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Oscar Quintanilla (Fr.-St. Paul, Minn.) competed for the Wesleyan men and finished the 8K course in 38:21. He was the only Tiger men's runner to compete.
Truman State (Mo.) University won the women's title, edging St. Olaf (Minn.) College and Wartburg College. Simone Childs-Walker of Carleton (Minn.) College won the individual title with a time of 22:23. The men's title was won by Grinnell, while Ben Sathre of St. Thomas (Minn.) University won the men's race with a time of 25:37.
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I really want to use these two plugins together to make an awesome pop-up contact form, but I am having some issues. I followed this tutorial. Everything works fine until the last few steps. The author uses the term "new page" several times and I am having difficulty figuring out if he/she means an actual new page or the page I just created. So, after looking at the images along with the tutorial, I decided that you make one page with the Contact Form 7 shortcode and then you place the rest of the HTML given in the tutorial on the page that you want the pop-up to appear on. Do I have that right? If so, then I am still getting an error:
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. So, I then brought the Contact Form 7 code onto my contact page and now the form is appearing directly on the page without the pop-up. Not what I wanted. I hope this all makes sense. I would appreciate anyone who could help me out with this. Thank you!Edit: Also, here is my website, so you can see what is happening. Thanks again!
First off, are you sure that your Contact Form 7 short code is correct? I can't see any other reason for it to show the form not found. You might want to post the code you put into the page also.
I followed the steps and got this result, so I think you are missing something on the form itself since everything else is working:
Here is the Contact Form 7 shortcode I am using:
[contact-form-7 id="87" title="Contact form 1"]
I know it is, at the very least, working somewhat because the contact form appears on my Contact page (just not as a pop-up). But when I try to use the "Contact Us" button, I get the error I listed previously. Could there be something wrong with my jQuery? That is the only thing I can think of at the moment.
Edit: I know I sometimes have problems with plugins and jQuery because of the theme I am using, but someone on these forums suggested I download the WordPress plugin called All-in-One SEO Pack and ever since I did that, I have had no problems...until now. So, I am not quite sure what is going on. And I know Easy FancyBox is working properly because it opens my curriculum vitae just fine in a pop-up using Adobe Acrobat.
Could there be something wrong with my jQuery?
Yes, it's an old version of jQuery - 1.4.4, in the example JoshWhite gave he's running 1.8.3. That is most likely the issue.
How would I go about updating my jQuery? I know absolutely nothing about this topic or JavaScript.
Edit: Also, this is for a WordPress website. So, however I update jQuery for WordPress. Thank you in advance!
How are you bringing jQuery into Wordpress?? Are you using the <?php wp_enqueue_script("jquery"); ?> method? Or are you literally bringing it in? As far as I understand it, the enqueue method will always bring in the version that Wordpress itself updates with every release, so it should be fairly safe.
I am using a blank theme that Chris Coyier made a while back (like, over a year-and-a-half ago). I am not sure how I am calling it. How do I find out?
Edit: @JoshWhite, could you give me a step-by-step of how you achieved the pop-up contact form? I just used the most recent Starkers blank theme template, which should have an updated jQuery, and I still get the same error when I follow the previously mentioned tutorial. Thank you for bearing with me.
Also, I just found a WordPress Plugin called jQuery Updater. It brought my jQuery version up to 1.8.2. And the pop-up contact form is still not working.
Maybe the name of the form was changed from "Contact form 1" to something else? The message you're getting is a standard Contact Form 7 error that appears when the "name" value is incorrect.
What do you see when you put that particular shortcode in the contents of a (test) post (and not in a popup)? Same error?
Thank you, @Senff. You indirectly solved the problem. I went back to the tutorial to see what shortcode he used and then I looked at my own shortcode that was being produced by Contact Form 7. It was different. In the tutorial, the shortcode produced was
[contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"]
and my shortcode was[contact-form-7 id="87" title="Contact form 1"]
. So I took the HTML that the author of the tutorial said to use:Contact Us
[contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"]And pasted it directly in my Contact page. Notice anything different between my shortcode and the code for the contact form being called? Yep, it was calling the pop-up in the old manner of doing it. So, I simply replaced
[contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"]
with[contact-form-7 id="87" title="Contact form 1"]
and everything works fine. Fan-freakin'-tastic!Right -- the tutorial might have been old enough to use an older version of CF-7, which would explain the differences.
However, in one of your posts above you pasted the shortcode you said you used on the Contact page (that doesnt open in a popup), so it was easy for us to assume you used the same (correct) code for the popup.
Anyway, glad it's solved.
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Gov. Chris Christie will seek a second term as New Jersey's governor.
He made the announcement during an appearance at a press conference at the Port Monmouth Fire Dept. Monday afternoon. Christie declined to talk in detail about his bid, saying he is saving that for a more formal announcement in January.
But he did say he sought the advice of his wife, Mary Pat, and four children, over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, and got their blessing.
"I have a job to finish that I would have never anticipated to have six weeks ago," said Christie. He said loved the Garden State. "I want to leave it better than I found it when I'm done."
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Christie made his announcement surrounded by uniformed representatives of Middletown Township's fire and first aid workers, whom he said he admired for their dedicated service. "These folks are a reassurance to me," he said
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stewart resmer
3:54 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
cant wait to see who runs on huis right...
Arthur Christopher Schaper
8:07 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
No can run on his right or his left -- he's too big.
I mean that in a good way, of course.
I do not agree with all of his views, but anyone who is willing to cut through the crap and telling it like it is, and pledge to lower taxes in the process, deserves to win again.
Hoping for Christie all the way from Southern California.
eyes wide shut
4:21 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Don't matter, he's a shoe in...Maybe Willard will get out and campaign for him this time, since he has NOTHING but time on his hands now..Just don't let Karl Rove raise money for him. The Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson would like to have a little chit chat with Karl (the Wizard of Odds) Rove....LOL LOL..Now all the GOP/Baggers, sour grapes have turned to WHINE..
Jack B Goode
5:31 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
shoo-in ,dummy! who do you prefer...Jon (I lost 1 billion dollars of clients money)Corzine?
Ojo Rojo
8:25 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I dislike the state of affairs w/ respect to out of control spending and high taxes here in this state. If it takes someone w/ his personality to try and at least control spending and not reflexively raise taxes like his last opponent wanted to do, I could care less. The man is elected to do a job and him doing that job is all I care about.
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9:51 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
He is a bit "in your face" but I feel as if he is just being honest. So often the soft-spoken socially correct politicians are feeding you a line of ---- shall we say..untruths?
5:25 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
What sheep's clothing? He's one of the few politicians that tells you straight up what he thinks about something...in fact he's widely criticized for sharing too much. One can call him a lot of things- bully, overbearing, loud, self-promoting, etc - but I don't think you can call him duplicitous
Dead Hoffa
5:39 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
I guess that's bad news for all the "check cashers".....
stewart resmer
7:36 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
like the thousands who lost everything they ever worked for because of Sandy?
