/paterson-armory-must-be-converted-into-recreation-and-entertainment-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that Mayor Torres&#8217; proposal is shortsighted and it does not go along with the plans to convert the facility into a recreation and entertainment center for the City of Paterson.  We already have enough social service providers in the City; however, we are desperately lacking a recreation and entertainment center.  Mayor Torres should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 5th Ward deserves better</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2008/12/10/the-5th-ward-deserves-better/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2008/12/10/the-5th-ward-deserves-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The November 26, 2008 Herald News article “1st Ward rescue” stated that according to the city’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grant application, “No area has been affected more than the city’s 1st Ward.” I believe the administration’s assessment is flaw; and therefore the administration’s decision to use the $2.3 million Department of Housing and Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Eastside Man is sweeping neighborhood clean</title>
		<link>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2008/10/26/lower-eastside-man-is-sweeping-neighborhood-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://juliotavarez.com/info/2008/10/26/lower-eastside-man-is-sweeping-neighborhood-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Herald News
Paterson man sweeping neighborhood clean
 By ALEXANDER MacINNES, STAFF WRITER
Paterson resident&#8217;s one-man crusade to keep city clean may — officials hope — be rubbing off
PATERSON — It&#8217;s 4:50 a.m. and the lights in Michael Wilson&#8217;s two-family home on East 22nd Street are among the few burning in a city largely asleep.
Ten minutes later, [...]]]></description>
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