Jerry Green bats .666

Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-22)

Well, the governor signed the budget -- and before the deadline.

But not without taking some whacks. About 10 million of them, actually. (See the Ledger's breaking news story here.)

Leaving many people unhappy -- but I'll bet Jerry Green is not among them.

Reason? He got two out of his three big wishes.

Back on June 14, I posted his wish list on CLIPS --

Assemblyman Green's Proposed Budget Changes (also see stories under NJ section below): Go to Budget Resolutions page. Click on 'Show all budget resolutions' button. Assemblyman Green's main resolutions are:

• 1422 - $1.1M for recidivism reduction in Union County
• 1423 - $9M for Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
• 1427 - $450K for City of Plainfield for Operation CeaseFire

Looks like the only one that got cut was #1422, the recidivism reduction grant (complete list of cuts is here). Too bad, but two out of three ain't bad.

Who said three 6's is not a good number?

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More on the budget --

Ledger (breaking news): "Corzine trims $10 million in grants from budget"
Complete list of cuts from FY2008 budget (PDF).

-- Dan Damon

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