Caption Corzine (Takes on the role of used car salesman -actual headline)

nj.com ^ | 6/22/06 | Jeff Whelan

[Clemenza]

Interested in an aging sedan that was once part of the state of New Jersey's mighty fleet? Gov. Jon Corzine has a deal for you. Advertisement The Democratic governor, stressing belt-tightening in the midst of a state budget battle, kicked off a fire sale of 809 used cars he says will shrink the number of state passenger vehicles to 9,995. Corzine announced a series of Saturday summer auctions starting July 8 he hopes will bring in up to $1 million.

He said the state will save another $1 million a year on fuel and maintenance costs by cutting its fleet of sedans, station wagons and vans. "We are going to move these cars. It's a great purchasing opportunity for some of the folks in New Jersey but it is also a great opportunity for us to raise some additional resources for the state," Corzine said while standing at the state's motor pool in Trenton. The announcement came as Corzine is in the midst of negotiations to close a multi-billion dollar shortfall and sign a balanced budget by a July 1 constitutional deadline. He said he hoped the auction had symbolic value to show his administration was making "every effort to save taxpayers money." He said his administration is also renegotiating 35 of the 330 leases for state-owned buildings. "We are looking at every aspect of how we go about managing state government," Corzine said. "We are going to run a more efficient government as we go forward." Other than the State Police and the Division of Youth and Family Services, Corzine ordered each department and agency to reduce their passenger vehicle fleet by 10 percent. The vehicles are being offered for prices averaging $1,000 to $1,500, and

will be sold on an "as is" basis with no warranties.

[Clemenza]

[Clemenza]

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[mikrofon]

"Would you buy a car from this man?"

[Leo Carpathian]

The vehicles are being offered for prices averaging $1,000 to $1,500, and will be sold on an "as is" basis with no warranties.

What? Some used car dealer bribed him to unload bunch of cars for next to nothing? What's the cut Joni?

[JohnLongIsland]

all i know is whoever ends up with mcgreevy's old car better do some serious backseat (of course there's a pun intended) sanitizing and fumigating before using.

[Intolerant in NJ]

He said his administration is also renegotiating 35 of the 330 leases for state-owned buildings...the place to really save money is to fire 99% of the do-nothing assistant associate deputy commissioners and program development analyst specialists who inhabit those buildings......

[End_Clintonism_Now]

Brought to you by the Enron School of Accounting and Creative Financing.

[rocksblues]

I am still trying to figure out how Jon cut 17 million from the budget by stopping the pick up of dead animals on our highways.

Christie Whitman stopped that in the 90's.

Who was getting that money?