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| What disability would allow someone to install tile and park legally in a handicapped space at 24 Hour Fitness in Paramus? This seemingly able bodied driver was at the gym before 9 a.m. Tuesday, above and below. |
By Victor E. Sasson
Editor
You could make a good case that Chris Christie is a racist, starting with his removal of the state Supreme Court's only African-American justice only a few months after the governor was inaugurated in 2010.
Are there any minorities in Governor Christie's Cabinet or did Christie appoint any to the Port Authority, the patronage mill that runs the region's bridges, tunnels, sea and airports?
Today, The Record reports that Latinos and blacks are complaining of a "disorganized system of processing applications [for federal housing grants to Superstorm Sandy victims] that in effect discriminated against" minorities (A-3).
Christie made storm recovery -- financed almost entirely by the Obama administration -- a centerpiece of his reelection campaign this year.
The governor also has refused to sign a bill passed in the state Senate that would grant in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities to some students who are living in New Jersey illegally (A-3).
Christie claims the bill grants more benefits than the federal program, and would make "us a magnet state for people."
At least he called illegal immigrants "people."
Hasn't Christie noticed that the Garden State is one of the most diverse in the nation, and that with its seaport and international airport -- only miles from New York City -- that it is already a magnet for legal and illegal immigrants?
That damn PA
The Record continues to gush ink over the big, bad Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Today, an editorial (A-22), two Opinion pieces (A-23) and a Road Warrior column (L-1) expand on the brouhaha over the closure of some Fort Lee toll lanes to the upper level of the George Washington Bridge in September or a toll hike that kicks in on Sunday.
One of Christie's flunkies -- David Wildstein, a former columnist for a state political Web site -- is taking the heat for closing the lanes for a "traffic study."
On Tuesday, The Record identified Wildstein as a "former political consultant" and "Christie's No. 2 at the agency."
So, is he a former columnist who called himself "Wally Edge" or a former consultant or did The Record screw-up again?
More babbling
The Road Warrior column is usually difficult to fathom, but Staff Writer John Cichowski is just babbling on and on today about matters unrelated to Monday's legislative hearing on closure of the GWB toll lanes:
He refers to "people who make and remake New Jersey's transportation laws," "a plan to bring driverless vehicles to New Jersey" and "extending a Queens rail line to our shores" (L-1).
Cichowski also reports the lane closures occurred "11 weeks ago without bloodshed."
City Clerk is defiant
In Hackensack news, the new City Council is asking City Clerk Debra Heck to step down or it will remove her (L-1).
Heck has been city clerk since 2002.
"I am not resigning. I did not do anything wrong," Heck said, referring to charges she is not doing her job properly.
The council voted unanimously on Monday night to file a written complaint with the state, seeking her removal, but The Record either didn't cover the meeting or couldn't get the story into Tuesday's paper, because of its notoriously early deadlines.
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