Know who has been Governor of New Jersey the most this year?

Interesting article from Paul Mulshine at the Star-Ledger that starts over the comment Christie made at the last debate ..."When I was the governor of New Jersey..." and Mulshine found out he's not kidding. According to the NJ state Constitution, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno has been the Governor of NJ the most in 2015 thus far.

Click the link to find out how that happens.

Paul Mulshine, for the win

Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine skewers Christie as Dallas fan and "friend" of Jerry Jones yet handing out HUGE contracts to his company through the Port Authority in a column today. He also touches on how out-of-touch Christie is with the idea of closing PATH late nights. Paul Mulshine, for the win.

We have time for a quick news roundup this evening

* A Newark police officer chased down a suspect on horseback and made the collar. Go Dudley Do-Right go!

* The Port Authority CAN go ahead and raise tolls on bridges and tunnels in December after all.

* A Manhattan Federal Judge said a woman in North Bergen can KEEP a stolen 7.4 carat diamond, yowser.

* Eli Manning told Tiki Barber to shut his talk hole about Giants coach Tom Coughlin.

* Paul Mulshine has a great article on the Orwellian world of driving in New Jersey.

* And finally, since the weed is legal in Washington state why not have a YouTube video of three grandmas toking up for the first time.

Election day is at our throats again!

Spitballing election day here at the Jersey City Desk.

Are you really voting for Chris Christie today for governor or perhaps his number two? Everyone in the world knows he'll run for President within the next 16 months. The one point nobody has brought up (Even the supposed great writers of politick in this state like Paul Mulshine and others haven't yet mentioned it) is today's race is really between Barbara Buono and lieutenant governor Kim Guadagno if you're taking a long view of things. Christie can't continue to be governor because of the Garden State's tough pay-to-play laws once he's in the presidential race. Kim Guadagno refuses to answer questions pertaining to her job. Maybe she'd have to if anyone took this particular angle on election day. So, Kim Guadagno vs. Barbara Buono should be what some people are talking about, but they're not (except here).

Governor Christie will try to run up the score today to send a message to the remaining centrists and those who don't think compromise is a four letter word in the GOP. The governor wants to show the GOP leprechauns who dole out the money a guy who works across the aisle can win big in a blue state. He wants to show the Tea Party who have a stranglehold on the primaries his is the best way forward. Even if Christie wins by 40 or even 50 points tonight does anyone think the Tea Party is going to listen to reason and pick an electable candidate? No, they want purity and do not care how it is achieved. In fact Johnny is of the mind the Teabaggers would rather just have their candidates look into the camera and tell their public "I am not a witch." We wish the governor all the luck in the world breaking the Tea Party hold on the GOP, they've been nothing but clowns.

Onto the minimum wage increase on the ballot. Of course businesses are against it and so the Chamber of Commerce is against it and all conservative leaning groups will lie and tell you there will be no jobs left to pay minimum wage for. They've been saying this sort of thing forever and they are always wrong. No increase in the minimum wage has ever dropped the nation or a state or a township or a city into a depression or recession. Quite a few economists would tell you in fact the fastest way to pull out of an economic downturn is to get more money into the hands of those who have the least. They will need to spend that money as saving it is probably not an option. That extra money gets put right back into the economy faster than someone who is rich who might invest it or save it. What kind of a heart do you have inside you where you can't vote for those who have the least to have a little bit more?

Oh, and Hoboken, you're doing just fine with Dawn Zimmer. Any other choice would be the wrong one.

Get out there and vote New Jersey. It's your right and your responsibility.

Paul Mulshine of the Star-Ledger, grow a set man, don't be so sensitive

The Star-Ledger writer/blogger Paul Mulshine is one to often engage people who leave comments on his opinion pieces. Today Mr. Mulshine decided the news of the day was that the hideous show 'Jersey Shore' wasn't even filming in New Jersey anymore, they are down in South Beach in Miami to film a show about the Jersey Shore, well done MTV, well done. Your criminal element show now is 5 states away from where you claim it's done. Anyway, back to Mr. Mulshine. Since he interjects himself into the comments section Johnny can only believe he helps decide which comments get seen and which don't. Johnny left a comment on the Jersey Shore moving to Florida stating one of the characters on the show, Snooki, looked like a Hobbit version of Elvira. Well that comment was just too much for Paul apparently, as the comment went up, then came down.

Mr. Mulshine, either you or your blog content editor need to grow a set.