photo via Governor’s office
By Art Gallagher
Governor Chris Christie is back on the Town Hall circuit…now he is calling them forums…as he meets New Jersey voters on Tuesday in Wall Township to promote the school funding formula that he announced last week.
The “Fairness Formula Forum” will take place in the Wall branch of the Monmouth County Library, 2700 Allaire Rd., Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The doors open at 2:15 p.m and seating his first come first served. RSVPs are encouraged for planning purposes to [email protected].
Christie is saying that he wants a referendum in 2017 to amend the State Constitution so that State education funding is distributed equally to all school age children throughout the New Jersey. He says that the State would contribute $6,500 per student. Currently roughly 75% of State funding goes to 31 school districts, formerly referred to Abbott districts for the landmark Abbott vs Burke NJ Supreme Court decision that mandated that the State subsidize poor and urban districts.
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Posted: June 27th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Politics, Chris Christie, Education, Kim Guadagno, News, NJ Constitution, NJ Politics, NJ State Legislature, Opinion | Tags: 2017 elections, Analysis, Art Gallagher, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Chris Christie, Education Spending, Fairness Formula, Kim Guadagno, New Jersey, NJEA, Opinion | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — A Wall Street rating agency said Tuesday a plan to expand casino gambling to north Jersey would be “bad news” for Atlantic City and could cause more casinos to close in the Jersey Shore resort. The report by Moody’s Investor Services came on the same day a bill was formally introduced in the state… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 14th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Atlantic City, NJ Constitution, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Atlantic City, Casino Gambling, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, NJ Constitution, NJ Legislature, North Jersey Casinos | 1 Comment »
Governor Chris Christie, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced this afternoon that a compromised had been reached over two competing proposals to amend the New Jersey Constitution to allow casino gambling in northern New Jersey.
The compromise requires that, should New Jersey voters approve the proposed Constitutional amendment in November, that the new licensees be required to invest at least $1 billion in constructing new casinos and to impose a timeline on the licensees to build the new casinos.
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Posted: January 11th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: New Jersey, NJ Constitution, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Casino Gambling, Governor Chris Christie, NJ Constitution, North Jersey Casinos, Senate President Steve Sweeney | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — A controversial proposal aiming to change the way New Jersey redraws its legislative districts will not be voted on Monday as state lawmakers gather for the final votes of the two-year legislative session, according to the measure’s top sponsor in the state Senate. Instead, state Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-N.J.) said, Democratic lawmakers pushing the… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 11th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News, NJ Constitution, NJ Democrats, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Fixed elections, Legislative redistricting, NJ State Legislature, Patrick Murray, SCR-188, Sen. Nicolas Scutari | Comments Off on N.J. Dems’ controversial redistricting plan ‘dead for today’
TRENTON — Democratic legislative leaders plan to introduce and fast-track legislation that would make sweeping changes to New Jersey voting laws in an attempt to bring more voters to the polls in a state where turnout and registration rates are in decline, NJ Advance Media has learned. The “Democracy Act” will include about a dozen measures… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 15th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News, NJ Constitution, NJ Democrats, NJ State Legislature | Tags: New Jersey, NJ Legislature, Vote, Voter Turnout | 4 Comments »
TRENTON — In a major blow to the New Jersey’s thousands of public workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the Christie administration is not obligated to make the payments it promised under a 2011 law intended to sure up the state pension system. In a 5-2 decision, the court said the law, known as Chapter… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 9th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, NJ Constitution, NJ Courts, NJ Supreme Court, Pensions | Tags: NJ Supreme Court, Pension and Benefit Reform | 6 Comments »
It was just four years ago that Gov. Chris Christie and Democrats in the Legislature struck a deal on a bipartisan plan to address years of underfunding the public-employee pension system. The legislation mandated increased contributions into the system from both from the state and its workers.… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christie Administration, New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, NJ Constitution, NJ Courts, NJ Judiciary, NJ Supreme Court | Tags: Chris Christie, Christie Administration, NJ Pension Payments, NJ Supreme Court | 1 Comment »
Shaneen Allen and her sons Niare and Sincere
Governor Chris Christie’s office responded to a constituent who had written in support of Shaneen Allen with a phone call stating that the separation of powers prevents the Governor from intervening in the Atlantic County prosecution.
Allen is a 27 year old single mother who is facing a possible 10 years in State Prison for bringing her Pennsylvania licensed handgun into New Jersey. She is being prosecuted by Atlantic County Prosecutor James McClain, a Christie appointee. McClain refused to allow Allen to enter the same Pre-Trial Intervention Program for first offenders that former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice was admitted to after he knocked out his then fiancee in an Atlantic City casino elevator last February.
Last week, McClain requested a three week adjournment in the case. This was seen as a sign by Allen’s supporters that McClain is reconsidering his decision to prosecute due to the public outcry since the video of Rice beating his fiancee became public.
In the call from Christie’s office this afternoon to James Hogan of Howell Township, a young sounding man left a message stating that he was calling from the Governor’s office. Hogan forwarded the message to MMM:
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Posted: September 16th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Chris Christie, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Guns, Monmouth County, New Jersey, News, NJ Constitution, Shaneen Allen | Tags: Atlantic County Prosecutor, Chris Christie, Gun Control, Gun Rights, James Hogan, James McClain, Michael Drewniak, Pre-Trial Intervention, Ray Rice, Second Amendment, Shaneen Allen | 12 Comments »
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Posted: April 12th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, NJ Constitution, NJ Judiciary, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Constitutional Amendment, Judges Tenure, New Jersey Bar Association, New Jersey Judiciary | Comments Off on Reacting to Christie, NJ lawyers call for constitutional amendment to protect judges
