Five miles in 42:29, followed by pull-ups, crunches and other core work.
Music: Portions of Steve Earle’s Jerusalem, The Revolution Starts Now and Washington Square Serenade
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OK. That’s an awful pun, but I couldn’t resist. Our story on the governor’s exceedingly wise decision on the MOM line — now the MO Line — is available here and here.
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The Home News Tribune is reporting that the governor has killed the MOM line — or at least the portion running through Jamesburg, Monroe and South Brunswick. A victory for common sense and New Jersey taxpayers.
“It will be the MO line, not the MOM line,” he said to applause from to an audience of Middlesex County residents.
Check the South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press pages on Packetonline for updates on Monday.
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That station is at it again. The Ewing-based 101.5 (video from station’s site) held what it called the Flying Pigs Rally today, drawing about 700 pedple to the Statehouse to protest the governor’s debt reduction/toll hike plan.
Now, I’m all in favor of political rallies. But the role being played by 101.5 — given its history — bothers me. There is a question of motive here. I have no doubt that the radio hosts share a deep opposition to the toll plan. But I have to wonder if the station’s hsitory — in particular, its growth as part of the Florio backlash — had something to do with its participation this time around.
And then there is this:
featured a string of Republican legislators and candidates lining up to take turns blasting Corzine and Democrats for the state’s fiscal problems.
To emphasize:
No Democrats spoke at Friday’s rally. However, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg and
state Sen. John Adler have said they don’t like the plan.
The Democrats, of course, deserve to be blasted, but it is disingenuous to blame only one party for the mess the state’s finances are in. Christie Whitman, after all, helped starve state government of resources by cutting the income tax and then left behind a timebomb by revaluing the state pension fund.
Gov. Jon Corzine is the first executive since Florio to take the state’s fiscal problems seriously, though his prescription is a bad one likely to have some unpalatable side effects.
In the end, what bothers me about this rally is the partisan use to which it was put.
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The governor has placed what appears to be the MOM line on his list of mass transit priorities.
But what this means is anybody’s guess. The Asbury Park Press reported on Saturday that the governor was backing an engineering study of the rail proposal — cost: $250 million, a figure that seems absurd.
The state is not confirming the report and South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese said this week that Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri, who was quoted extensively in the APP story, called him to say the governor had not endorsed MOM.
“He told me ‘don’t think the governor supports this,’” Mayor Gambatese said.
Mr. Kolluri did not return our calls this week, though Department of Transportation spokesman Joe Dee offered this statement:
”The governor continues to be a strong advocate for public transportation,” said Joseph Dee, Department of Transportation spokesman. “Currently, the MOM project is in the environmental study phase. It would be premature to discuss any other expenditures.”
Again, not exactly a definitive answer. Maybe, the governor can offer something more definitive this weekend, when he will take his debt restructuring road show to Hightstown on Saturday and East Brunswick on Sunday.
Here’s the schedule and how to make reservations:
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Hank Kalet 