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Is anyone out there bummed? (0.00 / 0)

About that TTF borrowing? Although I didn't support the governor, I really thought that both candidates would have to stop the 'business as usual' frame of mind in Trenton, I just thought Forrester would be more extreme.
But borrowing to fix the TTF is only a short term solution (as noted above) and is EXACTLY what has brung us to this point.
By far the better move would have been to push to stop raiding the fund for other purposes.
I know most will say the governor had no choice, or that he is saving his political capital for other tough choices. But even though I didn't support him, I would have had way more respect for him if he raised the gas tax (regardless of what he said during the campaign) in conjunction with stopping the looting of the fund for other purposes.
It appears he's headed down the all too typical path of 'borrow now and let other governors deal with it' later.
I myself am really dissapointed. But I am willing to hold out to see what changes 'saving up' this political capital will buy him. But for now, it looks like business as usual to me.

"Where ever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Bonzai

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by: William Weber (WjcW) @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 12:21:07 PM UTC

He's doing both (0.00 / 0)

According to the article:

Corzine also plans to boost revenues into the fund by $114 million annually by ending the current practice of diverting truck taxes and payments from the state's toll roads into the general treasury instead of the Trust Fund.

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by: Juan Melli @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 13:28:38 PM UTC

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Good! (0.00 / 0)

I must have missed that. All I saw was the borrowing part and my eyes glazed over...
As you can tell, my position is NO MORE BORROWING for anything, as least for now.

Regards.


"Where ever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Bonzai

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by: William Weber (WjcW) @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 14:02:43 PM UTC

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Thumbs up for news round-ups (4.00 / 1)

I'm coming out of deep lurkdom to say yes, the news round-ups are very useful to me.  I'm sure they take time to prepare, but I do appreciate them on days when I don't have a lot of time to read everything that is out there.

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by: RedDesert @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 14:30:23 PM UTC

good feedback. thanks. (0.00 / 0)

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by: Juan Melli @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 14:49:20 PM UTC

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Dredgeing (0.00 / 0)

This is like a factory asking the government to pay for its expansion because its current facility is too small to keep up with its orders.

Moreover, I think NJ is right to stonewall Pennsylvania on this because Philadelphia will benefit disproportionately from the dredgeing. They will say that Camden will benefit as well, and I won't argue that they won't.  However, Camden has sat right accross the bridge from Philadelphia for its entire exhistence. Yet it is still the worse city in the nation.

Media In Trouble

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by: Media In Trouble @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 14:46:40 PM UTC