Africa

New Jersey
Maine
WILL YOUR DOCTOR TAKE OBAMACARE? PAGE 1B
Anurse who worked with Ebola patients in West
Africa is the subject of presidential hopeful Chris
Christies first national crisis-management test.
New Jerseys Republican governor is getting
mixed grades for the treatment of nurse Kaci Hick-
ox, transported Monday from a mandatory quaran-
tine at a Newark hospital to her home in Maine,
where she will be expected to quarantine herself
voluntarily.
Public policy experts faulted the governor for an
armchair diagnosis that appeared not to have a
medical basis, and Hickox, 33, took umbrage at
Christies assertion Saturday that she was obvious-
ly ill.
In an account published in the Dallas Morning
News, Hickox said she didnt have a fever.
Others saw the events as Christies way of an-
swering to a nervous public, as well as matching
the outcry from other prominent Republicans,
over President Barack Obamas handling of the vi-
rus spread.
Hickox was released from University Hospital
in Newark at midday Monday. A hospital spokes-
woman said that two black SUVs with tinted win-
CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEST
DID CHRISTIE
CAVE TO OBAMA
ON EBOLA?
Quarantined nurse at center of political volley
BOB JORDAN AND KEN SERRANO
@BOBJORDANAPP @KENSERRANOAPP
After a quarantine
stop in Newark, Kaci
Hickox has returned to
her home in Maine.
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professionals should be quarantined on re-entering the U.S. after working in
Ebola-stricken areas.
See EBOLA, Page A5
THE LONG
WAY HOME
Ebola confusion
Varying state and federal regulations on dealing with
Ebola complicates the response. 1B
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TUESDAY 10.28.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 258
SINCE 1879
ADVICE D8
CLASSIFIED D9
COMICS D7
LOCAL A3
MOVIES D6
OBITUARIES A8
OPINION A11
SPORTS C1
TECH TUESDAY A6
WEATHER C8
TECH TUESDAY
ROBOT INVASION
Many of 2014s most wanted toys
fuse entertainment with electronics. A6
GROWING PAINS
Does your metabolism slow down
as you approach 30?
HEALTHY LIVING, D1
ASBURY PARK Two rival slates and two indepen-
dents are competing for a chance to lead Asbury Park in
an election that is not only historic but driven by the
residents needs for more local jobs.
On Nov. 4, the voters will decide who is best fit to
make the decisions that will affect their oceanfront
city, which is striving to become a tourist destination
while battling unemployment, crime and deteriorated
neighborhoods.
This is also the citys first mayoral election, thanks to
a new form of government voters approved in last
years election that allows for the direct election of a
mayor.
Much of the election momentum has surrounded the
two slates: Asbury Together, led by mayoral candidate
John Moor, a current councilman; and the A-Team, led
by mayoral candidate Remond Palmer, a retired fire-
fighter.
Mayor Myra Campbell is running independently for
re-election, and so is longtime resident Harold Suggs.
There are also four City Council seats up for grabs
with staggered terms.
The staggered terms will begin with two two-year
terms and two four-year-terms. Council members will
Who will
lead Asbury
into future?
Rivals, independents vie
for power in city election
NICQUEL TERRY @NTERRYAPP
See ASBURY, Page A7
TRENTON Nearly all workers in New Jersey would
be guaranteed paid sick leave if a proposal advanced
Monday by an Assembly committee becomes law.
Under the bill, A2354/S785, private- and public-sec-
tor employees would accrue one hour of sick leave for
every 30 hours worked. Limits could be put on how
much sick leave an employee would be allowed to carry
forward from one year to the next 40 hours, equal to
five full days, at businesses with fewer than 10 employ-
ees, or 72 hours, equal to nine full days, at businesses
with 10 or more workers.
The Assembly Labor Committee endorsed the pro-
posal by a 6-3 vote Monday, the first of a series of ap-
provals that would be needed for the bill to be sent to
Gov. Chris Christie. The vote was along party lines,
with the committees six Democrats in support and its
three Republicans opposed.
Paid sick leave
law advances in
N.J. Legislature
See PAID, Page A5
MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS_
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poll on whether you think
paid sick leave will hurt N.J. business.