We are not looking to slap her name on a piece

of paper and say OK, we are done. The point

of Lisas Law was not to create a piece of
feel-good gutted piece of legislation that helps
no one.
TARA DELORME
founder of Lisas Light, an educational foundation advocating for Lisas Law
Drunk and belligerent, a Little Egg
Harbor man hurled a string of four-letter
obscenities at his ex-girlfriend and then
put his 15-year-old daughter in a choke
hold, repeatedly cutting off her breath-
ing.
In Atlantic Highlands, a man threw an
unopened beer can at a woman, leaving a
bruise, lacerations and a bloody left eye.
And in Red Bank, a 37-year-old man
told a woman, When I find you, I will kill
you, before punching her in the face and
the back.
These incidents of domestic violence,
all taken from criminal complaints,
4,091
Calls last year to the domestic
violence hotline at 180 Turn-
ing Lives Around, Monmouth
Countys designated resource
for domestic violence. The
agency housed 141 individ-
uals in its safe house.
1,829
Calls last year to the domestic
violence hotline at Provi-
dence House, Ocean Countys
designated resource for
domestic violence. The agen-
cy housed 213 individuals in
its safe house.
Electronic tracking bill,
to help victims, stalls
By Dustin Racioppi
and Margaret F. Bonafide
@dracioppi and @mfbonafide
See LISAS LAW, Page A11
WHAT IS LISAS
LAW?
Lisas Law is a bill that
would establish a pilot pro-
gram in Ocean County to
protect certain domestic
violence victims by tracking
people who already have
violated restraining orders.
It would provide 24-hour
monitoring of the offender
and his location, and alert the
victim when the offenders
signal is nearby.
It was passed by the state
Legislature in January, but
conditionally vetoed by Gov.
Chris Christie four days later
to allow study of the avail-
ability of technology.
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DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE:
UNSAFE
AT HOME
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A DAY LATER, UNDER SUNNY SKIES
Nathaniel Harris, 9, of Ocean Grove is dressed for
the occasion Saturday as he watches the
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TRENTON Gov. Chris Christie says hell spend his
summer touring the state to talk up his interest in addi-
tional changes to the pensions and health benefits of
New Jersey public workers and retirees.
Its not a conversation Democratic lawmakers seem
particularly interested in having, three years after en-
acting reforms that now arent being followed by the
state.
We need to fix this system or it will eat us alive,
Christie said.
But Democratic legislative leaders say public em-
ployees are paying more of their salaries toward their
pensions and health benefits, as required by the 2011
state law, but that Christies decision to cut nearly $2.5
Christie hitting road to tout pension changes
By Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_
See PENSION, Page A15
Gov. Chris Christie says the state needs to fix the pension
system or it will eat us alive. FILE PHOTO
Domestic violence is not as easy to
recognize as a punch in the face and
even then it isnt always so apparent.
Abby, a 36-year-old woman from Mon-
mouth County, knows this well. The As-
bury Park Press is withholding Abbys
full name and certain details of her expe-
rience for safety purposes.
Abby said she would get beaten by her
boyfriend, the father of one of her chil-
dren, once a week. Her boyfriend con-
trolled her money, she said, and he would
allow her to see her family on his terms.
She had no friends and no cellphone. At a
holiday party several years ago, with her
infant child in her arms, Abbys boy-
The a-ha moment that
made victim walk away
By Dustin Racioppi
@dracioppi
See VIOLENCE, Page A12
SEE THE
VIDEO
Scan the QR
code to see
a video of
Tara
DeLorme
discussing
the need for
Lisas Law.
Domestic violence
victim Letizia
Lisa Zindell, 30,
of Toms River, was
murdered on Aug.
13, 2009, by her
former fianc.
FILE PHOTO