New Jersey: A Possible New Governor?

I have lived in South Jersey my entire life, I have spent ever summer (and winter) on the beach for as long as I could remember. And every summer on route 37 you would know it was us because one could here the sounds of Bon Jovi coming from my car. Anyway why am I reminiscing about my childhood and high school? because page six reports that Jon may run for governor. As silly as this may be it would be fun to see Bon Jovi take on Governor Goldman Sachs.

New Jersey blogger, John Shabe put the following list on his blog that I would like to share.

10 reasons why Bon Jovi should be governor ...

10. Tico Torres could drumbeat a full day's work out of anyone.
9. He could rewrite his song lyrics to serenade some of our former governors..."You Give Jersey A Bad Name".
8. He's already got the entourage.
7. We haven't had anyone with groovy hair like his since Governor Livingston.
6. Trenton's incentive: Free tickets to arena football.
5. His limo driver obeys the speed limit and insists that his passengers always wear their seatbelts.
4. Just imagine the rockin' town meetings!
3. Hallelujah! Finally our lack of a state song dilemma is solved!
2. A new kind of inauguration....C'mon over to the mansion....Party!
1. Hey...nothin's gettin' done anyway!


In all honesty This state is in dire need of new government, with GGS new plan to hike highway tolls in order to close the budget it is just another example of selected taxpayers getting a raw deal. The public officials who make the laws sit pretty while the rest of us must pay for it all.

Get this, if you hold a part-time public office, lets say a member of a town council making $5500 a year after you serve for 25 years you will get a pension that is based on the average of the three highest paid years. So maybe you make a percentage of the $5500 this seems fair. But the New Jersey politicians have found a way around this. They get their other political buddies to create a position for them for say $90,000 a year. They then serve in this position for 3 years and retire on that pension.

Okay so I will admit that this may not be what is breaking the budget, but it is not helping. The pensions that New Jersey is giving out is outrageous and to boot the people who are getting these pensions can't afford to live here so they are taking their pensions and leaving the state.

It is insane that the people of this state continue to elect these crooks into office election after election. I for one would think it would be refreshing if Jon Bon Jovi was Governor. And maybe the playmates can run the legislative branch. I think they would do a better job balancing the budget than this current government.