Saturday, April 16, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Bob Ingle's Double Standards

Jersey Jazzman: Bob Ingle's Double Standards

Bob Ingle's Double Standards

Bob "Hoover" Ingle, 11/23/10:
The head of the Bergen County Education Association issued a call to pray for the death of Gov. Christie, which was a bit much even by the NJEA’s standards. The NJEA president, Barbara Keshishian , called to apologize and the governor invited her in to his office to do it face to face. Christie, giving a speech in Arizona, tells the story as only he can. [emphasis mine]
Bob "Hoover" Ingle, 4/16/11:
Maybe it’s just me but it seems not long ago the New Jersey Democrats were good at making a point and communicating. Not now. During a news conference, Gov. Christie made a remark that the news media should “take the bat” to Sen. Loretta Weinberg for collecting a taxpayer-funded pension for being a legislator while making $49,000 a year as a legislator. He obviously was asking when reporters are going to hold Weinberg up to scrutiny as they do other people in the same double-dipping situation. In the old days there would have been a news release from someone like Senate President Steve

Chris Christie: He's REALLY a great guy!

I find this op-ed by Steve Goldstein of of Garden State Equity to be a rather... interesting... peek into the mind of Chris Christie:


Now let me say something that may surprise many of you. I don't write this as a hater of Chris Christie. On a personal level, far from it. Given my progressive politics and leadership of the state's LGBT civil rights organization, you might not believe I could have any nice words for the Governor. But I do, and I want the Governor to know it. Behind the scenes, he and his Administration have treated my organization with respect and even kindness.
Indeed, Governor Christie was fantastic on the anti-bullying law he signed in January. A