Category: Road Warrior
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Non-Competes, EV Charger $, MVC Training, RIP Rep. Payne
April 25, 2024 Non-competes Agreements to Be Banned in Most Cases This week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to outlaw the use of non-compete agreements with employees, and to ban the enforcement of existing agreements (except for some with senior executives). There have been reports over the years that these agreements are becoming…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Rack Prices Jump, Inspection Trap, Green Amendment
April 18, 2024 Rack Prices for Gasoline See Big Spike This week we had several members reach out to us to confirm the unfortunate truth that there was a huge spike in rack prices to start the week off, with the average price jumping nearly 25¢ a gallon to start the week. Every year, roughly…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Post-Earthquake Assessment, Future Zoom Cashiers?, EVR Deadline Reminder
April 11, 2024 Post-Earthquake Assessment – Make sure there aren't any hidden problems! Last Friday, April 5th, many state residents were stunned by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that emanated from northern New Jersey. The quake was felt throughout the state, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township (Hunterdon County). Our neighbors in the immediate vicinity easily…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Product Recall, Right to Repair, California Nightmares
April 4, 2024 More Official Warnings on 'Tianeptine' This week one of our state's Congressmen, Frank Pallone (D-Monmouth and Middlesex), held a dedicated press conference to bring more awareness to tianeptine, while demanding that retailers choose to stop selling it. This product, which is increasingly being called “gas station heroin” is certainly bringing a bad…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Gas Tax Signed, Bottle Deposits, Govt Event
March 28, 2024 Fuel Tax Increase/EV Fee Officially Signed into Law As expected, Governor Murphy signed into law the bill to authorize and fund the TTF with higher fuel taxes. The rate increases will be the same for gasoline and diesel motor fuel. Under the language of the bill, there should be no change in…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Auto Convention, Gas Tax & EV Fee, DC Advocacy, MVC Sting Cars
March 21, 2024 Automotive Convention Over the weekend NJGCA attended the AASP's annual tradeshow and auto exposition in the Meadowlands–NORTHEAST. As always they put on a successful event with strong attendance and a full show floor. We had members stop by our table to say hello, some long-time members and hopefully some new ones. Did…
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Fwd: Road Warrior: Automotive Trade Show TOMORROW, New MBP Reit Lubricants, Happy Ramadan!
March 14, 2024 Starting Tomorrow — The NORTHEAST Automotive Trade ShowStop by and see us tomorrow and over the weekend! Tomorrow one of the largest automotive-related trade shows in the country begins at NORTHEAST 2024! Hosted by our friends at AASP/NJ, this year NJGCA staff will be in attendance and have a booth. If you…
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Gas Tax Hike, Supply Reserve Threatened, Teaching Opportunity
March 7, 2024 Gas Tax Increase Proposed–and On Fast Track Monday night the rumors we've discussed here the last few weeks were proven correct when legislative leadership unveiled their bill to extend the borrowing authorization for the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) by increasing the tax on gasoline and diesel. We had been hoping for a…
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Gov’s Budget Announcement, New Gas Theft Scheme, and more
February 29, 2024 Gov. Murphy Proposes Budget On Tuesday the Governor proposed his budget for the next fiscal year, which will begin July 1st. After a few years of high revenues and very high spending that allowed for some pretty non-controversial budgets, there is growing concern that the bills on a few different things are…