Or the ones who have paid in to the system and expect something back, like our seniors, widows and widowers, retirees, veterans, disabled, or poor etc?
those check cashers?
9:26 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Stewart, I'm assuming Hoffa is referring to the dead beats with the entitlement complex...the ones who sit home and do nothing and collect a check because it is easier than working. And don't tell me they don't exist. Dozens of people I went to high school with fall into that category.
Mary C
9:50 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
mvrnj421- as an independent when i listen to conservative radio or tv they make it sound like ANYONE who voted for obama is a bum looking for a free ride. when in fact that is only a small percentage who take advantage of programs like unemployment, that is very important to people who use it correctly.
i had a good job that i lost in 2008 because of the awful eonomy, i collected for a couple months and was offered classes i could attend while unemployed. these classes gave me additional skills and helped me get a new job. after couple years at my new job i saved enough money to start my own company and now employ 10 more people. i am very thankful to unemployment, eventhough i paid into it in the past and do now, it helped me stay on my feet til i could find a new job, and now i am giving back much more.
yes while at unemployment meetings i saw people who took advantage of the system, but the same can be said about thousands of wealthy people who cheat on thier taxes.
the system can be improved, drug testing and volunteer work should be required. however people like me get offended when "hoffa" or the GOP make comments like "check cashiers" and i believe that is the main reason they lost this election.
fun fact- mitt romneys father was on welfare... even the extremely wealthy got a little help in the past.
10:03 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Mary C - I am independent as well and I am not arguing about the election or why Obama won or any of that...none of that matters anymore. And yes, I agree that these programs are important for people that need them. I lost my job in 2011 and spent a few months on unemployment myself before finding a new job. I am not saying that everyone that receives government assistance is a bum. But the fact of the matter is that there are a lot of people out there who are abusing and taking advantage of this system. An acquaintance of mine spent nearly two years on unemployment, never looked for a job, sat home, relaxed, and partied on weekends. This is a serious problem in this country because there a lot of people out there doing this. It has become too easy to remain on these programs for extended periods of time and much of our nation is becoming dependent on handouts. It is hard to find a good job and people would rather sit home and collect a check for nothing than to take a job they feel is beneath them. Or in many cases, they have no interest whatsoever in any job...just take the free money. And with the economy the way it is, many working class citizens like myself aren't too thrilled about paying for these people to sit on the couch or go out to the bar. The system needs to be changed - weekly or monthly checkups on job search progress for unemployed, drug testing for unemployed/welfare, etc...it is not too much to ask is it?
stewart resmer
10:10 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
mr421 perhaps you might take a moment to view this video of Gov Chrisities townhall in West Milford? Scroll to 1 hr 22 minutes
Mary C
10:46 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
i think it is a little exagerated how easy it is to maintain unemployment. i have couple friends who took advantage of the system and used their unemployment extension but now their unemployment expired and they are screwed. i know a 30 yr old who partied while on unemployment and was not motivated to get a job, now he lives with his parents and depends on them for money like a little child. and others who were forced to take jobs they once thought were below them.
it bothers me people take adavantage of unemployment but i do not think they are any worse than the wealthy who cheat on thier taxes. i also find it funny how conservatives will call the poor crooks for taking advantage of the system however when a millionaire finds loopholes in his taxes he is a good business man. they are both cheating and taking advantage of the US.
instead of the constant bickering and name calling we should work together to stop the poor, the wealthy, and everyone in bewtween from taking advantage of the system.
10:56 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Mary, I am not biased toward either side, I am not defending tax cheats. But I don't think it is exaggerated how easy it is to maintain unemployment. My friend never had to check in with anyone to prove he was searching for a job, he never even had to see anyone, period. He filed over the phone and was approved, despite the fact that he was let go for constantly missing work, and then he simply collected his check every week for at least a year and a half. This is just one example. Our society is becoming lazy. That is the bigger problem, if you ask me. The money being paid to them is one thing, but the shift to a lazy, entitled country is embarrassing and makes me sick. What ever happened to hard work? Where did this thinking that the country has a responsibility to provide for everybody come from? I think it is a problem...and I am not talking politics here, so don't take it that way. I am talking about society.
stewart resmer
11:08 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Scroll to 1hr 22 minutes here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFr4qH3Qog
Ridgewood Mom
11:35 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Whatever the percentages of moochers vs. "legitimate" welfare recipients is beside Mary C.'s point, which is that we can't generalize. Many people need a safety net by no fault of their own, and it is both a moral necessity and to the advantage of our collective economy that they have it. Complaints about people taking advantage are not intelligent arguments against a safety net. They only make sense as arguing that people should not exploit it. An actual argument to the effect that there shouldn't be a safety net would require saying that all people out on their luck should be left to die in the gutter, regardless of whether they made good or bad choices.
If we are serious about addressing the problem of long term unemployment, then we need to look into the motivations behind people staying on welfare- a standard of living for entry level labor that is not meaningfully better and a lack of hope for mobility. It should be obvious that anyone who is on welfare would prefer the choice of something better then being on welfare, if they had and saw such an option available.
Mary C is also correct about there being just as many wealthy moochers as poor ones. Most importantly, if we compare the take home of a "check casher," who is by definition poor, with the take home of a wealthy person who has made money off of a workaround, it should be obvious where the greater cost to society lies.
12:16 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I'm curious mrvrnj421 why you consider the person that cheats to be your friend and the government lending a helping hand as the enemy? Why didn't you turn this person in? Are you part of the "lazy and entitled society" that feels it is the responsibility of someone else to do that?
Ada Montesino
7:39 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
The best new for NJ, We need him, It's alot to do.
7:50 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
A brave leader who put people ahead of politics and wasn't afraid to commend FEMA and Obama, and incur the wrath of Mitt's Stepford robotrons as well as Faux News.
9:42 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Uh, think this through Biff. For Christie to have any chance to make a run for president in 2016, Obama would have to win this year. His commendation of Obama may very well have been political.
9:50 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
@Hookerman: Romney would likely lose anyway but Christie buried his chances for 2016. If Repubs want a moderate in four years they'll have Rubio who has every imaginable advantage (mild-mannered, a Senator, cute, a Latino, from swing state, Tea Party support). Christie could have pleased the base by giving the base some gun-rights and anti-union candy in NJ, then run as a take-no-prisoners alternative to Rubio; but now he's as popular with the wingers as a pay toilet in Scotland.
11:01 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The fact that Rubio is considered a Tea Pary favorite may bury his chances right there.
However, the issue is not which republican candidate has a better chance of getting the nomincation in 2016, the issue is that they would have little chance at all if Romney had been elected.
11:07 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tea Party support is kinda vital for any Republican to win, locally or nationwide. Case in point: compare 2010 and 2012 outcomes. The TP started as a bipartisan OWS-like movement but has become the Republican version of OFA, sort of. That's why I quit.
Anyway, you're right on the other point. Winning in 2016 was just not on the cards for Christie so he grabbed the next best thing, which is to guarantee his continued governorship.
