Posted on 07/01/2006 7:20:30 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Corzine will get his way. He BOUGHT his way into the position. While IN the position he gives people, OPENLY mind you. 10K as a gift, the amount just BELOW the taxing level, to SUPPORT him. So he's still BUYING people to do what he wants.
Why not tax GAY ENTERTAINMENT on cable in honor of McGreedy?
smirk, smirk
I stopped to ask if I can help with directions. He said he has to move, can't afford NJ any more. Heard NC was nice with a lower cost of living. By time I gave him some places to check out to other people stopped over two see if we needed help, they saw the NJ plates. They were from New York.
Hey youse guys in da Mafia. You are on your own for now. Capiche?
Move here. You can build a new 3,000 sq.ft house for $300k. Or buy an 'old' one (built in 1995) for $250k.
Last year my prop taxes went down; due to spreading the cost over the influx of escapees.
The Jersey Democrat Zombies who voted this twit in as governor are getting what they deserve. Condolences to those who voted against him.
There's no way in hell the casinos are going to close under any circumstances. The state gets so much revenue from those things that the state casino inspectors will be deemed "essential employees" in the event of a government shutdown. If you have any doubt about this, just realize that this was precisely why casinos were given a blanket exemption under the state's anti-smoking law.
Where is the moral to this story!
Free rides was a good idea. Shutting down casinos, not too bright.
Can you let us in on the places NJ refugees should go? If I didn't know where my husband was yesterday, I would have thought he was in that parking lot.
Can you let us in on the places NJ refugees should go? If I didn't know where my husband was yesterday, I would have thought he was in that parking lot.
Lot of people are already ticked off because Daddy Warbuck gave the casinos an exemption on smoking in buildings. If I remember correctly they were the ONLY ones exempted by the law with Corzines blessing.
I guess it is, it pays to be a Democrat in NJ and it pays even better if you are a gay ex-governor of NJ.
Gormley cuts deals all the time with Democrat and Republican governors at budget time, but since he is now in the minority, he has seen his influence decline (although you can still smoke in a casino)
Roberts (Speaker) is no dummy, and also can't be happy with the rumors that Corzine will attempt to have him removed as speaker.
A court already ruled yesterday that the inspectors are "non-essential" and, in addition, the racing cards at Monmouth Park wil be cancelled at one of the busiest weekends of the year - and with nice weather in the forecast.
The NJ governor, arguably, already the most powerful executive office in the nation (appointing all the other state office holders) assumes even greater authority under a World War II era statute and the constitutional requirement that the state cannot spend money without a balanced budget.
In the nearly 60 years since enactment, this is the first time the emergency has been declared.
Here is the executive order:
http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/approved/20060701a.html
The following is an except from nj.com (Star Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/115173139046780.xml&coll=1
"Al Porroni, executive director of the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services ... explained that delegates to New Jersey's 1947 constitutional convention were "very concerned about 'sound fiscal policy.' They must have used that term a thousand times."
Those delegates took a spending restriction from the constitution of 1844 and made it even tougher. The resulting provision established "the important policy requirements of a single annual appropriations bill and a balanced budget," according to a guide to the New Jersey Constitution written by Robert Williams, a professor at Rutgers School of Law in Camden.
The governor's powers under the act are "extraordinary," Porroni said. It authorizes the governor to use all resources of state and local governments and to "commandeer" private property "subject to the future payment of the reasonable value." It makes the governor the "emergency commander" with power that, on its face, cannot be challenged.
Lost in all of this is that the proposed budget is seeking a $3 BILLION spending increase - or 10.6% - on top of staggering increases during the previous four years.
($30.875 billion vs $27.920 billion in FY 06 which was overspent and over $300 million in supplementals added)
So for now, all "non-essential" government employees are furloughed. My question is ... if they are "non-essential" why are they on the payroll to begin with?
You can bet the casinos will NOT be shut down!!! After all the casinos are exempt from the no smoking laws too. They own politicians and I suspect judges too.
As a Jeysian you would most likely prefer Cary as it has that NJ 'town' feel. Although with 110,000 people it's a big town. BUT, development was done well so its like sections of Cary are their own town(s). Think of Cary as Paramus, Ridgewood and Wyckoff, about the same sq. mi. Cary = sixth safest city out of 300 w/population over 100,000. Lots of parks and 25 mi. of trails thru the town.
Mayor Glenn Lang was a lib but he did do a good job of the growth. But we still removed him and have a conservative banker as Mayor 'Ernie'.
Run for your lives anywhere, from the NJ Rat machine.
Can't we just give NJ back to the British?
Good! Maybe they'll save a few bucks of our -- the taxpayers -- money.
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