Jon Runyan is continuing to demonstrate he has no clue about offshore drilling: Runyan reiterated his opposition to a federal moratorium or ban on offshore drilling, saying the decision should be left to state governments. “It’s a states’ rights issue,” he said. No, it isn’t. When we are discussing the lease of internationally recognized federal [...]
Anyone who thought that Democrats in safe seats would be willing to stand up and fight for the things they (supposedly) believe in has just been disabused of that notion in the most direct way possible. The Senators who crossed the aisle to vote with Chris Christie are: The spending plan passed 21-19 with Democrats [...]
When I was a kid, we sometimes got our meat from the local butcher shop. It was something I looked forward to because I was just tall enough to read the numbers on the scale – and in those days, you had to know your fractions to figure out the weight (no digital readout). I [...]
Scotch Plains is providing a case study for the property tax cap debate. Despite a hefty loss in state aid, Scotch Plains township council members plan to pass this year’s $22.9 million budget next month. The municipal budget, which increased by more than $217,000 over last year, includes a 5.2 percent tax hike. For the [...]
Ray Lesniak’s Excellent Plan to Bail-out the Catholic Church and Bankrupt Public Schools is getting a make-over: The proposal had targeted 176 “chronically failing schools” throughout the state, Lesniak said. He declined to say how many schools might be targeted now, but cities still certain to be involved include Newark, Camden and Elizabeth, he said. [...]
Jason Springer links us to a story about typical Jersey politics. This time, though, it’s the Republicans who are playing the good ol’ boy game. I have to admit that I’m a bit surprised that it’s the Asbury Park Press that is calling them out. It’s almost as notable as the fact that not a [...]
Blue Jersey has the short and sweet. So Democrats got what they must have wanted – an opportunity to turn the news cycle into a referendum on the definition of “shared sacrifice.” But where are they going to get someone who can demand the press’ attention long enough to get voters to pay attention? Democrats [...]
Trying to find some sort of toehold to begin battling the Governor, Democrats are making a counter-proposal on the property tax cap. This changes the framework of the debate – and it might work out to be an effective argument by NJ Dems. If, that is, they can manage to find a voice. All along, [...]
A former N.J. judge not reappointed by Gov. Christie proves the Governor made the right choice: “No objective, fair-minded and reasonably well-informed person could read those transcripts, individually or in combination, as providing a reason for denying me tenure,” said James Morley, 62, whose seven-year term on the bench ended Wednesday. The article gives these [...]
I’ve come to appreciate Paul Mulshine. But sometimes he is just so ready to throw a pie that he doesn’t stop to think about what he’s saying. In his latest article, A Democrat raises the stupidity standard in Trenton , he writes: The fun climaxed when Whelan, a Democrat with a long history on the [...]
