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We Blue girls do have a choice, Lori. It's independent Chris Daggett. He understands the problems and unlike Christie, he's a moderate like most New Jerseyans on social issues. Most people who know all the candidates will acknowledge that he's far and away the best candidate in the race.

Can he win? Of course, if voters decide they want to vote for someone rather than against one of the candidates. We need a grass roots reaction that says enough with this awful political system.

John from Bergen
I guess u don't see that we are in one economy. those blue collar jobs do help the economy u live in also.

lori
common? not if one keeps clean.
so where mid west?

The bugs are too big in Florida! (and that's spoken by someone who has seen the size of the waterbugs common in NYC housing :-)

lori
well then pack your bags. where are u thinking about going? florida has a lot of cheap housing now.

The only rebates that are sent are to lower income household and seniors, disabled, and I don't have a problem with that at all. Those have ALWAYS been means tested.

Scarsdale is fancy, Darien is fancy, but we pay far more taxes. Montclair is actually economically diverse and WE subsidize lower income neighborhoods and social service programs which we accept as our responsibility as part of a community. (We also subsidize, via county taxes, impoverished cities like Newark, Irvington, etc.) However, for the state to then TAX us on that again (at increased rates) is unjust.

The state hasn't been good to us, we've been good to the state. We do not receive any of the benefits, social programs, etc., offered. The state didn't educate my husband or his partners, or provide the capital to start their business, or work long hours for decades to build a moderately successful business -- why are we continuing to penalize people for their hard work, investment, and talents? (and, yes, they employ people and provide them with full benefits)

Something's gotta give.

All else aside, this Weinberg woman sounds like a dud.

lori
maybe u could tell your local governments to stop wasting money instead of asking state tax payers to rebate and subsidize you. montclair is very fancy, right. the state's good to u. why leave?

EM

and don't forget NJ sends to many tax dollars to "welfare" states in the south and the plains
http://www.taxfoundation.org/UserFiles/Image/Blog/ftsbs-large.jpg

There are components from muncipality and county. The state administers rebates, etc. The property taxes paid are typically allowed as a deduction on state local tax (Fed is no longer allowed due to AMT). The State of NJ has disallowed this deduction this year so we will now pay personal income tax on the $24K we just paid in property taxes. Double dipping.

Way too much government, NY got lucky with Bloomberg, NJ got the short end of the deal with Corzine.

NJ:
Too many municipalities
Too many crooked politicians
Too many career politicians like your guest
Too much profligate spending
Too many taxpayers leaving the state

We have access to healthcare - $13K per year no drug benefit.

It may be a matter of character but it's also a matter of oversight!

Where are the approval processes and oversight and competitive bidding protocols that would have impeded the ability of this undercover developer to bribe officials for favors?

Issues of character?
The regular people know right from wrong.
Only elected officials do not get it.

lori
I though property taxes were from the local governments?

Ooh 100 jobs for construction workers and cops.
Do we need more of both?
NO!
how about jobs for non-union, college grads?

"My husband and his partners are seriously discussing moving their business out of NJ." Sorry for typos, I'm frustrated!

sorry, meant "business is DOWN"

Yesterday's Wall St. Journal had an editorial by William McGurn where he claims where NJ created 6,800 private sector jobs Trenton created 55,800 public sector jobs between 2000 - 2007!

Tom

I voted for him last time but won't again. We can't afford it!

Despite the fact that my husband's small business is now 75% this year, we have just had our income taxes increased (retroactively no less!), we have the highest property taxes in the nation (an equivalent home would be half the amount in Connecticut), and all our fees, tolls, etc., have increased. Our property tax deduction was disallowed. Next, the Federal Government will get a piece of us.

I can't stomach Christie. What's a Blue girl from NJ to do?

My husband his partners and seriously talking about moving their business out of NJ.

Corzine (same as Bloomberg) just purchase whatever office they desire

isn't there too many governments in NJ?