FDU poll has bad news for Corzine
By EditorGov. Jon Corzine’s State of the State address proposing a major toll hike has caused more New Jerseyans to say the state is headed on the wrong track, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released today. Just 26% of voters say the state is headed in the right direction, down from 33% earlier this month, and 63% say New Jersey is headed on the wrong track – up from 55%.
“In fact the governor is telling voters that the state is on the wrong track,” said Peter Woolley, a political scientist and director of the poll, “and at least this part of his message is getting through.”
Corzine’s job performance rating has slipped to 44%-36%; it was at 48%-32% before the State of the State. Among voters who use the New Jersey Turnpike or Garden State Parkway to commute to work, 32% rate the governor’s job performance as “poor” compared to just 19% of those who don’t use the Turnpike or Parkway to commute. At the same time, the governor’s favorable to unfavorable ratio edged down to one-to-one (42%-41%) with 17% unsure, the lowest it has been in his two year term.
“Given the reaction against the governor’s far-reaching proposal, it is surprising that his approval ratings have not dipped more,” said Woolley. “Voters are ambivalent. They may agree the state is headed in the wrong direction, and they want a fix. But what fix with what pain for whom?”
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80 agencies and departments with over 1000 people making over 100K per year, and half of them didn't exist for generations. Start with trimming any new agencies or positions created in the last 15 years and from there.
Interesting.
Well one things for sure, this does show that the average New Jersey citizen is complacent with horrible performance. Might explain the rather horrible voter turnout in the past decade.
But I'd like to examine something else for a minute. Why is it that higher ups that work for either the Parkway or Turnpike (and I assume the AC Expressway as well) are allowed to use a government vehicle to travel back and forth to work? I know of a guy who drives a GSP labeled pick up truck back and forth to Sussex County daily.
WHY IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN?
I'm almost tempted to stake out the highway just to catch the plate number, but then the question becomes who do I report this blatant abuse of resources too?
And now Corzine says he wants to raise tolls upwards of %800???
all I can do at this moment is just shake my head.
J. Douglas Fisher
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