Booker targets Congress in debate appearance
In frontrunner Cory Booker’s first debate appearance, Democratic candidates vying in a U.S. Senate summer snooze-fest spoke in soundbites on NJTV a week and a day ahead of the primary election. PolitickerNJ
http://www.politickernj.com/67504/booker-targets-congress-us-senate-debate-appearance
Brown on Buono: I admire her courage
Former Navy SEAL William Brown entered into the annals of Gov. Chris Christie’s YouTube moments at a town hall meeting in which the two alpha males banged heads. PolitickerNJ
http://www.politickernj.com/67505/brown-buono-i-admire-her-courage
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Poll: Christie ‘hottest’ political figure in country
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the “hottest” political figure in the country, according to a new temperature poll. Politico
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/poll-gov-christie-the-hottest-95183.html?hp=l7
Amazon.com mastermind buys Washington Post
NEW YORK — Over nearly two decades, Jeff Bezos built Amazon from a scrappy online bookseller into an e-commerce empire, shook up the print publishing world with the Kindle e-reader and even started a space travel company. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/jeff-bezos-profile_n_3710639.html
In Obama housing plan, government to maintain significant mortgage role
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government may continue to play an outsized role in the nation’s roughly $10 trillion home loan market under a proposal President Barack Obama is set to endorse on Tuesday. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/obama-housing-plan_n_3710200.html
Bernstein: High hopes for Post
Veteran Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein emails POLITICO from Europe in response to the news that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is buying the paper: Politico
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/08/carl-bernstein-high-hopes-for-the-post-169973.html?hp=r1
NYC’s prevailing wage law struck down by judge
A New York City requirement for landlords and companies receiving economic aid from the city to pay workers a prevailing wage was struck down by a judge who said it was preempted by the state’s minimum wage law. Bloomberg
Weiner confronts heckler
Anthony Weiner was roasted tonight in Brooklyn. PolitickerNY
Trenton mayor asks state for $46M to hire 75 cops
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack sent a letter to Gov. Chris Christie on Friday asking for the state for $46.4 million in state aid to hire 75 police officers and pay their salaries for four years to battle the surge in violent crime in the state’s capital. Trenton Times
Lonegan would stick to his principles
Steve Lonegan, the outspoken former mayor of Bogota, ran as an outsider against fellow Republican Chris Christie four years ago, sharply criticizing him from the right. Now, Lonegan is touting the support of the state party organization in his campaign for Senate. Bergen Record
http://www.northjersey.com/news/US_Senate_candidate_Steve_Lonegan_would_stick_to_his_principles.html
Woodcliff Lake administrator charged with falsifying government records
The borough administrator has been issued a summons for allegedly falsifying government records involving an election to be held this year, authorities said Monday. Bergen Record
Pallone again gets backing to succeed deceased lawmaker
In 1988, Marlene Howard threw her weight behind 37-year-old Frank Pallone for the U.S. House seat that her husband, James J. Howard, had held when he died. Inquirer
Study: Solar energy especially benefits N.J.
Health, environmental improvements found to far exceed impact in warm, sunnier regions. NJ Spotlight
Jersey City public safety director pledges he’ll be seen on streets
At the first in a series of three meetings with the public on Saturday, Jersey City’s designated Public Safety Director James Shea told a crowd of about 80 people at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center that his first order of business would be to “look in the mirror.” Jersey Journal
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/08/public_safety_director_pledges.html
Chicago’s looming pension crisis
CHICAGO — Corporations are moving in, and housing prices are looking better across the region. There has been a slight uptick in population. But a crushing problem lurks beneath the signs of economic recovery in Chicago: one of the most poorly funded pension systems among the nation’s major cities. Its plight threatens to upend the finances of President Obama’s hometown, now run by his former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/chicago-sees-pension-crisis-drawing-near.html?ref=us&_r=0
Senator amplifies her voice to referee fiscal showdown
WASHINGTON — Seven months into Senator Barbara A. Mikulski’s new assignment as chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, there is already a saying among members: “We loved Byrd, we respected Inouye, we fear Barbara.” NY Times
Yankees fans disappointed in Rodriguez after suspension
Yankee fans were mostly disappointed after learning of Alex Rodriguez’s suspension Monday for using performance-enhancing drugs and said they were ready to cut ties with the embattled slugger. WNBC News
A-Rod offers no defense
CHICAGO — This was his chance, with a room here at U.S. Cellular Field filled with 150 reporters and two dozen TV cameras, to tell the world exactly how he was being wronged. Politi, Star-Ledger
Opinion
Lack of government experience shouldn’t disqualify Silva
Gubernatorial hopeful Barbara Buono’s choice of labor official Milly Silva to join her on the Democratic ticket as candidate for lieutenant governor has been greeted with some strong criticism. Amick, Trenton Times
http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2013/08/amick_a_lack_of_government_exp.html
More on the Rand Paul flap
The American Conservative has a couple of thoughtful pieces on why the Rand Paul-Chris Christie flap could hurt Christie’s chances in the 2016 GOP presidential primary. Mulshine, Star-Ledger
http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2013/08/more_on_the_rand_paul_flap_and.html