Ridgewood Mom
11:39 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The tea party's successes have led to the Republican party's recent failures.
There already is a major divide within the Republican party, and it is become more and more divided by the day.
Donkey Tales
12:28 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Divided? How do you figure? Everyone knows the game now. There are those that take and those that make. Takers outnumber makers. It's simple math and that is how the Democrats campaign. Why work when someone else will do it for you. Spin the failures of liberalism all you want. Newark is a great example of how Democrat policies fail. The stats are right there.
1:41 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
First of all, the main principle of the Tea Party was faulty to begin with. The original Tea Party had nothing to do with high or excessive taxes, but rather with taxation without representation. The current tea party didn't even understand the movement they were emulating. Secondly, the current Tea Party's original cause of fiscal responsibility was quickly lost amongst every far right-wing cause that came down the pike. If there is any better evidence of this, consider that the Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell is the biggest fiscal train wreck that ever existed. The movement may have started out as a noble cause, but soon became as big a joke as Occupy Wall Street. The GOP could redeem itself by focusing on fiscal responsibility and small government, but they continue to hand their hat on loser social issues that just are not popular.
3:20 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
@Hookerman: For once, I can agree with you: the TP locked itself out of mainstream by concentrating on social fluff. But its original message, "no taxation without representation", is still valid: everyone that votes but doesn't pay taxes dilutes the rights of those who do. I wish the Republicans, or any other party, would bring that up. Sigh, I can as well wait for the Rapture...
Ridgewood Mom
4:06 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
That's just it Maxim. You regard the Tea Party's anti-tax message as important, and traditional conservative social values as fluff. But that is not a set of priorities that is shared across the republican party. Talk to some folks who live in red states. Without judging your views here, I truly think that you will find your differences of opinion about these matters to be irreconcilable.
Also, the tea party is unpalatable to moderates who are not committed democrats nor republicans. While the tea party has been very successful at lobbying and running local candidates for office it has also pushed the republican party's mainstream further away from the American mainstream. Republican candidates such as Mitt Romney have had to work to find balance within the republican party (which now includes pleasing the uncompromising tea party) in order to gain nomination. And, in so doing, this has placed them in a position that is not as palatable to Americans broadly. If there had been no tea party, we just might have seen a republican enter the white house after the 2012 election.
I used to think that, if a third party were to emerge in the US, that it would branch off from the left. But now I see that it is far more likely to occur on the right.
Ridgewood Mom
4:14 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I should add that many prominent Republicans, including Chris Christie, get this. And that explains Christie's sudden reach out to Obama during the week before the election. When he realized that Romney was going to lose, he also knew that he would have to distance themselves from these sorts of failing hard line economic stances and establish a more "moderate" persona. Smart republicans are figuring out that the future success of their political careers requires it.
7:56 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Booker will run against Christie in 2013. Booker will take it from Christie, then run for President of the U.S. in 2016 and win with the backing of Obama. We are doomed!
Ridgewood Mom
7:58 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Booker would definitely be a better choice then Christie. Sounds good.
8:23 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Ridgewood Mom, please stick your head back in the sand. That idiot cant run his own city.
9:05 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Yes we are doomed if Booker gets elected to any other office anywhere.
11:01 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Booker would be an awesome Governor. Christie has achieved NOTHING during his term. Christie is a clever politician that can suck in the less educated with his trailer park appeal and petty attacks on teachers and other government workers...he has never addressed real issues like corporate welfare and greed, lack of growth in the state, infrastructure investment, unemployment, underemployment, minimum wage, social services, education (on the secondary level, yeah he loves slashing those grants to insure a college education for all our kids) healthcare and seniors...his budget cuts to healthcare/hospitals put so many mentally incapacitated people on the streets and devoid of the care they need. Christie goes beyond useless, his policies are evil. Christie is USELESS HAS achieved NOTHING for our state. Booker might not do much better, but I can't imagine Christie having an apartment in Camden, then runing into a blazing fire to save his neighbor. You Christie lovers really need to educate yourselves a little better. Look at his budgets and look where his priorities are and they ain't with YOU.
Kareema Jackson
1:00 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Booker is not running against Christie. Christie would destroy Booker and Booker knows this. Trust me. It's not happening.
Jack Q
7:29 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Selene, you make a statement that Booker would make an awesome Governor, but then say he wouldn't do much better than Christie. According to your logic, if Booker couldn't do much better, than that mkes Christie almost awesome. By the way, what has Booker done? If saving people in a burning building is the only measure, he wins hands down. However, Newark is no better than it was when James was Mayor.
8:13 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
@Selene - Christie is very brave so long as he has 10 armed State Police Officers standing around him when he takes on one elderly female teacher. Besides, I've heard he's run into many a kitchens and saved a number of frozen pizzas from burning ovens!
We need a real governor, not Christie, or Booker for that matter. Both of them are just full of themselves!
Ojo Rojo
8:34 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
And what would Booker run on? The man runs a failed city (not his fault) that to this day depends on non-city residents and taxpayers to subsidize the city. If Booker can actually turn Newark around, that would be a great accomplishment that would naturally propel him to the next level politically but he just hasn't done that yet.
Just Facts
9:37 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Christie is a BIG BAG OF WIND!! A rich MILLIONAIRE...Fat & ARROGANT... Mean...he is full of garbage and has done nothing for the state of NJ.... He talks a big mean game.....Just ask yourself something?? have your taxes gone down??? Have your services gotten better?? NO.... He has done nothing but talk mean to people and continue tax breaks to the most wealthy and huge businesses..... Big fat bag of wind - Disgrace - he should be an actor for the new "Soprano's"
11:17 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Christies first budget cut so many programs to the poor, the elderly, the children, and the weak (mentally incapacitated) and he continued to do that every year. These records are public. AND he eliminated the state surcharge tax on the corporations and reduced taxes on the wealthiest of NJians. AND has done nothing to stimulate the economy in the state. How stupid, how dillusional can people be to think he is a good governor? Why are people so stupid?
Aware Parent
8:42 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Just Facts, You may want to stick to what you believe Christie has or has not accomplished, rather than attacking his physical characteristics. Calling someone "fat" is immature, and to use your word a "disgrace". It says something about the type of person that you are.
Just Facts
12:37 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Hello Aware Parent - The man is Obese.... That is a fact!! He talks mean to people! another fact!....He gives tax breaks to the RICH and Wealthy!! another fact!!
I think he is a mean arrogant man....The way he talks to people is a disgrace!! If I spoke to my customers like he does I would be fired from my career!! He talks a BIG ARROGANT Game of nothing... He has accomplished NOTHING!! Look at out state....Unemployment!! High !! rime in the Cities High!! It Is A Disgrace!
Jack Q
11:43 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
@Just Facts: I'll use the Obama excuses: it was the last guys fault, I inherited a mess, it was worse than we thought. You people on the left are so hypocritical, it isn't funny any more.
