The Breeze Knows

Join Breeze News Anchor Anita Velardo every Sunday Morning at 8am for our weekly public affairs program “The Breeze Knows.”

9/14/08 - Pam Fischer is Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. She also co-chairs the Governor’s Teen Driver Study Commission. In this episode of the Breeze Knows, Anita Velardo talks with Fischer about the backseat seat belt loophole and pending legislation that will implement recommendations from the commission. [LISTEN]

9/07/08 - As New Jersey says goodbye to Tropical Storm Hanna, Anita Velardo had a chance to talk with State Homeland Security Director Richard Canas about his office’s efforts to coordinate disaster plans across the state. [LISTEN]

8/31/08 - 180 Turning Lives around is a Monmouth County organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Anita Velardo talks with Executive Director Anna Diaz White about important work they do in counseling domestic violence victims and the need for volunteers to join their youth helpline which is going statewide. [LISTEN]

8/24/08 - As we await the next chapter in the eminent domain battle in Long Branch, Anita Velardo had a chance to talk with New Jersey’s Public Advocate Ronald Chen about his stance on the issue as well as voter rights and beach access. [LISTEN]

8/17/08 - This week the Defense Department Inspector General released a report on opening housing units at Earle to the public. Anita Velardo talks about that report with Monmouth County Freeholder Director Lillian Burry. Also discussed in this episode are the controversial new FEMA flood zone maps for the Bayshore Area. [LISTEN]

8/10/08 - High gas prices are affecting us in ways we may not have expected. Anita Velardo talks with Assemblywoman Amy Handlin about how volunteers are cutting back on driving cancer patients to and from treatment. The Assemblywoman is doing something about it and you can help, it’s all in this episode of The Breeze Knows. [LISTEN]

8/03/08 - Many Monmouth and Ocean county towns are saying new affordable housing regulations signed into law by the Governor will have a negative impact on their community. Anita Velardo talks with Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger of Middletown on his concerns regarding the new housing regulations. The two also talk about Middletown’s “green” efforts to improve the environment, and MONEY magazine naming Middletown one of the top 100 places to live in the country!! [LISTEN]

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