Today, Jon Bon Jovi is hosting a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in his French Chateau overlooking the Navesink River. It’s a mile from Jyll Jakes’ neighborhood in Sea Bright, where every other house remains boarded up. “It’s a still mess down here. I think people have forgotten how bad it is,” said Jakes, who credits… Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Chris Christie will announce his line item vetoes of the NJ State Budget that the Democratic Legislature presented to him yesterday and take questions from the NJ Press Corp for the first time this year at 11:30 this morning.
Watch Christie’s remarks here courtesy of NJTV and YouTube.
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie took a scolding tone with the state’s Democratic lawmakers Thursday night, saying he planned to veto $1.1 billion in tax hikes outright but declining to say how much smaller the state’s contribution to the pension system would be. On his monthly radio show on New Jersey 101.5, Christie answered “yes” to… Read the rest of this entry »
LIVINGSTON — The call came in to Livingston High School principal Mark Stern on the day before graduation: a well-known alumnus wanted to use the school the following week to make an announcement. The request went up the chain. From the principal’s office to the superintendent. Then to the Board of Education. And on Thursday morning… Read the rest of this entry »
Contradicting published reports that he will announce that he is a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States next Tuesday at Livingston High School, Governor Chris Christie told his radio audience on NJ 101.5’s Ask the Governorthis evening that “There’s been absolutely no final decision made by me.”
Christie said that he would work through the budget that the State Legislature sent him today, veto some increases, and then make a decision.
“Let’s get through tonight and work on the budget, and then I’ll make a decision.”
Christie’s public schedule indicates that he will take action on the budget tomorrow morning at 11:30 and take questions from the press.
Governor Chris Christie is returning to the scene of his first electoral victories to officially announce that he is a candidate for President of the United States; Livingston High School, where he was elected class president three times.
Christie will announce on Tuesday, June 30th, the last day of New Jersey’s fiscal year and that date by which he must sign a balanced budget for the State.
50% of New Jersey voters think our State’s problems are solvable, but that our politicians are not willing to stick their necks out to get our State moving in the right direction. That’s the take away from the FDU Public Mind Poll released this morning which indicates that Governor Chris Christie approval rating is upside down, 30%-55% and that the State Legislature’s approval rating is negative 24%-44%.
28% of the 792 self identified registered voters survey by FDU from June 15-21 said that New Jersey is moving in the right direction. 57% said we are on the wrong track.
Poll results that this should indicate that change is coming in November. Don’t count on that happening, unless Christie shocks the world and announces that he is not running for president.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Gov. Chris Christie has a simple message for Democratic voters if he tosses his hat in the ring and wins the GOP nomination in 2016: “I only need you to be a Republican for two seconds.” The governor brought a room of Iowa residents to laughter as he pitched himself as a… Read the rest of this entry »
Maria Comella, Governor Chris Christie’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications is leaving the government payroll to join the Leadership Matters For American Political Action Committee, the PAC that Christie set up to support his presidential ambitions.
Straight talking Christie told reporters in Ames, Iowa that Comella’s departure from his office should not be seen as a sign that he has decided to run for president, according to a NJ.com report.
Governor Chris Christie reacted to the New Jersey Supreme Court decision that he has the authority to cut pension payments from the State Budget and that the political branches of government…the Governor and Legislature…not the Court…must “deal with one another to forge a solution to the tenuous financial status of New Jersey’s pension funding in a way that comports with the strictures of our constitution,” by calling for “all interested parties” to come together and solve the New Jersey’s pension and benefit crisis “once and for all.”
“This decision is an important victory not only for our taxpayers who simply cannot afford these unsustainably high costs, but for limited, constitutional government that recognizes the proper role of the executive and legislative branches of government,” the Governor said in a statement issued by his office, “The Court’s position is clear, as is mine, it is time to move forward and work together to find a tangible, long-term solution to make our pension system and public employee health benefit costs affordable and sustainable for generations to come. In light of today’s decision, I urge all interested parties to come back to the table and partner with me to finally solve this problem once and for all.”
Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, the Assembly Republican Budget Officer, said,
