A $1.1 trillion spending bill Congress sent to the White House includes $200 million for work on a new tunnel under the Hudson to Macy's basement, what future generations will call Corzine's Folly. It is scheduled for completion in 2017 at a cost of $9 billion [...]
As Governor Corzine finishes his term and Senate President Codey prepares for his final days running the Senate, we have this picture before they go:Give us your best thought bubbles or caption. If you followed the Democratic Party's strategy from this year's New Jersey governor's race of trying to capitalize on mammograms as a campaign issue, you'll get a sense of deja vu in the 2010 congressional races, according to the Politico news website. Gov. Jon Corzine's use of the issue' [...]
At the same time, however, Christie spokeswoman Maria Comella said [...]
The Corzine administration is moving forward with borrowing $1.2 billion for transportation projects. That figure is five times the original planned sale. Tom Vincz of Corzine's Treasury said the Corzine people talked to Christie's transition team and there was no objection to the borrowing, that it was "jointly determined". The [...]
A slow Friday, Dec. 11th, 2009, ahead in state politics ... or so the schedule would suggest.
Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo announces his re-election bid. Gov. Jon Corzine attends the event. EPA regional administrator Judith Enck and South Plainfield Mayor Charlie Butrico announce the beginning stages of a $30 million cleanup [...]
| December 11, 2009A few days after his defeat at the polls Gov. Jon Corzine gave a parting boost to the notion that forcing towns to consolidate is the best remedy for New Jersey’s high property tax affliction.
He noted that one of the major reasons property taxes are so high is because [...]
Among the items that have made the news this week are these:
Gov.-elect Chris Christie's staff gave the outgoing Corzine administration the green light to borrow $1.2 billion for transportation projects, far more in bonds than the state has been planning to issue at this time, though the governor-elect says the [...]
Jon Corzine
Looks like NJ Transit is working as fast as it can to tie the hands of the Christie administration. In a meeting attended by soon to be former Gov. Corzine, the NJ Transit board awarded a $583 million contract for what has been described [...]
Lucille Davy
A few days back we talked about how Corzine's Education Commissioner, Lucille Davy, didn't apply for $200 million for NJ schools because the grant money was tied to major education reform. Davy and her NJEA puppet masters don't want reform. Corzine must have realized his [...]
The Assembly sent five bills to Gov. Jon Corzine at its final voting session of 2009 on Monday, plus voted to put a question before voters in 2010 that would bar the state from diverting payroll taxes, such as those that are intended for unemployment or disability benefits, to its [...]
On November 20, 2009, Governor Jon S. Corzine signed into law Senate Bill S1303 as P.L. 2009, ch. 146, which codifies the term “inherently beneficial use,” a concept originally fashioned by the Supreme Court in Andrews v. Ocean Township Bd. of Adjustment, 30 N.J. 245 (1959) and, thereafter, expanded and [...]
Chris Christie
After a long absence, Ask The Governor returns tonight at 7 p.m. on 101.5 FM radio. Eric Scott will question Gov.-elect Chris Christie and listeners are invited to check in via phone. Gov. Corzine chose not to do the monthly call-in program and became the [...]
The state Assembly returns for its first voting session since late June this afternoon for a scheduled 1 p.m. start. As many as 48 bills might be passed, according to the agenda, including five that would head to the desk of Gov. Jon Corzine and one that would next head [...]
Gov. Jon Corzine, who public schedule consisted of just eight events in 32 days after losing his re-election bid, today practically breaks into campaign mode with four appearances.
Three are to participate in 'Super Sunday' fund-raising drives by various Jewish organizations -- a 9 a.m. stop in Scotch Plains to visit [...]
Lucille Davy
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Sen. Diane Allen describe as disappointing the news that Corzine's Department of Education can't complete applications for federal "Race to the Top'' education grants. Published reports say Education Commissioner Lucille Davy's minions stopped working on the application in'" [...]
Matt Rooney | December 4, 2009Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey taxpayers are being saddled with a bill of about $657,000 [...]
Lame-duck Gov. Jon Corzine today nominated his chief of staff, Edward J. McBride Jr., to become a state Superior Court judge.
McBride, 49, a resident of Pennsauken, has been chief of staff -- one of the most powerful positions in state government -- for nearly a year. [...]
While this year's governor's election wasn't a rout, it also wasn't terribly close. Final results certified this week show that Gov.-elect Chris Christie defeated Gov. Jon Corzine by around 86,700 votes, 0r 3.6 percentage points.
Every year, the unofficial results significantly underestimate the final tally. That's to be expected; this year, [...]