Just Facts
9:44 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
He has cut tax dollars to all of the cities forcing them to layoff city workers, maintenace,police, fire, - talking to public srvants like they are garbage. Then he has the nerve to take FREE HELICOPTER RIDES to his son's basball game??? Like a big "SHOWOFF". He is a disgrace...Takes the State Police out with him accross the country to do politcal speeches for political gain,,,, while the unemployment in NJ is the HIGHEST IT HAS BEEN IN 50 YEARS!! These are just facts I have listed...
Adam Kraemer
10:19 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
At this point If we want New Jersey to change for the better the answer is not to change who is the Governor of the Garden State, it is to change who are 120 members of the New Jersey Legislature.
steve revette
10:27 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Christie definitely has my vote. He is the best thing to happen to Jersey in the twenty years I've lived here.New Jersey had a spending problem Chrstie made hard but SMART choices.
11:22 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
What hard choices? What smart choices? Back up your stupid comments. Cutting teacher's, firemen, police benefits? How has he stimulated the economy, how has he reduced unemployment? NJ is in the worst shape it's ever been in........back up your opinion Steve.
Ojo Rojo
8:42 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tax increases don't stimulate the economy. Wasteful spending does not stimulate the economy. Subsidizing municipalities doesn't stimulate the economy. And forcing municipalities to better manage the their spending, right size their operations & at least consider consolidating doesn't hurt the economy. You know what hurts the economy? Having some of the highest taxes in the country b/c we live in a state where every postage stamp sized town insists on having their own PD, FD, BOE, mayor, city council, public works department and all the costs that go along w/ having so many people on the payroll.
Just Facts
12:40 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Steve - Are you voting for the free use of helicopters?.... Highest UNEMPLOYMENT?? of maybe more tax breaks for the RICH AND MOST Fortunate Wealthy people?? WHich smart Choice???
steve revette
2:22 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Everybody should have to pay money for their benefits. Nobody should be getting a free ride. Just the facts you tax Corproatiosn they Can't hire people. When was the last time a Poor person hired somebody to work. Corzine destroyed this state and Chrstie is trying to save the taxpayers. Also you know how many people don't even wnats job because in this frigine country you make it worth it to not have a job. Taxes have to come under control and that would never happen under a democrat. Democrats answer to everything is tax the rich and when the rich leave with their money we lose jobs that they take with them. The corzine law there is 11 reasons for why taxes can go over 4 percent. The 12 th reason is a reason that isn't one of those 11 reasons. Chrsite put in property caps that have minimum excuses for taxes to go over 2 percent. Also watch when Obamacare will destroy workers.
Ridgewood Mom
5:05 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
"in this frigine country you make it worth it to not have a job."
I do much better in my job then I would on unemployment. No one in my situation would choose unemployment. The problem is that entry level and low level labor are paid poorly.
steve revette
12:00 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Yes you would do better but your still making decent. You know how many people aren't looking for jobs and re waiting until they can't get unemployment anymore. Also Just the facts it's a fact that we as a state have a spending problem. The economy isn't going to get better by raising taxes taxes and more taxes. Very first thing we need to get a supreme court to change the abbott ruling and that would help bring things under control. My taxes didn't go over 2 percent last year so he's obviously doing something right.
12:13 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
If he wants to make Jersey a bett place, maybe he shouldnt run again. And if he does, will Romney campaign for him ?? hahahaha
JoAnn Maddalena, Realtor
7:21 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
We finally have a strong smart Governor! NJ needs him another 4 years. Yea! Christie!
Just Facts
7:34 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I'm not sure how "strong" he is....He looks kinda FAT and out of shape - People must like Bully's -because that's all he is. LOOK AT THE FACTS! Fact is Unemployeement is the almost the HIGHEST in the country!! His cuts and tax breaks take care of the wealthiest people of the state...He vetoed the MILLIONAIRE TAX 2 times - Crime in Paterson, Camden and Newark has skyrocketted because of his cuts - He is a Big Fat Rude person - There really is no reason for him to speak to people like he does - Christie will be done next election - Look t the facts!
Donkey Tales
12:23 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Crime has skyrocketed? I am shocked!! Are all these people Obama supporters? Don't they get enough already that they need to also commit crimes? I thought Obama was their savior! LOL!
Why can't Newark and Camden and patterson pay for their own budgets? Why do we have to pay for them? Pay for yourselves. Get a job!
Christie may lose for the same reason Obama won. People want their free stuff no because they have solutions to any problems.
8:04 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Caps on the amount that towns can raise real estate taxes, pension reforms, teacher tenure reforms to name three accomplishments that come to mind. No prior NJ governor did anything on these issues for the past 40 years. Only Christie has had the nerve to tackle these issues, which were opposed by strong lobbies. Those were the real bullies.
Of course the left will say "how horrible this was" for every move that Christie made on these while Cuomo does the same exact thing across the river and they say "how great he is doing".
Brian Hurrel
8:07 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Luckily for him, the majority of citizens have extremely short memories.
8:23 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
He's not the worst governor we've had in my lifetime; Whitman and McGreedy topped that list. But seriously, is this clown the best we can do? I like Booker. He's not perfect but for a politician he's pretty damn good.
Ellen Z
8:26 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thank goodness for Chris Christie. Even with the odds against him given the number of Corzine Democrats in NJ's government Christie has made progress towards reforming the decades of polices eroding the heart and soul of our state.
Just Facts
12:42 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
OK Ellen maybe he will throw some candy to your house from the free helicopter rides to his son's baseball games... Its action and waste like that ...that erodes our state....
Jack Q
2:42 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
@Facts, because he is the first governor to use the helicopter for private use? Give me a break. Did he hire his lover for a homeland security post(McGreevey)? Did he give his lover's union a fat contract raise (Corzine)? If you think that the current situation of the state is Christie's fault, than I'm sure that you agree that the current economic problems the country faces is Obama's fault, right?
Ridgewood Mom
5:20 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Funny manipulation of language, Ellen. Don't forget to use the term "George W. Bush Republican" whenever you refer to Christie.
Ellen Z
8:39 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Yes, let's have all of NJ follow in Newark's' footsteps.
Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Newark: 120.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)
Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/Newark-New-Jersey.html#ixzz2DQgt8wUd
For population 25 years and over in Newark:
High school or higher: 57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
Unemployed: 16.1%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Newark city:
Never married: 43.9%
Now married: 35.4%
Separated: 5.8%
Widowed: 7.5%
Divorced: 7.4%
66,057 residents are foreign born (15.4% Latin America, 6.1% Europe).
This city: 24.1%
New Jersey: 17.5%
According to our research there were 276 registered sex offenders living in Newark, New Jersey in July 2011
The ratio of number of residents in Newark to the number of sex offenders is 1004 to 1.
Unemployment in August 2012:
Here: 15.6%
New Jersey: 9.7%
Newark children are lucky Zuckerburg decided to financially prop up the schools.
Donkey Tales
12:16 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Is Newark an Abbott district? I wonder if Obama won Newark ;)
Newark is a beneficiary of our tax dollars. They only pay 11% of their own school budget!
