Peter Woolley
Peter Woolley
budget crisis full good governor heading jersey numbers tilt
The numbers are pretty good for a New Jersey governor heading full tilt into an unprecedented budget crisis. He is going to need some of that good will to get through the budget season.
choosing chose definitive discretion issue legal means open process understand
I understand they have the discretion to make a declaratory ruling, but they chose not to make this definitive. By choosing not to make a definitive ruling, that means the door's still open in the legal process and the issue drags on in the governor's campaign.
local
I think it will be a local outcome; it's a local fight.
gas people property raising rise seen sensitive state tax taxes
Raising the gas tax will take some explaining. In a state where people have seen their property taxes rise sharply, they have become sensitive to other taxes as well.