Plainfielders following the story of the last-minute switcheroo by Jon Corzine on the anti-referendum bill get another piece of the puzzle this morning.
State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), lobbied her November running mate not to sign the bill, and thought she had made her case, only to discover -- 13 minutes before Chris Christie was sworn in -- that Corzine had moved the bill out of the 'vetoed' column, according to a story on PolitickerNJ (see here).
'It's bad public policy, it's bad government, it's bad politics ... to change the law to take democratic action away from the citizens is to me a rather serious step,' Weinberg said.
I'll second that.
This being New Jersey, one has to wonder whether there was some sort of deal at stake here, some quid-pro-quo between Corzine and the Democratic power structure.
What could he have wanted that was in their gift?
Perhaps we shall see soon.
(Hey, Auditor! You lookin' at me?)
- PolitickerNJ: "Weinberg upset Corzine did not veto referendum bill"
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I believe I read somewhere that Weinberg inadvertently cast a yes vote for this bill because she was distracted by a phone call or so she says.
Assemblyman Green has yet to answer for his support of this dirty-dealing bill.
Your last few posts sound like you were surprised? Dan you amaze me..."for anything useful and beneficial to get done, we will need Corzine in the governor's office." Really? What on earth were you thinking? The Dems and Corzine have flat out ruined this state. Are only hope is Christie. A 10 billion dollar deficit...it is criminal to say the least.
Oh..and lets not forget the hiding of the ADDITIONAL $1 Billion in revenue shortfall the state is facing that Corzine hid..oh I mean forgot when he was plugging his homies into the pension system on his way out the door...SCUM. When Plainfield gets screwed over -- AND IT'S COMING FOLKS..don't worry, Mayor Jerry won't blame the bumbling Corzine for the problems he will blame Christie. PREDICTION CAST. READ IT AND WEEP JERRY we all know your game.
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