According to budget documents, local taxes account for 11 percent of the Newark Public Schools' overall budget in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. State aid, grants and entitlements make up the largest portion of the district's revenues, at nearly 80 percent. Federal aid and various other funding sources make up the rest of the budget.
Just Facts
12:45 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
OK Ellen so the poor and unfortunate people who suffer the most should be cut out... get rid of their schools,, cut the police,,,cut the firemen - These people just deserve all of this... those little kids born in poverty deserve no help... Please CHRISPY is an arrogant rich man with his own agenda.. NO VOTE HERE
Ridgewood Mom
5:30 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Right Ellen. Newark has troubles with educational attainment, marriage, sex offending and unemployment BECAUSE of Cory Booker. I suppose that these figures say nothing about the effects of poverty. And, of course, none of these things were problems before Cory Booker entered the picture.
Maybe we need to institute a value added assessment approach to governor/mayor achievement, such as Christie, Booker and Cerf all seem to be quite fond of.
I particularly like your inclusion of the percentage of foreign born residents as evidence of Newark's urban decay (no doubt also the fault of Cory Booker's mismanagement). I'll make sure to let all of my foreign born neighbors, many of whom are bankers, know that they are what is wrong with New Jersey.
Wayne Sullivan
8:50 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
We haven't heard Christie say that he promises to finish his next term.
9:03 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I don't mind Christie sticking a pitchfork into teachers' union but come 2013 he'll be doing it without my support. I don't appreciate backstabbing, purpose notwithstanding. Also, as Democrats go, Cory Booker is not the worst kind, but he'll likely run for Senate in 2014 when the ol' ghoul Lautenberg finally croaks up or retires to his crypt.
Andrew Naoum
9:04 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I think Christie did a good Job.. Although some might find him a little rough, he truly loves the state he governs.. Really like how he responded during Sandy and maybe soon to be running for presidential election.
Just Facts
12:47 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
How he responded to the storm??? I think thats his job.... What awesome thing did he do?? Too early to tell if he had any effect on the entire situation. Probably will make sure his shore house gets rebuilt with his other rich buddies!!
eyes wide shut
11:56 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
His Approval rating just hit 77% with those numbers who can run against him? Oh Booker may win in Newark, Camden, Paterson but the rest of the state will go for Christie. This Jersey shore homeowner thanks him for ALL his efforts in getting the Jersey shore back.. He gets my vote and this is coming from a LIBERAL LIBERAL Dem
Just Facts
12:48 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
77%...???!!!! Hahah maybe in Franklin Lakes and in Upper Saddle River.....
12:23 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Chrisite Does NOT have my vote! I will not vote again for him. His efforts to get the NJ Shore back, why is he using Surplus Funds to host a 3rd annual Black bear hunt thats not needed! ok, maybe 2 yrs ago it was needed but not now. Only 8 percent of NJ agree with the hunt ( most likely bear hunters). He could care less about NJ or the hard working class here. Im so sick of him, so sorry I voted for him.
Ojo Rojo
12:37 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Yeah, having cars run over animals to control the population like we do with deer & skunks is a much better way to control the population of bears.
Just Facts
12:53 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thank you Justina!! He should be put on some episodes of "Jersey Shore"... so sick of his arrogant bully ways... Really no reason for it. THE FACT are the State of NJ is worse....way WORSE than it was 4 years ago...Unemployment UP....TAXES UP!!!.....Real Estate Down,.....Services Down....,. Say good by Bully...
Kevin Nedd
1:32 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Based on what I have seen of Christie over the last month, he has become more appealing. However, he did promise to lower property taxes and when I compare each of my property tax bills over the past three years, each has been higher than the one preceding it. Will withhold judgment until I see who runs against him.
Donkey Tales
3:22 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Kevin what is the cause of high property taxes? Do you understand budgets? We can use Long Valley as a case study.
Let's start with how much of the local school budget tax is of your total bill. Let's assume it is 65%. Of that 65%, 75% is for salaries and benefits
LV pays $31M in property taxes to the schools. The schools spend $40M. $8M is provided by Christie via state aid (this means revenues from inc and sales taxes from other residents are subsidizing LV schools)
$6.7M of the $40M is for healthcare
~$26M is for teacher/staff salaries
Increased property taxes are a direct result of higher salaries, pensions and healthcare costs.
Do liberals support paying more for these items or not?
Kevin Nedd
4:02 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I understand local and school budgets quite well, having served as finance chair for three straight years (of consecutive declining property tax increases) during my tenure on the Washington Township Committee. So I clearly understood the ridiculousness of Christie's campaign pledge to reduce property taxes, which is why I did not vote for him. Nevertheless, Christie made the pledge and should be held accountable for failing to keep it. Chances are people will look past his deception and reelect him. It's their right to do so.
Lastly, have you served your fellow citizens in any official local, state, or national capacity? If not, don't lecture someone who has. You only end up looking like your moniker!
The Stig
4:40 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wow, suddenly pledges mean something to Nedd. Once again, there are two sets of rules. One for the people that he supports, like Barack "I will close Gitmo within one year" Obama, who BROKE his promise. And another for the people he hates, like Christie. They must be held to a higher standard.
As for the Dems that you might support, why not name them here and now (along with your rationale) so we can all have a good laugh.
stewart resmer
4:50 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Stig loosen the straps on your helmet, its cutting off the blood to your brain, or you are a disengenous anon right wing hack commenter on the staus of Guantanamo?
It's Congress' Fault That Guantánamo Is Still Open - Room for ... www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/09/guantanamo-10-years-later/its-congress-...
Jan 10, 2012 ... Congress has effectively frozen in place one of the most counterproductive aspects of our national security policy. By David Cole.
Or is this another example of Romnesia? Maybe even lyin Paul Ryan syndrome? Both covered as a pre exisitng condition under Obamacare, but ya gotta wanna change.
Kevin Nedd
5:08 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The President gets a pass on Gitmo because he signed an executive order to close it within days of assuming office. As Stewart notes above, Congress has stood in the way.
As for Christie, who I don't hate (you clearly are out of the loop with regard to my latest comments about him), please provide a link to his executive order LOWERING property taxes.
stewart resmer
5:10 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
here stig, these are called facts, I know they are uncomfortable for persons like you, many of us understand that reality is a big concept for closed minds such as yours to grasp....
AFP: US Congress blocks Guantanamo closure www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hiCyuo47rG5_B_88fhT_MOqZU-Tw
US Congress blocks Guantanamo closure. (AFP) – Dec 23, 2010. WASHINGTON — US lawmakers have effectively blocked President Barack Obama's efforts to ...
The Stig
2:09 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
You fail to mention that the "Congress" that blocked Obama's commandment to close Gitmo was one with a Dem super-majority. Before Obama issued his Executive Order he should have checked with his bosses - Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, to see if they were going to back him. Just more failed leadership of the type we can expect for the next four years.
