“Every problem in New Jersey is driven by property taxes . . . ”
So says democrat NJ Assemblyman Lou Greenwald in Pension Funds and Property Taxes Plague NJ. Greenwald also points to the pension anchor tied around the ankles of NJ taxpayers as they try to swim to the [...]
NJ voters, by a slim 49-46 percent margin, oppose a law that would allow same-sex marriages, according to a survey released today by Quinnipiac University. Democrats supported same-sex unions by 60-34 percent, independents supported it by 49-45 percent, and Republicans opposed it 69-25 percent.
The result is [...] 
The Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards just voted unanimously to dismiss an ethics complaint filed against Sen. Brian Stack, a Democratic senator and the mayor of Union City, in mid-2006 by conservative activist Steve Lonegan.
Lonegan filed ethics complaints related to grants from the state budget against 34 lawmakers, and [...]
While it remains to be seen how Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie ultimately work together, they're at least saying the same things about fiscal matters for the time being.
Senate Majority Leader-designate Barbara Buono took it a step further Monday, when she talked about seeing the partisan flip in' [...]
Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, has proposed legislation that would effectively take away Gov. Chris Christie's ability to pick a new U.S. senator of his choosing, should, for instance, Sen. Frank Lautenberg not complete his term.
Lautenberg will turn 86 four days after Christie's Jan. 19th inaugural, and that has raised concerns [...]
Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo has been cleared for a seat on the Sports and Exposition Authority but not without controversy. Spicuzzo, who also chairs the Middlesex County Democratic organization, was asked by Sen.
Gerald Cardinale about Spicuzzo's connection to former state Sen. John Lynch, who Chris Christie sent to [...]
The Senate Democratic Caucus voted today to make Steve Sweeney the next Senate President. While it won't become official until January when the Legislature reorganizes, here's a photo of the next leader of the Senate:The floor is yours.
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The state is facing a staggering budget gap of around $10B dollars and Democrats in the legislature want to add almost $18M in more spending! Here is the story from Assemblyman Rible.
Assemblyman Dave Rible, R-Monmouth and a member of the Law and Public Safety Committee, said the [...]
A new Rasmussen poll on healthcare shows that support for the Democrat’s plan for reforming (strike that) destroying our healthcare system has reach a new low.
Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level [...]
Wow. What an election. The Statehouse. The Freeholder Boards. The Borough Halls. Across the State and across the board, Democrats lost big at the ballot box as New Jerseyans voted overwhelmingly for change.
This is particularly true here in Bergen County, where we Democrats [...]
