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Christie's Rx to bust Jersey bloat
NY Post ^ | May 11, 2010 | EILEEN NORCROSS

Posted on 05/11/2010 3:53:49 AM PDT by Scanian

On April 20, New Jersey voters backed Gov. Chris Christie in the first test of his drive to pull their state back from the fiscal brink -- producing record turnout as they rejected 58 percent of school budgets. But the war is far from over -- and must extend far beyond property taxes.

Having successfully challenged the New Jersey Education Association's decades-long control over the public purse, the governor is now moving to tackle the issues that drove so many voters to the polls: crushing property taxes and out-of-control spending.

Christie yesterday released a package of 33 bills -- which add up to a frontal assault on New Jersey's tax-and-spend spiral. The key components of his "tool kit" to help municipal government:

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: municipalities; propertytaxes; schoolbudgets; spending

1 posted on 05/11/2010 3:53:49 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Cristie for President!!!!!


2 posted on 05/11/2010 5:01:53 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: marstegreg

OOps, I meant Christie (should have had coffee before posting!)


3 posted on 05/11/2010 5:02:50 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: Scanian

Rock on Guv


4 posted on 05/11/2010 5:18:44 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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