Westwood Woman Seeks Repeal of Bergen Blue Laws [Poll]
Rosemary Shashoua has started the group "Modernize Bergen County" to allow stores to open on Sundays.
One Westwood resident is fed up with Bergen County's "blue laws" and is working to have the "old fashioned" rules appealed. "All I want is more revenue for the state and more jobs," said Rosemary Shashoua. Shashoua has found some like-minded county residents and started a new group called "Modernize Bergen County" with the goal of repealing the blue laws, the rules which prohibit the sale of items like clothing, furniture and appliances on Sundays. Shashoua said she was inspired to start the group after Hurricane Sandy, when Gov. Chris Christie temporarily suspended county blue laws to aid recovery from the storm. "Nobody had any clothing and nobody had anything to fix up their houses," Shashoua said, referring to residents displaced by …
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Jim
3:13 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
The government isn't dictating anything. This was put to referendum twice since I've lived here and the majority of Bergen County residents voted both times to keep the blue laws. more ›