MGM Mirage said Friday it will sell its 50 percent interest in Atlantic City's top casino and stop doing business in New Jersey rather than cut ties with the family of an Asian casino mogul accused of organized crime ties.
One possible outcome, short of marriage equality in all 50 states, is that the federal courts could affirm that where CUs/DPs are available, these should be marriage because otherwise they are discriminatory.
GSE believes they can get their appeal of the CU law decided the NJ Supremes before the federal case gets through the Ninth Circuit and on to the US Sups, and considering how slow the Ninth is reputed to be, GSE may achieve that. But the impact of the federal case, even if it isn't a grand slam for marriage equality nationwide, still could be good for NJ.
Voters disapprove 61 - 21 percent of the job Gov. Paterson is doing. This is the lowest approval rating ever recorded for an elected official in 18 years of Quinnipiac University polling except for former President George W. Bush and former Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, who had approval ratings of 18 and 19 percent just before they left office...
"Voters surveyed Monday and Tuesday were in favor of keeping Paterson by a net 30 points. On Wednesday and Thursday, voter support was a net four points. That's a 26-point drop in two days."
"President George W. Bush and Sen. Robert Torricelli may have lower grades than Paterson, but both of them were on their way out the door," Carroll added.
Newsosaur tells us that publishing companires will start crawling the web looking for copies of their articles. So please don't quote 80% of an article, it is not legal and will make trouble for everyone.
This year, Evesham switches from non-partisan May elections to partisan November elections. And its mayor, Randy Brown, is marking the occasion by leaving the Democratic Party to run as a Republican. Won't be the first time, he's switched teams.
Herbert, an attorney, Army vet, and member of the Chatham Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment, ran for Assembly last year in NJ's 26th District. Website.
The New York Post reports that the former Tennessee congressman and rumored contender for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's seat has decided not to run.
The sources the news to assemblyman and Kings County Democratic chairman Vito Lopez.
"I heard from Harold Ford and he has decided not to run,'' said Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the Kings County Democratic chairman who had strongly indicated a willingness to back Ford.
"After giving it considerable thought and talking it over with his wife, he reached the conclusion that he would not be running, although he said he would like to remain active in the Democratic Party here,'' Lopez continued.
GOP Ocean County favorite son out of the race in NJ-3
(Rosi Efthim)
Toms River councilman Maurice "Mo" Hill won't be a candidate for the NJ-3 GOP nomination says Ocean County GOP Chair George Gilmore. So, former Philadelphia Eagle Jon Runyan of Mount Laurel is the frontrunner, and the power struggle between the Burlington & OC GOP organizations that cracked an opening for John Adler to win in 2008 won't be a factor this year.
