5/7/06 News Roundup

by: mariel2036

Sun May 07, 2006 at 10:26:51 AM EDT

Governor Corzine is going to be facing some tough opposition while he tries to create the post of state controller. Both Senate President Richard Codey and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman donâ€™t see any need for this new statewide elected office.

EZ-Pass users this month, while opening their statements also received offers for Geico car insurance and Citibank credit cards. This touched a nerve with chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee, Assemblyman Neil Cohen, saying that he doesnâ€™t like the impression it gives that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority supports these companies over others.

John Ginty, uber-conservative opposition to Tom Kean jr , recognizes that itâ€™s an uphill battle to win the republican nomination for U.S. Senate. This is forcing state Republican Party officials to run damage control on the belief that Junior isnâ€™t â€œRepublicanâ€ enough.

As the deadline for passing a budget nears, Governor Corzineâ€™s honeymoon is over. Legislators on both sides promised to cooperate, but several missteps including supporting the idea to switch to self-serve gas and cap speed limits at 55 mph have left Corzine in the dust.

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Tags: Jon Corzine, budget, gasoline, Tom Kean Jr, John Ginty, EZ-Pass, Neil Cohen, Richard Codey, Bonnie Watson Coleman, (All Tags)

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5/7/06 News Roundup | 2 comments

I don't think... (0.00 / 0)

That returning to the 55 mph speed limit, in these times of high fuel costs, is in and of itself a bad idea. That said, we who live and drive in Nj know what the outcome of such a switch will be: an orgy of ticket writing on the roads, with all of the major hiways having a state police car every mile, with a car pulled over, getting a ticket.

Wait...that's the way things are now!

Never mind.

Note: I am old enough to remember when traffic enforcement was not used as a revenue stream mechanism in NJ. Life was good.

The nom de plume has a long and distinguished history.

by: Tandalayo Scheisskopf @ Sun May 07, 2006 at 15:34:06 PM UTC

EZ PASS (0.00 / 0)

I don't give a rats ass about the ads.

These lawmakers don't seem too upset that the EZPASS discount went away, but they are pissed that they are generating revenue by advertizing?

Media In Trouble

by: Media In Trouble @ Mon May 08, 2006 at 15:56:10 PM UTC

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