We are not looking to slap her name on a piece

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

of Lisa’s Law was not to create a piece of

feel-good gutted piece of legislation that helps

no one.”

TARA DELORME

founder of Lisa’s Light, an educational foundation advocating for Lisa’s Law

Drunk and belligerent, a Little EggHarbor man hurled a string of four-letterobscenities at his ex-girlfriend and thenput his 15-year-old daughter in a chokehold, repeatedly cutting off her breath-ing.

In Atlantic Highlands, a man threw anunopened beer can at a woman, leaving abruise, lacerations and a bloody left eye.

And in Red Bank, a 37-year-old mantold a woman, “When I find you, I will killyou,” before punching her in the face andthe back.

These incidents of domestic violence,all taken from criminal complaints,

4,091Calls last year to the domesticviolence hotline at 180 Turn-ing Lives Around, MonmouthCounty’s designated resourcefor domestic violence. Theagency housed 141 individ-uals in its safe house.

1,829Calls last year to the domesticviolence hotline at Provi-dence House, Ocean County’sdesignated resource fordomestic violence. The agen-cy housed 213 individuals inits safe house.

Electronic tracking bill,

to help victims, stalls

By Dustin Racioppi and Margaret F. Bonafide@dracioppi and @mfbonafide

See LISA’S LAW, Page A11

WHAT IS LISA’SLAW?Lisa’s Law is a bill thatwould establish a pilot pro-gram in Ocean County toprotect certain domesticviolence victims by trackingpeople who already haveviolated restraining orders.

It would provide 24-hourmonitoring of the offenderand his location, and alert thevictim when the offender’ssignal is nearby.

It was passed by the stateLegislature in January, butconditionally vetoed by Gov.Chris Christie four days laterto allow study of the avail-ability of technology.

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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie says he’ll spend hissummer touring the state to talk up his interest in addi-tional changes to the pensions and health benefits ofNew Jersey public workers and retirees.

It’s not a conversation Democratic lawmakers seemparticularly interested in having, three years after en-acting reforms that now aren’t 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 theirpensions and health benefits, as required by the 2011state law, but that Christie’s decision to cut nearly $2.5

Christie hitting road to tout pension changesBy Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_

See PENSION, Page A15Gov. Chris Christie says the state needs to fix the pensionsystem “or it will eat us alive.” FILE PHOTO

Domestic violence is not as easy torecognize as a punch in the face — andeven then it isn’t always so apparent.

Abby, a 36-year-old woman from Mon-mouth County, knows this well. The As-bury Park Press is withholding Abby’sfull name and certain details of her expe-rience for safety purposes.

Abby said she would get beaten by herboyfriend, the father of one of her chil-dren, once a week. Her boyfriend con-trolled her money, she said, and he wouldallow her to see her family on his terms.She had no friends and no cellphone. At aholiday party several years ago, with herinfant child in her arms, Abby’s boy-

The ‘a-ha’ moment that

made victim walk away

By Dustin Racioppi@dracioppi

See VIOLENCE, Page A12

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Scan the QRcode to seea video ofTaraDeLormediscussingthe need forLisa’s Law.

Domestic violencevictim Letizia“Lisa” Zindell, 30,of Toms River, wasmurdered on Aug.13, 2009, by herformer fiancé. FILE PHOTO