March 2010

Animated in the South Ward: Baraka pursues Booker and James targets two-jobs issue

FDU poll on Revel bailout propels Doherty

Christie urges NJEA acceptance of salary freeze proposal, which teachers dismiss as gov ‘slush fund’

Bridgewater-Raritan Board signs budget – school system would lose 55 teachers as consequence of cuts

Out of a job, Schillari takes solace in PBA endorsement as he seeks Perez payback

McCann’s war: former JC mayor goes toe-to-toe with teachers’ union in re-election year

Budget blowback: suburban school boards wrestle with state aid cuts

Kramer buys The Record; Torricelli and Corzine involved

McKeon accuses Christie of scapegoating teachers

Poll: N.J. opposes tax breaks for Revel casino

Little to forge ahead in 6th District GOP Primary

Palmer to governor: pay up or go

Halfacre ends Congressional run and backs Sipprelle against Holt

Mendham businesswoman Myers enters GOP race for Morris County Freeholder

Poll: Christie approvals at 43%-32%

Sipprelle, Gooch win Monmouth line

Report: SA Mayor O’Leary won’t run for re-election

Gov still reviewing federal healthcare bill as District 11 assembly people urge him to fight it

Sayegh issues debate challenge in Paterson

Heading toward Monmouth, Sipprelle goes after Holt

Layton: Brown switch bolsters Runyan even more

Freeholder joins Republican Party, second Burlco pol named Brown in as many weeks to join GOP

DeCroce argues for no new taxes as local mayor steps up objection to Christie plan

Ironworkers local endorses Segura for mayor

Daggett to head Geraldine Dodge Foundation

Statewide star Booker prepares for tough terrain lift-off in Newark

Unholy alliance? No, says Bell, who likens himself to Clinton and Booker to Obama

Hackett gets GOP backing to run for sheriff

Conservatives rate Little number one among congressional candidates

North Ward vaudeville: Adubato event features D’s and more than a few R’s in Christie era

Sipprelle wins GOP backing in Middlesex

Gooch wins Middlesex GOP line; Lance crushes Larsen

Head-to-head time in Middlesex

Goodwin: Christie on the right track

Middlesex GOP Convention packed

Thompson: ‘Middlesex the center of the electoral universe this year’

Halfacre works the entranceway

Halfacre versus Sipprelle in Middlesex

Weekend TV

Thompson, Handlin endorse Gooch for Congress

Ex-Ocean Dem chairman sentenced to house arrest

Hudson sheriff fires primary opponent, hires relative, switches to GOP

Fired by Perez, Schillari stunned, outraged

Webber: people understand the tough budget terrain

In pension bill back drama, Oliver early finds herself at odds with the power of three

Pintella draws number one on Trenton ballot

Wisniewski: Christie’s ‘unconscionable’ budget starting to sink in on the ground level

Hamilton to gov: aid cut to Trenton ‘political, not responsible’

Donovan: state can generate $56 million by collecting sales tax from NFL teams

Cardinale heralds Yudin for NJSEA – then goes on offensive

In race against Schneider, Unger focuses on Dwek residue in Long Branch

Governor praises school board association proposal, but rejects key compromise provision

McNerney calls on senators to block Yudin at NJSEA

Yudin questions McNerney’s budgeting priorities

Carney pursuing re-election in Atlantic County

Pennacchio bill seeks unemployment insurance fund stability

Next up: critical Middlesex in Halfacre versus Sipprelle GOP Primary tilt

Lesniak says Christie pointing finger at teachers as distraction from budget debacle

In budget aftermath, Trenton – the city – takes on Christie

Sipprelle, Gooch, Lance win Somerset line

Doherty formally kicks off his mayoral candidacy in Belmar

Rice bill would create more salary oversight at the county and local levels

Corzine to head Wall Street firm

Gov calls on school districts and education associations to freeze salaries

Blanco’s budget gamble in Passaic

Stung in the burbs, unlikely allies Sarlo and Doherty want Abbott numbers probe

Oroho defends Wirths

Battling for re-election in front-line Bergen County, McNerney goes after Christie’s budget

