Corzine needs Federal bailout to pay uunemployment claims

According to the Asbury Park Press, the Garden State has taken its place among those states within the U.S. that is unable to pay for rising unemployment insurance claims. However, badly needed financial help from Washington, DC can allay Gov. Jon Corzine’s fears.

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Court: Corzine can keep emails with Katz private

A New Jersey court has ruled that Gov. Jon Corzine does not have to turn over e-mails between himself and ex-gal pal Carla Katz, a labor leader. According to a story by Star-Ledger reporters Claire Heinings and Josh Margolin, the appeals court ruled the gov. was within his rights to use executive privilege to stop the emails from becoming public.

For the full story, click on the headline and go to NJ.com.

Corzine re-election bid considered likely, without surprises

According to a well-placed Monmouth Democratic insider, he believes strongly that “there won’t be any surprises where it involves Gov. Jon Corzine running for re-election again.”

The insider said he expects that GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christopher Christie, the former United States attorney for New Jersey, could be a popular vote getter in both Monmouth and Ocean counties, among others. However, the Democratic veteran said that he doesn’t believe Christie is a serious threat to upset Corzine statewide.

“Jon Corzine is going to be strong throughout the state’s urban areas, in my opinion, and that is what he is going win New Jersey on,” the source said. “I don’t think it is impossible to say that [Corzine] could do well in Monmouth or Ocean but I think things would have to change here a little.”

The source noted that heavy Democratic registration in Newark, Jersey City, Camden, Trenton and Elizabeth, to name just some, are vital prizes to anyone seeking the governor’s office. “At some point, to be governor of New Jersey, you have to win Newark. I just don’t see Christ Christie doing that,” he concluded.

Requiem for RCAs in New Jersey

It's official: Municipalities cannot sell off their obligation to build affordable housing in their communities.

When Gov. Jon Corzine signed A500 into law, he changed the landscape of affordable housing in the Garden State, for the better I think.

Nevertheless, the implications for Bayshore communities, particularly Middletown, are there. Click on the headline to go to the story by Courier Staff Writer Melissa Gaffney at The Courier Online.

Caption: Volunteers at the Jamestown Colony, in Virginia, reconstruct a period dwelling (not an example of affordable housing in New Jersey).