Categories: News

Dueling Quotes of the Day

If he’s re-elected, Jon Corzine will be more indebted to the public and private sector unions than ever before. Remember, this is the man who infamously waded into a state worker rally and vowed, “I stand with you. I’ll fight with you.”

Does any one seriously think he’ll push for pension reforms? Will he push for all public employees to contribute toward their health insurance premiums? It’s doubtful – he negotiated for the unions to pay just 1.5% of their salaries toward their premiums – and, in a move that still outrages us, he gave back an agreed upon concession when he unilaterally decided retirees shouldn’t have to pay anything.

Will he seek to limit salary hikes? Will he push for legislative reforms that call for statewide contract negotiations for teacher raises, considering that the state (i.e. we the taxpayer) pays for their pensions

Of course not. He hasn’t in the past four years, despite multibillion deficits that could have benefited from such reforms. So what would make us think he’ll change in the next four, when he owes the unions even more?

From In The Lobby

With just few short weeks left in the race, Christie’s hyperbolic criticisms of the state of the state budget coupled with his refusal to offer an economic plan is kind of like bemoaning the fact that he doesn’t fit into his old jeans while eating a Double-Quarter Pounder with Cheese and a side of supersized fries. Sticking to a budget diet plan, without reaching for the Ho Ho’s may be hard for all of the candidates. But, a winner with no plan at all would mean that the people of New Jersey end up as the “biggest losers.”

Carla Katz (yes, that Carla Katz) on PolitickerNJ

Laura Waters

Recent Posts

BREAKING: Statement from JerseyCAN on State’s Long-Delayed Release of Student Test Results

This is a statement by Paula White, Executive Director of JerseyCAN, on the New Jersey…

2 years ago

NJEA: Murphy’s Elimination of Teacher Performance Test Is a Major Win for Students and Educators

This is a press release. Earlier today, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill to eliminate…

2 years ago

Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating EdTPA Test for Teacher Certification

Today Gov. Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 896, which prohibits the New Jersey Department of…

2 years ago

LILLEY: Blue States Had More School Closures and More Learning Loss — Just Like NJ under Gov. Murphy

The 74 conducted a study of the relative learning loss in Democratic (Blue) and Republican (Red) states and…

2 years ago

One of Newark Superintendent’s New High Schools Tolerates Racism Against Black Students

In October 2020 Newark Superintendent Roger Leon announced with great fanfare the opening of district’s…

2 years ago