Today's agenda for the State House Commission, which among other things oversees the management of state-owned real estate, includes two requests from the state Department of Transportation to waive the rules that restrict billboards -- one for a 50x20 electronic billboard along the Rt 495 entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel in [...]
As expected, Gov.-elect Christie says Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will pull double duty as Secretary of State. Good show. Guadagno will take a $141,000 salary as secretary of state; she won't be paid as lieutenant governor. The state office is usually used for political patronage.' [...]
Gov.-elect Christie says the only way to change this state's culture of corruption is making its elimination at priority at all levels. To that end, he nominated Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow for attorney general. He also named Marc Ferzan, deputy chief of the Criminal Division [...]
Jeffrey Chiesa, the Executive Director of Governor—Elect Chris Christie's Transition Team, spoke this morning at a breakfast meeting of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce.
What did he say? Well, we do not know, because our reporter was not allowed in.
Why the secrecy?
Don't know yet if the closed door affair was' [...]
It's Wednesday, Dec. 16th, 2009, and here's some of what's on the schedule in state government and politics:
Gov.-elect Chris Christie is expected to announce Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno will be the state's secretary of state. Gov. Jon Corzine speaks at the Camden Riverfront Prison demolition in Camden, then has two events [...]
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Gov-Elect Christie says if he can't get tax reform done in two years he will call a constitutional convention. "I want the voters to give me two years to fix it without a convention. If we get to the mid-term (elections) in 2011 and'" [...]
| December 15, 2009Paula Dow, the Essex County Prosecutor, was named today by Chris Christie to be state Attorney General.
Christie's selection of a Democrat shows a refreshing commitment away from partisan politics, but you have got to figure that some Republicans are miffed. Attorney General is a key position.
Jay Webber, the state party [...]
Gov.-elect Christie met with the state's public college presidents and said he wants to find more revenue for them. Christie said it won't happen soon although the state is near the bottom when it comes to higher education funding. I have an idea. The state's college are a dumping ground' [...]
Cunningham, who was named last month to Governor-elect Christie's transition team, explained that the legislation is a [...]