Take of the Rose Colored Glasses boys, it's time you finally faced reality. The whole "pressing the reset button on foreign policy," and "regaining the high ground," was just more political BS from Mr. Hopeless.
Of course Nedd wants to "give him a pass," that's what all hypocrites do.
stewart resmer
6:28 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
stig, the point remains, your ommission was a deliberate misrepresentation of the fact.
The Stig
9:40 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
What omission? I don't remember Obama pledging to close Gitmo IF Congress let him. He said It Would Be DONE. Period. Stop making excuses.
And talking about Omissions, how about the fact that you failed to note that it was a Democrat Congress that turned him down? Or that stupid moves, like Eric Holder announcing that he planned to try KSM in downtown Manhattan, created such a bipartisan firestorm that it sunk any chance Obama ever had?
Promise Made, Promise Broken.
Kevin Nedd
11:13 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Poor Stig...only he could bitch and complain about an issue which was hardly raised in this year's Presidential Election. The President also failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform. I guess the Hispanic community really made him pay for it by only giving him 77% of their vote!
This was a choice election and the American people have spoken. Deal with it!
stewart resmer
11:36 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
'Party Of Stupid' Stig? Your comment remains posted, nowhere in your comment do you attribute the Guantanamo status to an act of Congress do you?
This is our form of governance, whether this or any president likes it or not, or even you, thats the way the constitution works. Obama signed to order and the Congress stopped it. Atleast be honest about this subject or any other you comment on, you are not in denial, you remain ever the demagogue in this example.
Jack Q
11:51 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Funny, Stew, if he felt so strongly about it, why didn't he use an executive order like he did on immigration status of illegals born in this country prior to the election?
4:47 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
JackQ if one is born in this country that makes them a citizen, not illegal.
The Stig
10:38 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Here's the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW65vlzLWHg
So it is written, so it shall be done . . or so he thought. Great that all the clowns standing behind him bailed on this as soon as they had the chance.
2:17 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I really wonder if people know how bad of shape our economy is in and how bad its about to get,companies are lining up to fire people and cut hours to avoid paying for obamacare, taxes need to go down to spur growth , but they cant because our policies dont inspire growth we need to cut entitlements but cant because more people than ever before are dependent on them, we cant fund the pension promises we made, so christie prob blew his chance at a presidential run or maybe not if he can make the painful and sure to be unpopular decisions that need to be made to bring biz back to NJ
Kevin Nedd
3:13 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Keep wondering...it seems you are the one who is out of touch.
Kevin Nedd
5:20 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Straight from the horse's mouth:
What's your excuse now?
6:56 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Kevin, I actually checked that "consumer confidence index". You can do it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Consumer_Confidence_Index.png
Note that the index was much higher during Bush term but plummeted when Pelosi took over the House, and started growing again after 2010 elections. You should contact DNC for better talking points.
Kevin Nedd
7:16 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sorry Max,
I don't need a talking point. The FACT that consumer confidence is now at its highest level in 4 years, speaks for itself.
But you keep focusing on Nancy!
7:19 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Kevin, it just shows how miserable these 4 years were. Even Bush time looks good in comparison!
Kevin Nedd
7:35 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
He only looks good from your narrow minded point of view. Here are some economic stats for both, which tell a different story. Notice how many of them show a downward trajectory for Bush, followed by an upward trajectory for the President Obama. I love the ones that outline private sector jobs and the S&P index.
7:43 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Kevin, I'm getting mighty sick of your inept propaganda attempts. First, you google up some local editorial that I'm supposed to take for gospel. Second, said editorial compares stock market without adjusting it for inflation; they probably also thought Zimbabwe was booming in 2006. And best of all, if you read your own linked page to the end, you'd see the debunking part. :)
Anyway, I'm done reading your links until you learn to spin properly.
Kevin Nedd
8:13 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Perhaps we need to level set a bit:
1. Do you think I care about what you are sick about, really?
2. If you think the data provided in the various charts is wrong, then prove it. Your "tin foil hat" inspired "everything is propaganda "routine is trifling at best. You sound like a GOP pollster on the eve of the last election, preaching that Nate Silver was wrong and that Romney would win in a landslide!
3. If you think accounting for inflation explains the vast difference in the performance of the S&P 500 during the Bush and Obama administrations, you're right…we don't have much to talk about.
Kevin Nedd
8:29 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
If you still have your tin foil hat on, I found some of that "propaganda" you were fussing about earlier. Enjoy!
8:59 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
LOL,Kevin you're funny. If you don't care what I think, why do you keep posting your cheap propaganda?
stewart resmer
2:22 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Good news for conservatives as a compilation of four recent social psychology studies demonstrate that rather than necessarily being pathological, political conservatism is promoted when people rely on low-effort thinking.
In the four studies conducted by Scott Eidelman, Christian S. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Goodman, and John C. Blanchar published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc, they concluded, "(P)olitical conservatism is promoted when people rely on low-effort thinking. When effortful, deliberate responding is disrupted or disengaged, thought processes become quick and efficient; these conditions promote conservative ideology… low-effort thought might promote political conservatism because its concepts are easier to process, and processing fluency increases attitude endorsement."
In other words, complex thinking makes their heads hurt, so they don't do it!
Jack Q
2:44 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wow, another reliable website like crooksand liars. Was the MSNBC website down?
Donkey Tales
3:12 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
speaking of low efforts, that is what all of the Obama voters give daily to get their freebies right Stewie from bankrupt California? Another day, another $20 Billion borrowed to give out free stuff
Tell us Stewie how come Democrat policies haven't solved any problems? I mean Newark is still a war zone even after all the money and hype. Why is that? I thought you left wing nuts had solutions.
stewart resmer
3:59 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
jack? MSNBC is up and running batting down the out of touch Tea Party led GOP's retreat from the Norquist tax pledges like crazy, and excoriating Fuax News for their being a wing of the republican party.
And anon poster donkey?
RE: California? Jerry Browns 'Proposition 30' passed that he took the People to ask for a tax raise, California will have high speed rail built soon enough, with jobs and prosperity as a result, with a good part of the money the GOP 'Party Of (NO) Stupid' governors refused to accept, that Brown gladly took instead!
Education will be funded as a result, seniors will not do without, Medical-health care, other social programs are funded too!
And, as a double bonus? The Delta 'twin tunnels projects' are on track @ $20 Billion to be financed by municipalities that want the resource for agriculture and homes!
Uhm... and the crumbling Tappan Zee bridge that Chrisie will not join NY's Cuomo to address, nor the trnsportation tunnel Mr Christie also nixed and returned $350 Million to the fed, to say nothing of the axed tunnel to relive the flooding in the Passaic Valley region?
California is moving forward, New Jersey is in retrograde in these regards.
Thanks for asking!
Kevin Nedd
5:39 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Don't forget about the $400M in "Race to the Top" money Christie left on the table due to his administration's incompetence!
