Dick Codey back in power

[maroman88]

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Hurt in Car Accident; Underwent Surgery
Injuries "Not Life-Threatening
Last Edited: Thursday, 12 Apr 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
Created: Thursday, 12 Apr 2007, 7:39 PM EDT

Gov. Jon Corzine was hurt in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway. This picture shows rescue crews at a damaged SUV that apparently broke through a guard rail. It isn't known if the governor was in this vehicle. SideBar

Gov. Jon S. Corzine broke his left leg and several ribs when his motorcade was involved in an accident on the Garden State Parkway Thursday night, but the injuries were not considered life-threatening.
A state trooper and an aide to the governor were also injured in the crash, which occurred just after 6 p.m. near milemarker 44.5 in Galloway Township, Atlantic County. All three were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where Corzine underwent surgery performed by Dr. Robert S. Ostrum.

State Senate President Richard Codey will serve as acting governor while Corzine is hospitalized.

At the time of the crash, the governor was on his way from Atlantic City to his mansion in Princeton to take part in the meeting between radio host Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

During a news conference at the hospital Thursday night, state police Superintendent Rick Fuentes said the crash occurred when a red pickup truck -- which was on the right shoulder of the highway -- swerved toward the berm and came back onto highway. This caused another pickup in the right lane to swerve into the passenger side of the sport utility vehicle in which Corzine was riding.

The SUV was driven by Trooper Robert Rasinski, whose injuries were not disclosed.

"It looks as if the trooper did a tremendous job doing what he could to maintain control of that vehicle," Fuentes.

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Associated Press Writer Angela Delli Santi in Trenton contributed to this report.


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[qwikz28]

last i heard it was a red bronco that hit him. what are the odds of hitting the governor?

[mtg6486]

that guys in deep ****

[qwikz28]

that guys in deep ****

he ran, not to be found

[bubba428]

they said red pick-up that came of the shoulder...thats got redneck hit all over it

[BonzoHansen]

I just saw the footage on TV. I bet that trooper is in real medical trouble.

[qwikz28]

I just saw the footage on TV. I bet that trooper is in real medical trouble.

i heard corzine's suv was teetering on the divider. pretty bad supposedly.

and they changed it on the article i read from a red bronco, to a red pick-up truck.

[SteveR]

lwhat are the odds of hitting the governor?

Al Queaida! :lol:

[Lt1_8U]

was it just him inside the truck?

[79CamaroDiva]

was it just him inside the truck?

This caused another pickup in the right lane to swerve into the passenger side of the sport utility vehicle in which Corzine was riding.

The SUV was driven by Trooper Robert Rasinski, whose injuries were not disclosed.

reading FTW

[armymp1983]

I heard Mcgreevy was riding with him. J/k "flame suit on". They said he was in surgery until tommorrow morning. All the stations are now saying no head trauma as previously reported. Hopefully they catch the bastard. Own up to your mistakes.

[slugger27nj]

I don't have anything nice to say about corzio, so I'll leave those comments out. I will say it's kind of nice to have Codey back at the top. He's no dreamboat either, but at least he's the lesser of 2 evils.

[Tru2Chevy]

Yea, I was watching TV last night with the wife when we saw a special report. They said Corzine's legs were hanging out the window when they got to the scene, and that he never wears his seatbelt when traveling in his Tahoe.....

- Justin

[maroman88]

poor tahoe:(

they sed he wasnt wearing a seatbelt, broken leg, broken colar bone, numerous broken ibs and a deep laseration to his head

[Untamed]

After McGreevy and now Corzine, I would think Cody would go to Church, look up to the ceiling and yell "Ok, ok! I get it! You want me to be Governor!"

This is his chance to drop back down to 6% sales tax. :)

[SteveR]

So if he never wears his seatbelt, and its the law, and theres a cop driving him, can he get a ticket? :razz:

[Savage_Messiah]

He'd better get a seatbelt ticket. And have to pay it.

[Fast92RS]

besides the law that why it pays to wear your seat belt. The driver had minor injuries, corzines' injuries would probably have been not as bad if he was wearing his seat belt.

[chevyt454]

I want a refund for all my seatbelt tickets.

[BonzoHansen]

Who actually gets that ticket, the driver or the adult passenger?

[Savage_Messiah]

adult passenger i believe

[Tru2Chevy]

I was always under the impression that the driver is responsible for all passengers in his/her vehicle, and that the ticket would fall on the driver.

- Justin

[BonzoHansen]

See, I think SM is right - if the back seat person is an adult, they get the ticket. I think they changed that a few years ago. Kids are a different story.

That is no more then his limo (really, his rolling office). Who wears a seatbelt in a limo?

[maroman88]

if there under 18 the driver is responsible now, if there over 18 then its their own problem

[WayFast84]

passanger indeed gets the ticket if its an adult drivers ed ftw

I dont have anything else to say..

