Blue Jersey Radio Tonight at 8:00 p.m. - Our Interview with Governor Corzine - Part Two

Rosi called in too for an on site report... (4.00 / 2)

from on line at the Pallone town hall tonight.  She said the.re are over 1000 people in line outside and 500 inside for the first session.  She said it is much larger than last night's for Pallone

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by: Jason Springer @ Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 00:34:56 AM UTC

Looking forward to Rosi's recap of the event (0.00 / 0)

(btw - loved Corzine's words on healthcare)

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 13:23:07 PM UTC

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On Property Taxes (0.00 / 0)

I want to first thank Jeff and Jason for a great interview with Gov. Corzine and to thank the Governor for giving it.

But on the property tax issue, which I think is the defining issue of this campaign, I just don't think the Governor is giving voters enough of a reason to reelect him.  A 3.7% annual increase in prop. taxes is still too much of an increase, when they are already so high.  And the Governor really doesn't sound like he has a plan for limiting the increases more or reducing taxes.  His plan seems to be to keep urging consolidation of services and municipalities.  Lack of consolidation is not his fault, it's the legislature's, as the interview indicated, but that still means that the Governor can't promise that change will happen if he is reelected.  

Unfortunately, I think one of ethically challenged Christie's main political assets is that voters know that things will change if he's governor.  Maybe not in a good or productive way, but they will change.  I don't see anything in the Governor's comments to indicate that action on property taxes in the second term won't be a replay of the policies of the first term.  And that scenario is not what voters want, in my opinion.

Best,
pb

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by: princetonblue @ Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 20:06:16 PM UTC