Let’s get ready to rumble

I’m not sure what this means, ultimately, but the governor seems willing to put everything on the table. As I’ve written on more than one occasion, that is exactly what needs to happen. There are too many towns, too many school districts (some without schools), too many fire districts — too many taxing entities.

Will it be easy? No, as State Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex) told The Star-Ledger:

“The only problem with putting everything on the table,” said Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex), “is that it would be pretty radical. There would be big winners and big losers, and, believe me, the big losers would not be happy.”

But, the governor seems to know this (also from the Ledger):

The governor said he was prepared to endure the political fallout from opening up the discussion, because the special session presented such a rare chance to affect change.

“I hope we use this opportunity to really go at trying to get a more efficient way, a more productive way, to deliver the fundamental services that people want from government,” Corzine said.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet