Presidential candidate Mitt Romney may want to watch where he's driving in New Jersey in the future: the state may make driving with unrestrained animals a punishable offense. No comment from the presidential canines on the issue.

I wonder if this case would have been affected?

Jerome Ballarotto will continue to appear in the pages of the Trentonian, it seems. Jojo Giorgianni retains same attorney as Bencivengo

From Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman's story:

"The convicted sex offender at the center of the Mayor Tony Mack federal extortion case has retained the same personal attorney as indicted Hamilton Township Mayor John Bencivengo.
     Joseph 'Jojo' Giorgianni appeared at his Friday morning bail hearing with defense lawyer Jerome Ballarotto representing him in his extortion and drug complaint cases.
     Giorgianni, 63, of Ewing, is the owner of JoJo’s Steakhouse and five other properties on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Trenton. Up until Friday, Giorgianni was retaining a public defender since his Sept. 10 arrest on extortion, weapons and drug charges.
     'I really got no comment,' Giorgianni said following his five-minute hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Arpert on Friday."

Check out the Trentonian tomorrow for a story of mine on the mayor. And Monday, get ready for some riveting coverage of the town school board meeting.

And here's Wild Cherry to play me out: