Keep 'em coming!

Thanks to everyone for all the petitions. I just picked up another box of them today. Keep them coming in, we have about 4 more weeks to gather them up - let's keep the pressure on the Governor!

Comments

[Ken Zajkowski]

I am tired of hearing all what this Governor wants to do to WASTE our money....toll hikes, gas tax etc. Gas is now almost 4 bucks a gallon

[Marv]

Where on your site do you explain why you want to recall Gov. Corzine? The impression one gets is that it is because he is trying to inject fiscal discipline into your state, and not surprisingly this makes him less popular than if he were spending like there was no tomorrow. If your movement is based on something more admirable than mere rebellion against discipline you should make this clear with sound argument.

CARL RESPONDS:

This site is designed as a self-serve site for folks who - for whatever reason - have reached the same conclusion that I have - that the voters should be given the opportunity to remove Jon Corzine from office - and are ready to start circulating petitions.

That said - for me personally, the reason I started this campaign to recall the Governor was that I felt that Jon Corzine was doing a terrible job as Governor and was taking N.J. farther and faster down the road to bankruptcy, and that nothing he was doing led me to believe that he was capable of doing any better.

I'm guessing from your comment that you read the Washington Post article. Unfortunately, it was very misleading. Please read my response on the front page.

The reality is that while Governor Corzine is attempting to portray himself as being penalized for pushing for fiscal accountability, that’s nonsense. The article in the Post is just echoing this line - facts be damned. For example, I have been an advocate for dramatic cuts in state spending for years – the article implies the opposite.

My problem with Governor Corzine’s cuts is that they are very selective in nature, don’t address the cause or the scope of the problem we have, and are driven not by fiscal concern, but by politics. For example, he cuts Municipal Aid to small towns, many of which are some of the most efficiently-run towns in the state and already get, on average, about one-fifth the aid (per-capita) that larger towns get, and increases the aid to the poorly-run towns that are run by his cronies.

As I said to the reporter from the Post, I am not opposed to cutting Municipal Aid, so long as the cuts are even-handed. As it is, since small towns get very little aid to begin with, just cutting the aid to small towns is not just unfair, it also won’t save that much money. Had the Post reported my comments accurately and in context, the article would have made Jon Corzine seem less like the martyr they were attempting to portray him as, and more like the unpopular political hack he actually is.

[Paul]

So this guy is trying to fix N.J. and your answer is to recall him? No wonder politicians can never get anything substantive accomplished! Shut this stupid effort down and work with Corzine to fix the problems there!

CARL RESPONDS:

I'm guessing that you also are referring to the Washington Post article, so please read my response to it on the main page.

The State of New Jersey is in terrible fiscal shape, and if Governor Corzine was doing something to fix it, he would have won not only my support, but my gratitude. Sadly, in spite of what he (and the Post) might want you to believe, he is making things worse, not better. You will note that the Post article was short on any specifics, there's a reason for that - his actions to date have resulted in the biggest budgets in New Jersey history, some of the largest deficits in N.J. history, the biggest shortfalls of future obligations in N.J. history, the highest property taxes in N.J. history, and the highest sales taxes in N.J. history.

Funny that the Post article didn't mention any of that...

[Bob W.]

It is amazing to me how many people do not think for themselves or have any idea what the Gov. and most legislators have wrecked upon us. They are upset about their taxes and cost of living in this State, yet will continue to vote the same party line and re-elect the same corrupt incompetents. Who do they think is responsible for the mess? "They don't know but they always vote Democrat" period! This is what I discovered while circulating petitions. I don't know how many signatures we'll end up with but I hope it's at least enough make all politicians take notice and maybe start acting more in line with the majority rather thean the special interests.