One of the most anticipated congressional races in 2018 will be in New Jersey’s Third Congressional District, where the seat is currently held by Trump apologist Tom MacArthur. Several Democrats are lining up to vie for the party’s nomination. In…
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In addition to remarks by clergy at last night’s Burlington Unites service, elected officials from both parties spoke last night. Here are some highlights, culminating with Assemblyman Troy Singleton’s inspiring remarks and call to action (at 5:12 in the video).
With the retirement of Senator Diane Allen, it’s just about a sure thing that Assemblyman Troy Singleton will be moving to the upper chamber. That leaves one open Assembly seat, assuming Dr. Herb Conaway runs for re-election. Two women have…
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It’s been a long-standing tradition for the past 3 hours to announce the Deciminyan Awards (“Decis”) to the year’s most deserving New Jersey elected officials and political activists in several categories. So here they are: The Energizer Bunny Hardest Worker…
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I live in the Third Congressional District. Neither of the major party candidates has convinced me that he deserves my vote. On the Republican side, we have incumbent Congressman Tom MacArthur. The wealthiest member of the New Jersey delegation (MacArthur…
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If you’ve ever campaigned for a political candidate, you’ve probably run across people whose tell you they’re not voting because “they are all crooks – taking money from special interests instead of representing me.” Certainly, the Citizens United Supreme Court…
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Does your state senator or assemblyperson support the striking Verizon workers? Certainly not if they’re a Republican – as all of the supporters who showed up at today’s rally in Trenton were Democrats. Several legislators spoke out today in favor…
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Among the judicial appointees who were confirmed in the State Senate today was my friend Aimee Belgard. From an experience point of view, Governor Christie could not have made a better choice. Aimee has the legal background, many years of…
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Matt Friedman notes this morning that a couple of Republican Assembly candidates have some things to say about Cory Booker, Barack Obama and a significant portion of the New Jersey (and presumably their districts’) population. Reading off Synnove Bakke’s Twitter,…
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Following this morning’s Assembly Budget Committee hearing with the Director of the Office of Legislative Services, in the afternoon, the committee heard from the New Jersey State Treasurer and Christie confidante, Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff.
While the morning session was non-confrontational, the presence of about half again more press and observers was probably due to the expectation of discord between the Treasurer and the Democratic committee members. For a while, that was not to be. Only close to the end of the session did the Treasure make some political statements, and to be excoriated for that by the Committee Chairman, Assemblyman Gary Schaer.
Sidamon-Eristoff’s opening statement could have been a list of debate points developed for Governor Christie’s presidential campaign. It painted a rosy picture of New Jersey’s economy and the “accomplishments” of the Christie administration. Of note was one area of “saving” – $140 million dollars in budget reduction for hospital charity care. When asked why, the treasurer noted that this was due to thousands of New Jerseyans now able to get health insurance whereas they could not in prior years. And he did this without once uttering the words “Affordable Care Act” or “Obamacare.”