Ooooo, gotta step up my letter to him regarding my suspicions of City Government corruption, croneyism, conflicts of interest, mis-use of city office for personal/professional gain, favoritism, nepotism, the list goes on and on. I can hand over my research to hopefully peak his interest. Isn't this what he was known for before he became Governor? It's so exciting! I truthfully hope I am wrong. I love this City and all the honest, hardworking residents and businesses (fulltime or seasonal). I think he's my guy!

Governor Christie is coming to defend tax breaks for millionaires.
What a hero!
Who does he represent? Not the average citizen of NJ.
Steven Fenichel, MD

Wow! I now know where I will not be on Wed. at 3:00 PM! :) It says in this article that he is going to blast NJ Dems. I will read the transcripts. I don't know if I could be silent and respectful if I were there.

Asking for bipartisan leadership is not "blasting NJ Dems". You don't have to be silent but being respectful is always appreciated.

In my opinion, Governor Christie is doing a great job. Hopefully, Governor Corbitt will take some pointer from Christie.

So lets see here......The Gov. first said that the unions were to blame for the financial mess in NJ and most of the public cheered him. So the Gov. with the help of the Dems. passed "the most important" pension and benefit reforms in history to stop union workers from making out like bandits! Well now that the reforms are in affect I'm still waiting to see the results!! My taxes haven't gone down in any catagory. Maybe it wasnt just the public workers after all. Next on the Gov's talking points tour is the "Jersey Comeback," which is confusing to me considering the unemployment rate last week just sky rocketed in NJ to over 9 %!! Im beginning to think that at some point like me, the voters will stop being impressed with talking points and jersey style attitude and wonder where the jobs are and the savings from the "historic" pension reforms. (And BTW the historic pension reforms are what led to the states credit rating to be lowered because the state has pushed back it's full payments for 30 years!!!) Scary for the taxpayers and the unlucky pension members..

from a city that has the average yearly pay of the fireman at $108,000.00 .... a year.... remember I said average............ four of them would not take the chief job due to the fact they would take a pay cut....... the chief's pay is capped at 126,000.........think about it....... the average yearly pay of firemen in the twenty largest cities in NJ is $66,000.00....... firefighting is a proud and hard tradition........
but.... how about a little equality ..... again think about........ I will now hear all the negative comments to this post.....but, that is because there may be some truth about what is stated hear.............. and it is just hard to agree......

yes firemen have a tough job...... the average

A fat, bully, who wants it all his own way.........yep, I would waste time in the summer to see that! Nope

Not to pick on the FD, because its epidemic here, but it is high salaries and associated benefit and pension costs that go a long way to explain why it is we can't afford to pave our city streets without raising taxes.

Tomorrow you're going to hear about all the money we’ll get from those parking lots we bought 13 years ago that are finally starting to produce revenue to the City. How many more years will it be until we recoup the loss of the ratables from those properties? Was maintenance, which surely be needed soon, figured into the equation? How about operating costs? What did we pay for those parking lots? Had we invested that sum of money in some other investment what would it have produced by now? Over the life of the investment, when you consider all the factors, including interest expense, what was the return on the money invested? If we just now paid off the loan we still have a lot to recoup.

It sounds great to say that those parking lots will now yield X amount to the City, but at what cost? Kind of reminds me of the guy that goes out and buys a diesel pickup truck and boasts how, because of the better fuel mileage, he's going to save $500 a year in fuel costs. Unfortunately he soon discovers the cost of diesel is higher than gasoline and he’s only saving $300. The diesel engine was a $3,000 option and his car payments are higher than they would otherwise be. Even if he paid cash for the truck he would have to keep it for 10 years just to break even. But you can bet he’ll always tell you it was a good investment. After all he saved $500 (OK $300)a year in fuel costs because of the better mileage.

Maybe those parking lots were a good deal for the City, but how would you know? AS for the last parking lot the City purchased, a similar payback period was estimated. Others came up with a considerably longer payback period (25+ years). One would suspect that more of those factors were considered in the 25+ year payback period. What we do know for sure is that those parking lots are beneficial to the boardwalk merchants. But the needed repairs to our infastructure that were neglected will cost the taxpayer more in taxes. I kind of bogarted this conversation. It's supposed to by about Christie. I'll bow out now.

When are you all going to get it .... Gov Christe is and has been a government employee almost ALL his working life. Pay ..... government Health Care .... government Pension ..... government What am i missing here, Oh gov lovers explane it to me ...... Why for him it is ok but for REAL WORKERS it's not

Bill, that could be said about any politician, that is what all government workers receive and they dont have to be a politician. I dont get your point. I am a so called "real worker" in the private sector and pay into health care and will get a pension. Is it the unions that you are talking about?