MIDDLESEX COUNTY GOP UPDATE for June 6, 2016 (Middlesex County Republican Party (New Jersey))

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016
(Source. Middlesex County Republican Party (New Jersey)). MIDDLESEX COUNTY GOP UPDATE. Written and distributed since 2002 by Donald Katz, Esq., Republican State Committeeman for Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization. MCRO REORGANIZATION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 14 AT THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE CENTER ... Clark is a Republican ... 1 ... b ... c ... d ... 2 ... 3 ... That year Chris Christie bested Jon Corzine by 3.6 percentage points....

Law firm with ties to Christie reaps millions fighting whistleblower case

Edit NJ dot com 12 Jun 2016
Taxpayers have been on the hook for more than $3M since a former county official filed a wrongful termination lawsuit ... Gibbons billed the state more than $3 million in the 25 months since it took over the case from the attorney general's Division of Law ... We have been and are preparing for that." ... The Barlyn case ... Jon Corzine, have lost ground ... Jon Corzine, spent more than $93 million in outside counsel fees, according to public records ... ....

'I'll f - - - ing kill you!' Senator's chilling account of closed-door N.J. political ...

Edit NJ dot com 09 Jun 2016
A sitting state senator says a candidate for governor demanded his endorsement, and threatened to kill him if he refused. Watch video. When you hear about death threats, the backdrop is usually a power struggle in the mob, or a really bad marriage. As of this week, add New Jersey politics to that list ... Kevin O'Toole ... No way ... Jon Corzine set records, and this year's independently wealthy candidate, Phil Murphy, is likely to do the same ... Hmm....

Getting Away Clean — Why Guilty Bankers Rarely Do the Perp Walk

Edit WhoWhatWhy 08 Jun 2016
Similarly, the Justice Department punted on prosecuting Jon Corzine, the former governor of New Jersey and a top-tier bundler for Obama ... Jon Corzine, left, once steered MF Global “into an abyss,” while JP Morgan CEO James Dimon received a $20 million bonus for his work in 2013 ... Jon Corzine Jamie Dimon ... Four days before the collapse, Corzine sent an ......

Christie cares more about his future than governing state

Edit NJ dot com 06 Jun 2016
Yet another poll of New Jersey's governor has Christie at an all-time low. Even the Legislature is more popular. TRENTON -- An overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans believe Gov. Chris Christie is more concerned about his political future than governing the state, a new poll shows ... Half of N.J. 'dislike everything' about Christie ... Jon Corzine, is even viewed less favorably than the state's Democratic-controlled Legislature ... ....

Really rich people aren't actually that good at buying their way into political office

Edit Vox 05 Jun 2016
Bruce Rauner is the first Republican governor of Illinois in more than a decade — but his victory didn't come cheap. As Nick Confessore detailed in the New York Times last year, Rauner, a wealthy financier, spent $27.5 million of his own money to get elected, and raised millions more from a few wealthy families ... Their losses are nothing new ... Jon Corzine, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and, of course, Bruce Rauner ... ....

Democratic mayoral candidate accused of being a right-wing Republican

Edit NJ dot com 02 Jun 2016
Joann Gattinelli is under fire from opponents for sharing posts from "Right Wing News" and "The Tea Party" on Facebook ... (Screenshot provided).   ... borders and express other typically Republican viewpoints ... She's not a Democrat ... Rep ... The slate's biggest donations came from former Governor Jon Corzine -- Wallace worked in constituent services for Corzine during his time in office -- for $2,500 and CWA Local 1038 for $2,600 ... > ....

Today’s political stories from Tribune News Service

Edit The Oklahoman 01 Jun 2016
———. POLITICAL STORIES. ——— ... 900 by Michael A ... ——— ... Goldman pedigree, but no Corzine clone. NJGOV-MURPHY.BLO — The last time New Jersey elected a multimillionaire Democrat for governor, it was Jon Corzine, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc ... He has 18 months to distinguish himself from his former employer and Corzine, whose handling of the economy led to his defeat by Chris Christie, the first Republican elected to the office in more than a decade....

Goldman Veteran Running for N.J. Governor Had $21 Million Income

Edit Bloomberg 23 May 2016
Philip D. Murphy, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc ... Like former Governor Jon Corzine, another Goldman veteran and Democrat who was ousted by Christie in 2009, Murphy is the product of a working-class upbringing who says he wants to give back to his adopted home state. Corzine, a Goldman Sachs co-chairman until his ouster in 1999, spent more than $100 million of his personal fortune on runs for governor and U.S. Senate ... ....

Is Murphy too 'middle class' to be governor? | Political Insider

Edit NJ dot com 21 May 2016
Judging by the responses, it was more like firing that iconic "��bang"�� banner accompanied by a lot of... Judging by the responses, it was more like firing that iconic "bang" banner accompanied by a lot of smoke ... "It was expected," he said ... Jon Corzine ... Despite his declarations that he is nothing like Corzine, Murphy will have an ongoing struggle trying to convince voters he's not in the shadow of the last Democratic governor ... ....

Christie Disliked More Than Corzine Amid Budget Gap, Bridge Jam

Edit Bloomberg 18 May 2016
If former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s standing with voters was bad, Chris Christie’s is worse than bad. Corzine, who was ousted by Christie in 2009 as residents rejected the Democrat’s handling of the state economy amid a national recession, left office with the support of 31 percent of voters polled by Quinnipiac University ... Since ending that bid, he has focused on state issues, as well as getting Donald Trump elected ... ....

7 facts about gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy

Edit NJ dot com 17 May 2016
He is a former Wall Street executive -- at Corzine's old firm.  ... While at Goldman Sachs, Murphy was a colleague of Jon Corzine -- but he stresses he's not a clone of the former New Jersey governor who easily lost to Christie after one term in office. "I've known him for 30 years," Murphy told The Star-Ledger in 2014 about Corzine. "He's a friend. But I'm not Jon....

Goldman Veteran Philip Murphy Starts Campaign for N.J. Governor

Edit Bloomberg 16 May 2016
Philip D. Murphy, who headed the Frankfurt office of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and served as U.S. ambassador to Germany, announced he is running for New Jersey governor in 2017 ... Like former Governor Jon Corzine, another Goldman veteran who was ousted by Christie in 2009, Murphy is a multimillionaire who is able to pay for a campaign himself ... “I don’t owe the insiders anything,” Murphy said ... ....
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