XX.XX.XX SUNDAY BEST, 1E Ste p inside American Pharoah’ s ‘Sh ore h ouse ’ IN COUPON SAVINGS $1,125 INSIDE: UP TO ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION APP.COM $2.00 07.26.15 VOLUME 136 NUMBER 177 SINCE 1879 @ISSUE A11 BUSINESS 6AA CLASSIFIED 1D LOCAL 3A LOTTERIES 2A OBITUARIES 16A OPINION 4AA SPORTS 1C SUNDAY BEST 1E WEATHER 12C LAKEWOOD — For a brief time, it looked like taxpay- ers and parents of school-age children would be spared the usual drama over the school district’s ever-conten- tious transportation budget. Now, the wheels have fallen off the bus. This past week, the district announced it was cancel- ing courtesy bus service for nearly 11,000 public and private schoolchildren, starting in September. The dis- trict said it had run out of time to find a way to close an $8.3 million funding gap. More bad news: Township officials have no idea yet how they’ll cope with the resulting mayhem on the roads. At a minimum it will require the hiring of extra Lakewood braces for worst on busing SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP See BUSING, Page 15A Except for some forgotten butter, it was a very Iowa- centric weekend for Chris Christie. During a two-day stop in the early-voting state, Christie attended a hog roast, strolled through a farm- ers market, ate a fried Oreo, held court at a sports bar and met with Iowa’s longest serving delegate. The trip was Christie’s first to Iowa since declaring his bid for president. It served as a launching pad for the effort to rekindle the excitement that made the straight-talking New Jersey governor a popular pick among Republican insiders for the nomination four years ago. Christie not fretting polls JOEL ASCHBRENNER THE DES MOINES REGISTER BRENNA NORMAN/FOR THE REGISTER Chris Christie debates gun control claims during a town hall at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa. See CHRISTIE, Page 14A EXCLUSIVE T housands of New Jersey families are still displaced. The state has been unable to match the pace of spending that Louisiana set in order to get its residents back in their homes after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ♦ New Jersey has spent nearly $1.2 billion to rebuild or repair homes since the Oct.29-30, 2012, storm, or less than 20 percent of what Louisiana distributed in the same amount of time after Katrina, according to the latest figures filed by both states to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment. ♦ Rebuilding government and economic infrastructure has proceeded much faster. Nearly $2.4 billion has been spent to restore damaged railways, roads, marinas, water centers, town halls and boardwalks. PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Amalia and Ralph DeNisco look over the lack of progress on their home in the Mystic Island section of Little Egg Harbor. Their home has been lifted but the home still has no floor. STILL UP IN THE AIR Thousands of homeowners are struggling to overcome government red tape 1,000 DAYS AFTER SANDY PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Amalia DeNisco works to hold back tears as she tells of the lack of progress on her home. To see a video about rebuilding after superstorm Sandy, scan the QR code or visit APP.com See SANDY, Page 4A JEAN MIKLE AND RUSS ZIMMER @JEANMIKLE, @RUSSZIMMER PRESIDENT OBAMA TO AFRICAN NATIONS: TREAT GAYS EQUALLY PAGE 1B
