How long will GOP staffers work for free?

by: Jason Springer

Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM EDT

And these guys are asking the voters to hand them the keys to the state:

The New Jersey Republican State Committee is facing severe financial difficulties and has not paid several staffers in recent weeks, according to several sources familiar with the state party organization. GOP State Chairman Thomas Wilson, who is expected to be replaced when his term expires in June, is among those who have not received a paycheck. There are unconfirmed reports that at least two Republican staffers are preparing to leave because they have not been paid.

So the party of fiscal responsibility has little cash and lotsa debt. They aren't even paying the boss himself now. And why does the GOP state chair get paid in the first place, has he earned a performance bonus along the lines of those at the financial companies? We know it's not a retention bonus because both Christie and Lonegan have said they would replace Tom Wilson as state chair.

It's amazing that while the GOP can't even balance their own checkbook, they're trying to sell to the voters the notion that they can balance the budget.

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Dem Chair Is A Volunteer (0.00 / 0)

by: vmars @ Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 18:40:22 PM UTC

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Could very be but (0.00 / 0)

Didn't any one in the governor's office, or on his campaign staff, see a problem with the deputy chief of staff holding a campaign meeting in the governor's office during business hours? why his staff is working on his re-election campaign during state taxpayer-funded office hours, in the taxpayer-funded conference room in the taxpayer-funded governor's office.
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by: speedkillsu @ Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 19:41:58 PM UTC

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You say tomato, I say tomatoe (0.00 / 0)

What does that have to do with the incompetence of the NJ-GOP and Tom Wilson?

Maybe it was inappropriate to hold that meeting in the Governor's office, but illegal, even unethical? Hardly.

It is pretty common for Governors (and Presidents) and anyone that is elected already to coordinate their messages with their campaign and government paid staff.

Get over it.

by: Matthew Jordan @ Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 20:11:39 PM UTC

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