[qwikz28]

I don't have anything nice to say about corzio, so I'll leave those comments out. I will say it's kind of nice to have Codey back at the top. He's no dreamboat either, but at least he's the lesser of 2 evils.

i'm interested to know why you think corzine is so bad? i'm writing a paper on corzine right now and he doesn't seem like such a bad guy. his budget for Fiscal 2008 is pretty damn promising

[slugger27nj]

Where do I start? First of all he's a liar. He went back on virtually every campaign promise he made.

Then there was the budget fiasco last July when the state shut down. The state wasn't allowed to legally operate without a budget in place according the state constitution. He shot down every budget proposal the legistators came up with that didn't include his demands for concessions for state union workers and a $.01 sales tax increase. The entire time the state was shut down, he was more concerned with getting the union workers back to work and the casinos up and running than he was providing services to everyone else....the services that we pay out the wazoo for. He touted the $.01 as being essential for property tax relief (more on this later), but only 1/2 the $ generated from this went to property taxes. The other $ went to pork funds (aka Christmas Tree funds) which are last minute budget add-ons to private interest groups that lobby the legislators for the loot. Most of these pork funds went to his cronies in the democratic party. This practice is currently being investgated by US Attorney Chris Christie.

Back to property tax relief....the 20% reduction we're all supposed to get is a joke and is nothing more than smoke and mirrors in an attempt to make the elected officials look good in an election year. NOBODY is going to get 20%. Sure, we'll get bigger refund checks, but when you figure in how much taxes will go up this year, inflation and other factors, the actual reduction will be far less than 20%. This proposal is not sustainable long term either, and is likely not to make it past this year.

Then he has the brilliant idea to sell off state assets such as the Turnpike and Parkway to raise $$ to lower the budget gap. This is another short term fix that will initially raise billions, but they're guaranteed to blow through it like everything else. All the yearly revenue that's generated from these would be lost, and the residents/commuters will be the ones ultimately screwed in the end. Whatever private entity that would buy these roads is guaranteed to raise tolls, and there won't be a damn thing we could do about it.

Now to union contract negotiations. You probably know that his ex-GF is Carla Katz....yes the leader of the state's largest workers union. The same union leader that he has contract negotiations with behind closed doors. The same union leader that he paid almost $500,000 for a house for in Hunterdon County (plus the $170,000 gift tax for it). The same union leader who's kids he's paying for to go to private school in PA. The same union leader who's going to Seton Hall Law School on a full scholarship after a certain Gov of ours made a very large financial contribution to the same institution. The same union leader who makes $102,000/yr, but yet had enough $$ to buy a $1.1 million condo with CASH in Hoboken (that just happens to be in the same building where Corzio lives). The same union leader who's now doing $500,000 in renovations to the first house (with non-union labor I should add). Plus, this same union leader is also renting another house so she can be closer to her classes at SH. Now where in the world is someone that makes $102,000/yr getting all this $$$ from. Yep, you guessed it. Yet he sees nothing ethically wrong with this. The legislators came up with a contract proposal that could've saved taxpayers $2 billion, but after he personally took them over, he came up with a savings of $44 million.....quite a difference. On the other hand, these negotiations could be just as unfair to the union rank and file because she could be conceding things that wouldnt' happen under normal circumstances. Neither one of them see anything ethically wrong with any of this. Just recently he finally conceded to have the 2 person ethics panel review the matter, but guess who appointed this ethics panel. So what's gonna come out of it? Uhh....nothing.

I could go on and on, but I'd like to enjoy my weekend now and not get myself anymore aggravated :lol:

[BigAls87Z28]

Slugger...is your Blazer red?

Anyway, can someone explain to me how the eff a car was allowed that close to the car? Hell, I see a cop car speeding down the parkway, no less MULTIPLE state troopers, I am parking my car on the shoulder.

[slugger27nj]

Slugger...is your Blazer red?
Haha...no, and it hasn't been running 'til this morning. Since when does Ford make a Blazer anyway? :shrug:

Hey, I would never wish ill-will on the guy and I hope he makes a full recovery. I just don't like him as a leader. Apparently Goldman Sachs didn't either, considering they pushed him out so quickly. Hopefully the same thing happens here.

[qwikz28]

Where do I start? First of all he's a liar. He went back on virtually every campaign promise he made.

Then there was the budget fiasco last July when the state shut down. The state wasn't allowed to legally operate without a budget in place according the state constitution. He shot down every budget proposal the legistators came up with that didn't include his demands for concessions for state union workers and a $.01 sales tax increase. The entire time the state was shut down, he was more concerned with getting the union workers back to work and the casinos up and running than he was providing services to everyone else....the services that we pay out the wazoo for. He touted the $.01 as being essential for property tax relief (more on this later), but only 1/2 the $ generated from this went to property taxes. The other $ went to pork funds (aka Christmas Tree funds) which are last minute budget add-ons to private interest groups that lobby the legislators for the loot. Most of these pork funds went to his cronies in the democratic party. This practice is currently being investgated by US Attorney Chris Christie.

