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- 1 2 Director's Biography, New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Accessed January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Staff. "Probe: 'Permanently disabled' NJ lawmaker competes in races" [ permanent dead link ], News 12 New Jersey , June 8, 2010. Accessed June 8, 2010.
- ↑ Assemblyman Rible's legislative webpage, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 25, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Cervenka, Susanne (June 15, 2017). "Rible nominated to lead NJ liquor licensing agency". Asbury Park Press . Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Rible Exits Assembly with Bipartisan Sendoff, Amid State Budget Standoff". TAPinto . July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ Reinhard, Abby (July 17, 2017). "Rible sworn in as head of Alcoholic Beverage Control". The Coast Star. Retrieved July 18, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Johnson, Brent. "Here's the new face in the N.J. Assembly", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 19, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2018. "A former mayor of Wall Township will soon be sworn in as the newest member of the New Jersey Assembly. Edward 'Ned' Thomson, a Republican, is scheduled to take the oath of office Thursday to begin representing the Jersey Shore's 30th legislative district in the Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Thomson will replace David Rible, who stepped down from the Assembly last month after Gov. Chris Christie appointed him director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "