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At 80, former N.J. Gov. Tom Kean is still a force to reckon with

assetContent (76)TRENTON — You could almost hear the gasps in Trenton when former Gov. Tom Kean criticized Gov. Chris Christie. “You assume that if the governor wins by 20 points or more you’d have coattails,” Kean said in November 2013, a week after Christie had won re-election by a landslide. “No governor I know in any state…

Posted: April 19th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey, Tom Kean Sr | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

One Comment on “At 80, former N.J. Gov. Tom Kean is still a force to reckon with”

  1. Was at his 50th birthday party said at 7:30 pm on April 19th, 2015:

    down in Cherry Hill, when he was our governor: the man is sharp, smart, kind,and has that uncanny ability to remember names and faces, for decades: when he was in office, he modernized a lot of laws, infrastructure, and our education system, and, as a politician, he went everywhere, held events to thank his volunteers, and never forgot who got him there: a rare quality, today- while he’s a bit liberal philosophically for me, I do believe he was the best governor in my lifetime in this state, having lived here my whole life..I also worked in his administration, and saw the positive, successful,and professional org. culture he presided over- we could do with some of his class and dedication today, for sure!