Blue Laws Repeal 'Inevitable,' Retail Group Says
The president of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association said he expects Bergen voters will repeal the county's "blue laws."
The leader of a retail group expects Bergen County will get rid of its "blue laws" prohibiting the sale of certain items on Sundays, according to a report on NJ.com. John Holub, the president of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, said he believes there is more support to repeal the blue laws now than there was the last time voters considered the issue in 1993, according to the report. "It's not a matter of if they'll repeal, it's just a matter of when," Holub said in the report. "We are light-years away in public sentiment than we were 20 years ago." The blue laws have been debated around the county since Gov. Chris Christie temporarily suspended the laws after Hurricane Sandy. Westwood resident Rosemary Shashoua is the leader of…
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11:14 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
02/12/13 This matter is not about referendums, either for ratification or rejection by the voters: But about discrimination against local business or commerce under the guise of a Blue Law! Whatever gave the State of New Jersey"s legislators the right to enact an illegal state statute that allows the municipalities and counties within the state in which, by referendum of the voters Sunday sales … more ›