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Suspend Bergen Blue Laws. For Good

Suspend Bergen Blue Laws. For Good

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 10 months ago
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey. It is the only county in New Jersey to still enforce the Blue Laws. It is making our life cumbersome and hurting local businesses. For families where both parents are working, weekends are the only time to stock up and prepare for another week of hard work. Being limited to shop for essentials only on Saturdays is just mind blowing. It is time Bergen took a step into the 21st century and repeal the blue laws. Governor Chris Christie made a wonderful decision to suspend the Blue Laws temporarily and allowed residents hurt by Hurricane Sandy make the most of their weekends and recover faster. Sign the Petition and help us send a message to the Governor to repeal the Blue Laws.

Updates

November 11, 2012

The momentum behind this push is undeniable and it proves that residents are fed up with these outdated restrictions. Local officials have ignored our needs for too long but they cannot keep hiding from the fact that we demand a repeal now.

6 Comments

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Kevin Stokes
13 years ago Featured

christie was right to lift it after sandy. no reason to keep it around now. its just hurting our economy at this point.

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David Khan
13 years ago Featured

Such a waste of time and money for local businesses. Let people shop if they want to shop.

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Sarah Webster
13 years ago Featured

FINALLY. It is straight up annoying that I have to drive to Rockland or Passaic just to buy basic stuff for the house on a sunday. Get with the times NJ.

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Jen Palmer
13 years ago Featured

working full time means sunday is my only day to run errands. these laws are so outdated and make zero sense.

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Linda West
13 years ago Featured

Seriously it is 2017. Why do we still have blue laws???

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Mike Nash
13 years ago Featured

Living in Paramus is a nightmare on sundays. The traffic is crazy anyway just let us go to the store whenever we want.