I grew up in New Jersey, and I can assure you this: all over the state, suddenly-embattled Democratic legislators and apparatchiks are now routinely referring to Gov. Christie as “that fat [insert expletive here]” – with a wide range of choices for the expletive. Why?
Because that fat [insert expletive here] just told the unions that elections have consequences, and he’s one of them.
To summarize: Christie is executive-ordering out 2.2 billion from the existing NJ budget to make up for the shortfalls from the previous administration (while noting that the days of optimistic estimated revenue projections from the state government were over); the centerpiece to this is a reduction of school aid by half a billion, tied to existing surpluses in districts – essentially, a spend-what-you-have program. This – coupled with a subsidy cut to NJ Transit, with an explicit instruction to the entity that it’s going to have to revisit its union contracts – is of course infuriating the union wing of the NJ Democratic party, particularly since Christie is not calling for offsetting tax hikes*. Christie’s response?
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Senator Pearce is so busy fighting hard for our Liberties at the capitol that he has very little time to put together newsletters or alerts. The status of Bills at the capitol are “fluid”, meaning a bills status can changes at a moments notice. But we will do the best we can to keep you updated. Just be aware things move fast and change quickly.
Legislative Alert:
The following is from the AzCDL and I don’t think they will mind the Senator spreading the word out about these Bills.
SB 1168 will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee at 1:30 PM on Monday, February 15, 2010. To send a message to the committee members, urging them to support SB 1168, go here:
Senator Jim DeMint is using his Senate Conservative Fund to support real conservative candidates in various Senate races across the county. So even though he has a relationship going back years in the Senate with McCain, the fact he was able to withhold support from McCain is telling. Sen. DeMint is the most conservative Senator in the U.S. Senate, with a lifetime rating of 99% from the American Conservative Union.
Rumors have been substantiated and nationally POLITICO is now reporting that Paradise Valley resident Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is filing papers today signaling his intent to run for the Congressional District 3. The post is being vacated by the retirement of U.S. Rep. John Shadegg. Read the rest.