Jack Q
1:07 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
It is amazing that you will attack Fox for being the only media outlet that doesn't drool all over POTUS and actually asks tough questions, unlike ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC.......... So let's get serious, if the GOP will be responsible for pushing the country over the fiscal cliff if a deal doesn't get done, will you credit the GOP for saving the country if a deal gets done? Or our you as one-sided as ever? The only compromise the Dems and the Prez understand is do it my way.
stewart resmer
1:33 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
jackQ? 'Party Of Stupid Network' the ONLY ones to ask the tough questions in the age of the most inaccuarte poll reporting in the history of american politics? C'mon buddy get off the right wing crack pipe will ya? the ONLY thing Faux News reported wass the right wing talking heads predictions that left even mittens stunned at how biased their reporting was!
Jack Q
2:57 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Really,Stew? When did anyone ask the Prez a tough question, other than Univision, which he couldn't answer? During the debates he even staged Candy eating Crowley to stand by his side. MSNBC is already making the excuses why the Prez won't get anything done this term, calling it the 2nd term jinx. Between that and claiming "everyone" opposed to Obama as racist really doesn't get anything accomplished, now does it. So if I were you, return all the weed your hero Jerry Brown gave you the last time you were in California and come back to reality. Otherwise, we might have to have an intervention for you.
stewart resmer
3:16 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
jack? lemee guess-Party Of Stupid, right?
and in response to your other ad hominem?
N.J. to tax medical marijuana, Christie administration says | NJ.com
22 hours ago ... State Treasury spokesman Andy Pratt said the decision was made because it was always the intent of the lawmakers who drafted the law to tax ...
2:57 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
hmm low effort thinking vs candyland dreaming,, i guess ill take low effort thinking,,because this liberal dream is about to turn in to a nightmare
3:02 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Once again...the myth grows almost as large as the man. What...SPECIFICALLY has this guy done for NJ? Anyone? Regarding the storm, which appears to have helped his approval rating skyrocket - he did absolutely nothing. He spent a week on TV telling us to expect to be without power for 7-10 days. Presumably that would include gas stations, no? So why was no gasoline staged in trucks and on tankers BEFORE the storm? Why didn't he ask the oil companies who desecrate our state for help? Why did he wait until four days AFTER the storm to kiss up to Obama for generators to be flown in from California? Why weren't the generators here BEFORE the storm while he was on TV telling us to get ready to lose power? Then the man who bloviates incessantly about less government and government staying out of our lives turns into a full-blown socialist - bordering on communist - and rations gasoline? What? Why would I not be permitted to purchase a product from a private business if I am willing to wait in line for it? The man has zero credibility. And from what I can tell, all he did was run up and down the beach using poor, hapless victims as props for future campaign ads. He has DONE NOTHING. Wake up folks.
Ojo Rojo
3:37 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Easy to argue. We had plenty of gas in the area. What we didn't have is terminals that had power that could pump the gas into trucks. What we didn't have was gas stations w/ electricity that could pump the gas into cars. The terminals, refineries and stations that serve our area had no power but the gasoline was always there. As for generators, how many do you think we had before the storm? The answer is FEMA had hundreds already pre-deployed ahead of the storm in the region. We also had thousands of utility workers either here or on the way from other states ahead of the storm. I think you fail to appreciate what was done before Sandy hit and are more upset about trying to buy gas during the rationing when every fool who had an empty tank before the storm went on a mad scramble to go find gas for their cars and generators once the storm passed.
4:01 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Property tax cap, pension reform, teacher tenure reform.
You might disagree that these things were needed or you might not like the manner that he did them, but to say that he did nothing is inccorect.
Kevin Nedd
5:33 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I give Christie credit for the reforms he put in place, which have been helpful. But he promised to LOWER my property tax bill. Well my property taxes are NOT lower than they were when he took office.
1:04 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
@Kevin Nedd: Just see how much they have not increased due to cap he put in...... It helped in my town (Teaneck) where they go crazy every budget season doling out 4% raises to every one on their pay roll regardless of how they performed.......
Kevin Nedd
1:54 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Reducing the rate of growth in property taxes does not equate to an overall reduction in the absolute amount one has to pay, which is what Christie promised.
I am Spartacus
2:16 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The man gave the towns and counties the tools they needed to help cut taxes. Might I suggest you vote for some fiscal conservatives if the elected officials in your town failed to use these tools and their power as elected officials to cut spending & cut your real estate taxes?
Kevin Nedd
3:08 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
If the Governor's campaign pledge had read "I will give your local government the necessary tools to cut your property taxes", your argument would have some merit. But that's not what he promised. Instead, Christie foolishly promised to cut property taxes.
I am Spartacus
3:45 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
You never in a million years would vote for the man so what the hell do you care what his campaign pledge says?
Kevin Nedd
4:09 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Not true. A few days after Christie won, I told the leader of the GOP County Committee in my township I woud support Christie for reelection if by the end of his first term any of my property tax bills were LOWER that the prior year. It didn't happen.
I am Spartacus
4:18 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Seriously, that post shows your complete ignorance on how property tax bills get handled in this state. The county, the school system and your town completely control that bill.
Kevin Nedd
4:29 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Having served as a committeeman, I am fully aware of how the various budgets and tax levies are structured, which made Christie's campaign pledge to LOWER property taxes seem absurd, if not disingenuous. Hence I know the likelihood of having to support Christie's reelection was close to nil. However, Guy Gregg, the referenced GOP leader didn't seem to catch on at the time :)
I am Spartacus
4:36 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
So basically you are saying b/c Christie didn't redistribute someone else's income taxes into your pocket and reduce your bill through some sort of tax credit/rebate, you are mad at the guy. But at the same time you are giving a free pass to the people who run your county, your town and your school board for spending so much money and making your tax bill so high. Got it though it seems like you are mad at the completely wrong person. My suggestion is the next time you get mad about your tax bill, you look in the mirror b/c I bet you are part of the problem as a former committeeman.
Kevin Nedd
4:50 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
1. If I were to receive some sort of income tax funded property tax rebate/credit, it would definitely be a redistribution of my own money, not someone else's as my family falls within the top 2% of income earners.
2. I never said I hate Christie; I just don't see myself voting for him at this time.
7:45 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I never liked Christie. I disagree with many of his positions and I think he's a blowhard and a bully. However, during the storm he proved himself to be an excellent leader in a crisis. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
Ojo Rojo
9:06 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
No Kevin, it would not be a redistribution of your own wealth back in your pocket in the form of a property tax credit and you know it. The Democrats in the state house have made it very clear they would only approve a real estate tax credit if Christie approved a tax hike on top wage earners. So what you'd be getting is a tax hike if you are in the top 2% of wage earners. But you should be cool with that because after all, it is your party that you post online nonstop in support of that supports this tax hike on you.
Ojo Rojo
6:09 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Good job RM, follow Maryland's lead and raise taxes on the affluent and watch 1/8th of your millionaire tax filers disappear the next year. That is exactly what happened in 2008 when they passed their millionaire's tax hike.