Carroll: Christie’s ‘budget puts us on life support’

Paramus mayor says Christie budget would significantly diminish quality of life

Sarlo launches first of statewide budget hearings in battlefront Bergen

Beach wants to e-mail sample ballots

First Assembly budget hearing set for Wednesday

Franks to undergo surgery

Troubled pension bill S-2 passes after long day

The wrong Herb Klein

Sweeney and Kean emerge from meeting in gov’s office as Christie intervenes on S-2

With S-2 at stake today, Oliver goes to gov’s office as assembly waits

Kean reports positive response in home district to Christie’s budget proposal

Scutari and Girgenti express early doubt about Wirths at labor

Sarlo drills labor commish nominee Wirths on Blue Laws

Kyrillos on Pallone healthcare vote: ‘He’s going to have to answer to ordinary Americans”

Adler votes ‘no’ as Congress passes healthcare bill

First week gut level budget impact in Marlboro pits Christie and Beck against Hornik

If national healthcare bill passes, Tea Party movement will only get stronger, says Little

Cardinale says most Bergen taxpayers ‘pleased as punch’ with gov’s proposed budget

Cunningham says Stack should be HCDO chair, won’t endorse in Bayonne mayor’s race

Local Stack event turns into statewide celebration

A Bayonne horse race

Slamming Obama and government healthcare, Gooch launches her campaign against Pallone

Runyan to Adler: ‘you can run but you can’t hide’

Emotional appropriations committee session turns into budget hearing preview

After close victory for his sheriff’s candidate, Spicuzzo heartened by state of organization

Gov’s budget impacts the usual Statehouse protest crowd – and then some

Warren Wilentz dies at 85

Donovan: desperate McNerney should ‘switch to decaf’

Beach on Runyan: ‘certainly being a football player isn’t a required qualification for Congress’

Ciesla says he’ll seek 7th term next year

Fishing group backs Adler

Sipprelle questions everything Halfacre in latest salvo, and Halfacre still says ‘Democrat’

In Bergen, support for Blue Laws is bi-partisan

Sympathetic with Christie, Diaz says NJ is PA on a large scale

Runyan: ‘different game, same mindset’

This is New Jersey, where stranger things have happened

The Kean example

Middlesex Dems back Potosnak for Congress

Perez might run as a Republican

Editorial boards on Christie’s budget proposals

A St. Pat’s Day ward race for the ages in Belleville: Mac Donald versus Pereira

Richard J. Hughes: two term Irish American governor, chief justice – and nearly VP

Sean Kean and the Irish Riviera

The Irish make a last stand with Carlin against Addonizio in the 1962 Newark mayor’s race

Scott defeats Polos by 81 votes in Middlesex Democratic Party showdown

Scott versus Polos in Middlesex

Polos versus Scott in Middlesex

Reductions in education and hospital aid will hurt working poor, says Spencer

Kyrillos: people more prepared for this than political establishment

McCullough says now legislators have to show some guts

Marlboro mayor argues that state aid cuts plus a cap without tools would fail

Full Text of Gov. Christie’s Budget Address to the New Jersey Legislature

Christie: ‘the day of reckoning has arrived’

Gooch to kick off campaign Thursday in Red Bank

Budget as proposed would create devastating urban impact, says Schaer

Judges say Menendez recall can move forward

Bramnick: ‘you’re not helping anyone unless you’re creating a friendly environment for biz’

Burzichelli unconvinced that Christie spreads the pain equally in inevitably hard luck budget

Trenton braces for impact

Collins to run for mayor of Kinnelon

Kyrillos endorses Gooch for Congress

Pallone won’t comment on Gooch, but says healthcare reform ‘critical’ for his constituents

Webber hammers Zeitz and Corzine

Lesniak’s bill to abolish COAH passes committee by a 6-0 vote

Sources: Butrico won’t pursue re-election in South Plainfield

From a mayor’s POV: Singer doubtful of proposed tax cap

Dems may have work to do, but they agree on McNerney’s re-election, argues Rothman

