2012 Year In Review: March

A Quinnipiac poll indicated that New Jersey voters support gay marriage and that they want an opportunity to vote on the issue.

Conservative Columnist and media pioneer Andrew Breitbart died unexpectedly of natural causes at 43 years old.

Former Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre was confirmed Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control by the State Senate.

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Former Acting Governor Richard Codey got professionally made up as a homeless man and went “undercover” to investigate a Newark homeless shelter. The publicity stunt brought plenty of attention to Codey but did nothing to help the plight of the homeless.

Governor Chris Christie got into a shouting match at a Town Hall meeting with a former Navy Seal over the Rutgers-Camden-Rowan merger. Christie called William Brown an idiot. Brown later issued a public apology to Christie.

James Hogan quit blogging.

Anna Little abandoned her fight against Joe Kyrillos for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination and set her sights back on the GOP 6th District Congressional nomination. Newcomer Ernesto Cullari scored a stunning upset against Little, a former Monmouth County Freeholder and former Highlands Mayor, for the Monmouth GOP screening committee’s endorsement in CD-6. Little won the Middlesex County endorsement and went on to win the nomination in the June primary.

Moody’s affirmed Middletown’s AA2 bond rating.

The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Phillip Kwon’s nomination to the State Supreme Court. Senate Democrats demanded that Governor Christie, a Republican, nominate a Democrat to the Court. Kwon, the first Asian-American ever nominated to the Court is an Independent voter. The Democrats insisted that he is really a Republican due to his relationship with Christie.

A New Jersey Superior Court Judge sued the State over his contributions to the State Pension fund, arguing that the 2011 reforms that required higher pension contributions of all State employees was a violation of the State Constitution.

The Asbury Park Board of Education ordered a new $800,000+ astro turf football field. They went with the traditional green field, saying they didn’t have enough money for blue turf.

Charles Measley caught U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone making like chipmunks at the Belmar St’ Patrick’s parade.