3:56 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I'd love to get excited by a consumer confidence survey but I think il stick with the business confidence which is waning. Evidenced by the growing amount of layoffs announced this past month. Hard to be a confident consumer when you aren't working
Kevin Nedd
4:56 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Last time I checked, "consumers" tend to buy products and services produced by "businesses".
8:11 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Kevin: Yes, you are right. And the products and services are produced by "workers", not guys in suits in the boardroom voting themselves huge pay packages.
I am Spartacus
3:55 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
B@B - feel free to start a business and undercut the competition by not paying those so called guys in suits in the boardroom and beat them on price. If those "guys in suits" really were getting the money you seem to think they are getting, you should have no problem undercutting them and stealing all their business.
Anthony Parisi
4:45 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
As if he weren't considering it all along. Isn't it great how he is capitalizing on the effects of Sandy to take advantage of the unfortunate who "owe" him their gratitude.
5:00 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Consumers need jobs to buy goods can't buy goods if they keep getting fired
Kevin Nedd
5:13 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Last time I checked, GDP was still increasing, so someone is buying goods and services. You must be thinking of the BUSH years when GDP was declining.
Josh Sully
8:47 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
With the amount of money being counterfeited at the "Federal" Reserve, GDP should be growing at 20% to 30%. Just wait until the deflation turns to inflation, Google Zimbabwe dollar, it used to be worth more than ours.
10:11 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Josh you are so right the inflation that is coming in 2014 2015 when the printing presses stop and QE 1 , 2 &3 are done Frightening
Tee Smyth
11:38 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Of course he shall run for re-election. However, I do not think that Booker is the person for the job for a litany of reasons.
I predict that during the re-election process, Governor Christie will undergo a massive weight loss attempt a la Huckabee to gear up for what he really wants: Christie 2016.
He won't ever get my vote, but the transformation will be interesting to watch. If he does attempt to lose weight, I wish him the absolute best.
1:01 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
you should be ashamed... to talk about someone's weight like that.... you should know better... a book should not be judged by its covers........
I guess you were not paying attention when they were (if they ever did teach) teaching that at your school..... I never get that why people bring his weight into a discussion.....
Tee Smyth
5:31 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
*yawn* *long sigh*
I challenge you to find anything in my post where I judged the governor for being overweight. I challenge you to find anything in my post where I said anything disparaging about the governor's weight.
I'll weight (pun intended) because you will not be able to do so.
Judge a book by its cover? Laughable. Christopher Christie has been the governor of the great state New Jersey since 2010. As such, he has a record for me to judge! I will not vote for him based upon that record. Period. End of story.
Notwithstanding, I guess you weren't paying attention when I actually wished the governor well, eh? R.I.F. Did they not teach you comprehension at your school?
You ask why people bring up the governor's weight. Welp, he has been open about his challenges with it. There's no shame in that. Perhaps it is YOU who has the problem.
I'm going to stop here because this isn't fair or fun anymore.
Taxed to Death
12:01 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Amazing, in the blink of an eye, all those ultraliberals that were calling him a fatass in October now think he's the second coming because he slobbered Obama in fron of the camera. After the way this shameless glutton comported himself for the cameras during Sandy, I'd rather vote for some homeless guy from Newark.
stewart resmer
12:46 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
let me see if I have this correctly, when POTUS took the oath of his office, and likewise the gov his, there was a specific exclusion to serve the interests of the People based on party affilation? Is that your position?
1:04 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
So. Ultraconservatives who had lionized Christie for his belligerent, scolding stance now deride him as a "shameless glutton" for speaking his mind about the president's performance?
Dan Grant
3:26 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Taxed to death, Except for the homeless part you may well get your wish to vote for the guy from Newark. Christie did what was best for NJ as he is required to do. That doesn't change his many other policies that people like me oppose but giving credit where credit is due may be foreign to haters like you but reasonable people will applaud his actions in this case.
12:45 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Nope he's still has a fatass I'm just glad he was actually in New Jersey for this disaster. Stop lumping people together - it is that type of ignorant mindset that "all those anything" are why the republican party will be dead in the next 20 years.
3:27 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Don't think he's the second coming. I still object to some of his policies and the way he treats unions, teachers, and others. But, in this case he did the right thing. Slobbered Obama - I don't think so........get over it taxed to death. Christie, FEMA, and Obama worked well the way people in service for the USA should do. Are you listening? Bainer???????????????
12:43 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I have never voted republican in my life but I guess this is the time I make an exception........ The guy is upfront and says what he means...... very unlike others in his profession...... He will get my vote...... Also... it is time for someone to stop the leaks and lessen the burden of taxes on the tax payers.....
10:34 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
hahahaha Christie is so evil he just as a great game, like most poiticians, knows how to play the uniformed, knows how to play the voters who don't educate themselves about the issues. Christie has done NOTHING for the state, unemployment is still out of control, the rich and cortporates are still paying NOTHING and reaping the benefits of low wages, use of NJ infrastructure and collecting welfare from the state for their belly up policies,,....our schools are being defunded and our seniors and mentally ill are suffering for lack of care and benefits. You people are so ridiculous......this is not a time for tax cuts for the rich or middle class, this is a time for increasing taxes on the people who can afford it and rebuilding our economy and providing jobs and liveable wages for workers. AS far as Sandy, he did what he was SUPPOSE to do as an elected official. IF he opened his mansion to the homeless victims of Sandy, donated millions from his personal coffers to feed and care for the Sandy victims then YES, he would be a super hero, But he didn't. He did his job. The mailman delivers my mail every day, but I don't put him on a pedestal, that's his job. Get a grip people.
2:57 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I never liked Christie but during Sandy he forgot politics and did what was right for the people of New Jersey. He also got a chance to actually work with Obama and FEMA and realized they also stepped up left politics behind (even with the election so close) and did the right thing.
4:17 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Or, on the other hand... Obama needed a good Sandy performance in order to get reelected, and Christie needed Obama to get reelected in order to have a shot at the White House in 2016. I don't think politics is ever absent from a politician's mind.
5:04 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I wouldn't be surprised if the democrats didn't even run against Christie. He's a rockstar politician who will bury any opponet.
stewart resmer
7:48 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Protesters rally statewide over Gov. Christie's fracking waste veto
hmmm...guess he isnt so much the environmental gov huh?
gasland...how aproppos
Jack Q
9:03 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Actually, it was the same protesters driving around in a bus having protests in different parts of the state. Obama on fracking: 'I am a big promoter of natural gas'. So it must be good, right?
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This set is a collection of 4 Wire Puzzle Sets. The puzzles range in difficulty from level 5 to level 7. They are mini puzzles so you can take them along with you easier on trips or carry them with you when you something to do while waiting in line. There are 20 puzzles in this set.
This set is a collection of 4 Wire Puzzle Sets. The puzzles range in difficulty from level 5 to level 7. They are mini puzzles so you can take them along with you easier on trips or carry them with you when you something to do while waiting in line.
There are 20 puzzles in this set.
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