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Christie: Employers will get tax relief. Story, 5A

EWING - Gov. Chris Christie seems to be warmingup to the idea of being presumptive Republican presi-dential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate.

After announcing a business tax relief program atthe headquarters of the insurer New Jersey Manufac-turers Wednesday, Christie noted that Trump is “a verypersuasive guy,” should he be asked to run with Trumpas vice president.

The comment came a day after Trump said he's nar-rowed his list of potential running mates to "five or sixpeople" and said he has not ruled out Christie.

Trump would not reveal the full list, but said his deci-sion this week to appoint Christie to head his WhiteHouse transition team did not mean the New Jerseygovernor was out of consideration.

Is Christiewarming toidea of beingTrump’s veep?BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

AND ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN

See CHRISTIE, Page 5A

GLOUCESTER TWP. - Hillary Clinton took shots atDonald Trump at Camden County College Wednesdayafternoon, even as she remains stuck in a battle againstVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presi-dential nomination.

And Sanders, who won Tuesday’s West Virginia pri-mary but still trails Clinton in the delegate count, wason the mind of some of the people who came to see Clin-ton as she campaigned ahead of New Jersey’s June 7primary.

Hanny Ramadan, a 17-year-old Sanders supporterfrom Voorhees, said he’s “at a crossroads between reali-ty and idealism” as he weighs whether to support Clin-

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Hillary Clinton poses for a selfie during a campaign stopWednesday at Camden County College in Blackwood.

Clinton tells N.J.crowd: Choicecannot be clearer

PHAEDRA TRETHAN @CP_PHAEDRA

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JACKSON - Steps to discourage a Lakewood-basedneighborhood watch group from operating in this townis strictly a public safety decision and doesn’t reflectany animus toward the group, according to the Jack-son council president.

The Council passed a resolution Tuesday that pro-hibits the police department from associating with“any” neighborhood watch group outside of Jackson.Council President Rob Nixon said the action was large-ly a response to complaints over the Lakewood CivilianSafety Watch, a nonprofit group registered with the In-ternal Revenue Service as Lakewood Shomrim Inc.

Shomrin is Hebrew for “watchers.”Nixon said the action was driven by residents’ com-

plaints that the group had conducted patrols in Jack-son. He said he’s personally seen the watch group di-rect traffic on Jackson roads and received reports thatthe group arrives at first aid and fire scenes beforeEMTs and firefighters.

He doesn’t see their punctuality as a positive, eventhough the group receives annual training from theLakewood Police Department.

“This is not an anti-anybody move,” Nixon said.“This is to establish a public safety policy in our town

WATCH BAN: IS IT

SAFETY OR BIAS?Jackson bars outside groups — like LakewoodCivilian Safety Watch — from patrolling in town

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Lakewood Police Chief Robert Lawson checks out the Lakewood Civilian Safety Watch Jeep.

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MIKE DAVIS @BYMIKEDAVIS “I’m very sensitive to the

impression that

everything we do in town

is anti-Semitic. I don’t

want that to be the impression.”

ROB NIXON COUNCIL PRESIDENT

INSIDE: Police chiefs meet today to discuss Lakewoodwatch patrols. Page 3A

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