New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is throwing his weight around in the first days of his administration. I wanted to get that out of the way early because I have not come to mock Chris Christie, I have come to praise him. Sure, he’s bypassing the Democratically-controlled state legislature with his budget-slashing executive orders, but [...]
Public Protests Tax Increases in Jersey City from Speak NJ on Vimeo.
Not satisfied with a meager 300 (estimated) people who showed up for the last city council meeting, the forces of reform are gathering for another round of rallies aimed at stopping this pending municipal tax hike. (They’re calling it a tax revolt.) Once again, [...]
Here’s our interview with Mayor Healy.
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy says the corruption scandal that rocked his administration this summer has not damaged his ability to do the city’s work. In an exclusive interview with BCB, the mayor says he’s moving ahead with plans for waterfront development, mass transit expansions and job creation.
I haven’t talked to a politician in more than a week, but I’m sure that in the days following last week’s gubernatorial election, many Democrats were probably asking themselves the age old “What if?” Of course, it’s just an exercise in self-flagellation on the morning after by the leaders of the Party of Can’t (as [...]
As the kids today say: OMG! or FML! However you put it, New Jersey is waking up to the reality of Governor-elect Chris Christie. I won’t say that I called it months ago, but for Democrats, it looked bad over the summer and ultimately stayed that way. Jon Corzine’s uninspired, uninspiring campaign was the logical [...]
I always tell people that I don’t vote. And, usually, I don’t. A lot of people are highly offended by this and laugh when I tell them that, as a journalist, I think that voting is contrary to my public mission. I don’t want to present myself with a possible conflict (real or imagined) when [...]
Independent Gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett says he’s got his mojo workin’, but after meeting the former DEP commissioner and erstwhile Republican, I’m not entirely sure it’s gonna work on me. Daggett was at the Embankment on 10th Street for a “Meet and Greet” organized by Realtor Phil Rivo and drew a nice crowd, filling the [...]
This post was going to be about how Republican Gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie was making inroads into urban New Jersey, and how he’s been seen way too much in Hudson County. Bayonne, Jersey City, North Hudson. Christie’s been trying to pick off the disaffected, dissatisfied, and just plain disinterested. For a minute it looked like [...]
Momma (or somebody equally influential) always said “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” And we’ve all heard the advice to “count to ten” before you respond to something that makes you angry. Well, I’m not especially good at holding my tongue, but I have gotten a lot better [...]
