State Seizes Camden Schools
Report: Christie Will Announce State Takeover Today in Camden By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Governor Chris Christie will hold a press conference at the Woodrow Wilson High School Library in...
View ArticleYou’re Gonna Have to Serve Somebody
Without School Choice, There is Not Such Thing as Local Control of Public Schools By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Following this week’s announcement of a state takeover of the Camden school...
View ArticleHoarse Christie Predicts GOP Senate Takeover
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Home (finally) after a whirlwind final round of RGA campaigning, Save Jerseyans, a noticeably hoarse Governor Chris Christie voted in Mendham on Tuesday morning...
View ArticleWhat can the state do differently for AC?
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Well, it sounds like a state takeover of AC’s vital functions through the appointment of an “emergency manager” may be imminent, Save Jerseyans, not long after...
View ArticleAtlantic City Council to follow Kurtz’s lead and return taxpayer-funded vehicles
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog It’s been three weeks, Save Jerseyans, since our friend Atlantic City Councilman Jesse Kurtz took the oath of office, and despite being the lone Republican voice...
View ArticleUPDATE: Christie apologizes to North Wildwood’s mayor, pivots to A.C....
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Politically-speaking, the best way to deal with a mistake is to (1) apologize and then (2) focus on different, “positive” news. So that’s what Governor Chris...
View ArticleA.C. Takeover Fight Unmasks Big Government’s Not-So-Subtle Racism
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog New Jersey’s press corps is largely focusing on the process story behind Trenton’s attempted Atlantic City takeover, Save Jerseyans, and that’s understandable. Our...
View ArticleAs power brokers play games, frosh councilman Kurtz champions real reform
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Everything you’re seeing relating to Atlantic City’s fate right now is naked power politics, Save Jerseyans. In its purest and most unadulterated form. Most of...
View ArticleGuardian willing to do jail time over A.C. takeover
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Before day #1 of contentious hearings on a proposed Atlantic City takeover, Save Jerseyans, at which time a witness was reportedly arrested, Mayor Don Guardian...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter in Trenton until they start asking questions
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog If you missed the arrest of the director of South Jersey National Action Network Steven L. Young during a recess of yesterday’s Atlantic City takeover hearing,...
View ArticleAtlantic City takeover bill clears State Senate, 27-8
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog The dramatic protestations of city officials and activists wasn’t enough to stop Trenton now that the deal has already been cut, Save Jerseyans. On Monday afternoon,...
View ArticleGAME OF (JERSEY) THRONES: Christie sides with South Jersey over Hudson...
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog It’s hardly a surprise that Governor Chris Christie is siding with his fair weather tactical allies in the South Jersey Democrat Machine over Hudson’s machine...
View ArticleChristie: Prieto’s stonewall will guarantee casino referendum’s defeat
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog As the Game of Thrones-like fighting over the Atlantic City takeover bill continues to divide Trenton’s ruling Democrat Party in what is tantamount to an Election...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Trump intervenes, brokers bipartisan A.C. takeover deal
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Months of high-level politicking and bare-knuckle brawling over the fate of Atlantic City are surprisingly over this morning, Save Jerseyans, at least for the time...
View ArticleA.C. GOP Councilman Kurtz: Christie-Sweeney takeover plan is “poison”
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Our friend Jesse Kurtz (the freshman Republican – and only Republican on Atlantic City council) held his first town hall meeting on Saturday, Save Jerseyans. It’s...
View ArticleAn Atlantic City bankruptcy: promising for taxpayers, bad for politicians!
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Doomsday predictions were leveled, Save Jerseyans, but over one year removed from the Detroit, Michigan bankruptcy – the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S....
View ArticleSanders takes on Trump in A.C.
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog “Oh, you know Donald Trump?” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sarcastically asked a booing Atlantic City crowd on Monday, Save Jerseyans, in a rally held ahead of the...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: Legislative Inaction on Major Reforms Makes Problems in Atlantic...
By Robert Auth If the Democrats don’t get their act together, Atlantic City will become the first municipality in New Jersey since the Great Depression to miss a debt payment or go bankrupt. And...
View ArticleChristie: Enacted A.C. takeover package begins “final countdown”
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog 73 days of Game of Thrones Jersey are over for now, Save Jerseyans, as Governor Chris Christie signed what his office is describing as a “pro-taxpayer” Atlantic City...
View ArticleClock Winds Down On Atlantic City’s Efforts to Deliver Five-Year Plan
Credit: NJTV News Online Only two-and-a-half weeks away from a November 3 deadline to come up with a five-year plan to shore up its finances and avoid a state takeover, Atlantic City and its...
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