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New Jersey governor calls out Alice in Wonderland budgeting

By Steve McGough / March 3, 2010 /

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped out in front of 200 New Jersey mayors last week and placed budget realities right out there for everyone to see. Would leaders at the federal level have the guts to do the same?

Mr. President, what is your belief?

By SoundOffSister / October 31, 2012 /

Today, President Obama visited New Jersey. That was pretty much “ground zero” for Hurricane Sandy.  The President made several comments.  This was one.

Public sector union contract negotiations should not be private

By Steve McGough / April 12, 2012 /

The expectation of a local teacher’s union in New Jersey is complete privacy during salary and benefit negotiations with the local school board, all the way through to the point where negotiations are finalized. That old-school practice is no longer acceptable, and eight members of the Ramsey, N.J. school board pulled back the curtain for local…

Democrat in N.J. wants kids to cough up $10 registration fee for bikes

By Steve McGough / January 14, 2011 /

I’m not kidding. Anything to collect a fee for the state. If you are walking on a sidewalk, you’re using town or state resources, should we also require a plate be attached to our back-side? Maybe require official state inspection of bicycles? Yeah … that’s good for another $10 … gotta ensure those bikes are…

Christie steps in and commutes sentence of New Jersey man convicted in gun case

By Jim Vicevich / December 21, 2010 /

We covered this story and few weeks ago and looks like we have a happy resolution. If you remember, Brian Aitken, had been convicted of illegally carrying two guns and was sentenced to 7 years in prison. Except that the guns were purchased legally, and the Judge never allowed the jury to hear specific exception…

New Jersey governor beats Obama in head-to-head approval polls

By Steve McGough / August 19, 2010 /

I found this interesting, even though we’re talking quite a different demographic when comparing New Jersey to all of the United States. In the Garden State, Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-N.J.) job approval rating is 51 percent, with 36 percent – including probably 99.9 percent of teachers – disapproving. How does that compare to President Obama?

Christie, Christie, he’s our man. If he can do it Connecticut can

By Jim Vicevich / July 19, 2010 /

And that’s my question of the day. If Chris Christie can cut a budget deficit of $11 billion dollars with his first budget … why is it Connecticut anguishes over a “projected gap” of $3 billion. Why is it the only way they could close the current gap was with smoke and mirrors. I’ll take…

NJ Governor Chris Christie: “The day of reckoning is here.”

By Jim Vicevich / June 17, 2010 /

I’ll take one of these please. May I have a Governor like this one please. More please. Tough choices and the unions hate him, but the people of New Jersey love him. Why? Not because he’s a budget cutter. Because they know the day of reckoning is at hand too.

Democrats create fake Tea Party candidate to siphon votes from GOP

By Steve McGough / October 28, 2010 /

They think a small part of the electorate in New Jersey – especially the Republicans – are too stupid to figure out what’s going on. I’ll freely admit some likely GOP voters will blindly follow, but most of the blind-followers are normally associated with the donkey party.