Back to property tax relief....the 20% reduction we're all supposed to get is a joke and is nothing more than smoke and mirrors in an attempt to make the elected officials look good in an election year. NOBODY is going to get 20%. Sure, we'll get bigger refund checks, but when you figure in how much taxes will go up this year, inflation and other factors, the actual reduction will be far less than 20%. This proposal is not sustainable long term either, and is likely not to make it past this year.

Then he has the brilliant idea to sell off state assets such as the Turnpike and Parkway to raise $$ to lower the budget gap. This is another short term fix that will initially raise billions, but they're guaranteed to blow through it like everything else. All the yearly revenue that's generated from these would be lost, and the residents/commuters will be the ones ultimately screwed in the end. Whatever private entity that would buy these roads is guaranteed to raise tolls, and there won't be a damn thing we could do about it.

Now to union contract negotiations. You probably know that his ex-GF is Carla Katz....yes the leader of the state's largest workers union. The same union leader that he has contract negotiations with behind closed doors. The same union leader that he paid almost $500,000 for a house for in Hunterdon County (plus the $170,000 gift tax for it). The same union leader who's kids he's paying for to go to private school in PA. The same union leader who's going to Seton Hall Law School on a full scholarship after a certain Gov of ours made a very large financial contribution to the same institution. The same union leader who makes $102,000/yr, but yet had enough $$ to buy a $1.1 million condo with CASH in Hoboken (that just happens to be in the same building where Corzio lives). The same union leader who's now doing $500,000 in renovations to the first house (with non-union labor I should add). Plus, this same union leader is also renting another house so she can be closer to her classes at SH. Now where in the world is someone that makes $102,000/yr getting all this $$$ from. Yep, you guessed it. Yet he sees nothing ethically wrong with this. The legislators came up with a contract proposal that could've saved taxpayers $2 billion, but after he personally took them over, he came up with a savings of $44 million.....quite a difference. On the other hand, these negotiations could be just as unfair to the union rank and file because she could be conceding things that wouldnt' happen under normal circumstances. Neither one of them see anything ethically wrong with any of this. Just recently he finally conceded to have the 2 person ethics panel review the matter, but guess who appointed this ethics panel. So what's gonna come out of it? Uhh....nothing.

I could go on and on, but I'd like to enjoy my weekend now and not get myself anymore aggravated :lol:

wow...i wish i could quote you for my paper. lol that Katz thing is supposedly being investigated now. heres some info i found this morning on Corzine. this guy hates him as much as you do (and he's egyptian :))
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070322/OPINION/703220420/1030

[BigAls87Z28]

Jake, I clicked on the link, but I dont have the correct software for my computer to understand hyrogliphics?

[qwikz28]

Jake, I clicked on the link, but I dont have the correct software for my computer to understand hyrogliphics?

huh, apparently i do :shrug:

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

yeah Its amazing how they can enforce the law but yet they doint follow it. Well I guess he's paying now for not wearing his seat belt. They found the guy who "caused" the accident. He didnt even know what happened- I think they said he was 20. I feel bad for him- It wasnt a hit and run- it was just an accident. -they said that he wasn't getting charged. The troopers that were driven the SUV didn't even see the kid in the red truck that "caused" the accident. If the governer was wearing his seat belt then he wouldnt be in the condition that he's in now...it's his own damn fault. Don't preach it if your not going to follow it!

[Teds89IROC]

They said the guy that was driving the pickup was a "challenged driver", meaning he's mentally challenged and he works in AC in one of the casinos. He didn't even know of the accident and no charges are being brought against him.

[Savage_Messiah]

They said the guy that was driving the pickup was a "challenged driver", meaning he's mentally challenged and he works in AC in one of the casinos. He didn't even know of the accident and no charges are being brought against him.

he shouldn't even have a license then IMO

[qwikz28]

yeah Its amazing how they can enforce the law but yet they doint follow it. Well I guess he's paying now for not wearing his seat belt. They found the guy who "caused" the accident. He didnt even know what happened- I think they said he was 20. I feel bad for him- It wasnt a hit and run- it was just an accident. -they said that he wasn't getting charged. The troopers that were driven the SUV didn't even see the kid in the red truck that "caused" the accident. If the governer was wearing his seat belt then he wouldnt be in the condition that he's in now...it's his own damn fault. Don't preach it if your not going to follow it!

there was a government official that spoke out the other day in the media saying that Corzine should be given a seatbelt ticket