New Jersey NEWS Round-Up Monday, March 26

reprinted with the permission of Blue Jersey

by: jay lassiter

 

  • Will he resign to become the state\’s sports authority? Chatter about his future has been surrounding Senate prez. Codey for a good while and according to the NYTimes, these rumors have the half-life of uranium-235.

     

  • Taxes are the key to Corzine\’s budget, says the AP\’s Tom Hester. They might go up if the budget committee (which meets on Wendesday) can\’t find the revenues elsewhere. In any event, the Governor\’s original revenue projections seem to be falling a bit short.

     

  • Jobs in the provate sector are on the decline, but the state keeps hiring civil servants, says Gloucester Times reporter Trish Graber. Could this be a major source of much of our budget mess? Check it out for yourself!

     

  • Meanwhile….the Legislature can\’t seem to kick the (nasty) habit of dual office holding. There are even suggestions of reducing the size of the legislature and making them all work full time.

     

  • It wouldn\’t be a Monday Roundup without a NJ pimp-related story, now would it?

     

  • One New Jersey job seeker who posted his resume on CareerBuilder got several nasty replies from a military recruiter. Aparently the job seeker is gay and the stinging replies told him that he should take his immoral lifestyle and \”leave the United States.\” If you\’re in the mood to read a scathing catfight, this is definitely the scoop for you. All the emails are here.

     

  • One anecdotal note: I am working on a video project with my liberal mates in Philly who are working hard to choose their next mayor. The democratic candidates are wooing the gay vote bigtime. The video captures GLTBTI-folks in Philly asking the candidates what\’s on their minds and what the expect from the next Mayor. We interviewed about 50 gay and transgendered Philadelphians and the one question that came up over and over was \”What are you — as the next mayor — gonna do to keep the gay community from moving to places like Collingswood.\”
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