Baraka defends dual job desire as Booker pushes back formal campaign kickoff

DiVincenzo praises Christie – won’t rule out pursuit of a fourth term

Oliver says there is support in her caucus for millionaire’s tax

It’s important for opposition researchers to be thorough

This Week’s Report Card

Matt Friedman is new Star-Ledger reporter

Manzo to slam federal prosecutors

Theise seeks Dem nod to challenge Garrett

Goodwin elected to State Senate

In a quiet city, Pantoliano’s energy spills into James territory in the South Ward

Weinberg: ‘history is going to defend Jon Corzine’s legacy’

Sarlo says all GOP senators will need to vote for Christie budget

If he wanted it, Quigley would like to see Sacco as HCDO chair

Glenn is likely GOP Essex exec candidate

Sipprelle demands apology from Halfacre over statements about his GOP record

Buccos won’t endorse in Morris Freeholder race

Backing Scott for sheriff, Smith argues that Middlesex Dems ‘stronger now than ever’

Lance dominates Larsen at Middlesex GOP screening

Runyan will launch House bid next Thursday

Halfacre earns more votes than Sipprelle at Middlesex GOP screening

Potosnak wins Union County Dems’ support, and endorsement of Christodoulou

Chamber official joins Christie staff

Kasparian says he’ll seek re-election as Bergen Dem chairman

Corzine spokesman: Christie can’t keep campaign promises

McCann’s candidate loses in Rutherford

GOP wins Council seat in Park Ridge

Sweeney expects GOP to target Gloucester County

Sipprelle campaign calls Halfacre poll memo ‘desperate political spin’

Christie says his hands are tied on state worker layoffs

Runyan plans campaign kickoff next week

Green backs Carter for freeholder seat in Union

Lyons kicks off his mayoral candidacy Thursday in Irvington

Scutari: new freeholder candidate will be from Plainfield or Linden – probably Plainfield

GOP pollster says Holt’s re-elect number has dropped ten points in six years

Another Middlesex Republican backs Goodwin

DeFilippo: Van Blake ‘disappointed’ as freeholder

Sarlo: Birkner didn’t drop out for lack of support

Poll: Christie favorables at 45%-26%

Wright says she’ll fill county committee seats

Greenstein says she is ‘strongest candidate’ to replace Baroni

Dems dump Van Blake in Union County

Caputo says he’ll give up one of two offices in ’11

Top court says Bryant can’t use campaign funds to pay lawyers

Carroll: Shaftan ‘is always unhappy’

Thompson backs Sipprelle for Congress

Curley backs Halfacre for Congress

In frontline Newark South Ward campaign, James pledges to run a campaign on the issues

James: ‘Booker’s an alien who needs to get back on his spaceship’

LoBiondo welcomes energy of Tea Party movement

Gooch plans to reach out to Tea Party members this week

Jones: ‘in any debate, bring it and I’ll bring it back’

Inverso endorses Goodwin for Senate

This week’s Report Card

Doherty not ready to say if he’ll challenge Menendez

Bergen Freeholder will announce next week if he’ll seek two offices in November

Former Miss New Jersey now leads Harry Reid by 13 points in Nevada Senate race

Harmon’s onstage spat with Pintella goes to candidates’ business/government divide

New Rutgers-Eagleton poll on Congress

Clock is ticking for Justice Wallace

Supreme Court to rule in Bryant campaign funds case on Monday

Spicuzzo expects Greenstein to receive full party backing at March 16th convention

If Case beat Bell, Kean would have appointed two U.S. Senators in one week

Kean’s poll numbers make him a factor if Lautenberg steps down

Limbaugh loves Christie, but governor is just a RINO to Shaftan

Madden intent on pursuing re-election

Veteran Girgenti confident of redistricting process

Johnson bashes Kasparian BCDO chairmanship

Diegnan and Coughlin endorse Scott over Polos for sheriff

Kean backs Gooch for GOP nomination

The 28th anniversary of Harrison Williams’ plea for mercy

Quiet night ahead for Bergen Dems

Lenz commits to running again in Hoboken’s 4th Ward

Hsing won’t run for Congress this year

Senate ’12: Poll has Menendez, Kean in dead heat

Gooch files to run for Congress