At least entertain us!
Watching several days of the same circumstances: the procedure for calling in the governor for his morning pep talk to our state's legislators (he seemed to growl more today -- his insistence of having a budget "Today! Today! Today!" made me wonder if Neil Diamond was giving the address), I started wishing it at least could be a little more fun to watch.
Picture it: at 9:10 to 9:15 (the time the 9 a.m. speeches usually start happening), when Speaker Joe Roberts asks for "Ayes" to open the session, I want someone to yell "Nay!" Not that he gives them the opportunity: He hears the Ayes, then says, in almost a single breath: "Those-opposed-say-nay-none-opposed-the-ayes-have-it." Just once, somebody yell out "Nay!" and shake up the crowd a little.
When announcing the governor's arrivals, can't Senate President Dick Codey, just once -- in his best Ed McMahon -- say, "HEEEERE'S JONNY!" Then, have Gov. Corzine enter dressed in swim trunks and a T-shirt, zinc oxide on his nose and carrying a boogie board, not surrounded by State Police, but by lifeguards. Say he's on his way to Island Beach State Park. Bring the whole Legislature. Let them either pass a budget together or get a sunburn.
Unfortunately, there's nothing fun or funny going on in the Statehouse. The joke is on us. And we're not amused.
Picture it: at 9:10 to 9:15 (the time the 9 a.m. speeches usually start happening), when Speaker Joe Roberts asks for "Ayes" to open the session, I want someone to yell "Nay!" Not that he gives them the opportunity: He hears the Ayes, then says, in almost a single breath: "Those-opposed-say-nay-none-opposed-the-ayes-have-it." Just once, somebody yell out "Nay!" and shake up the crowd a little.
When announcing the governor's arrivals, can't Senate President Dick Codey, just once -- in his best Ed McMahon -- say, "HEEEERE'S JONNY!" Then, have Gov. Corzine enter dressed in swim trunks and a T-shirt, zinc oxide on his nose and carrying a boogie board, not surrounded by State Police, but by lifeguards. Say he's on his way to Island Beach State Park. Bring the whole Legislature. Let them either pass a budget together or get a sunburn.
Unfortunately, there's nothing fun or funny going on in the Statehouse. The joke is on us. And we're not amused.
3 Comments:
Am I alone in feeling much better when the Legislature is not in session?
Corzine won the showdown, though it is a Pyrrhic victory. Either way, we were in for higher taxes.
Still, let's give him credit for standing up to Joe Roberts (and Roberts' puppeteer George Norcross) who thought they were going to use their Trenton entrenchment to show Corzine who is boss.
Maybe the tide is starting to turn for the good ol' boys in Trenton.
"Maybe the tide is starting to turn ".....isn't that what they said just before Katrina hit.this guy just raided out sales tax 16%!...don't you get it either,we don't need more taxes we need less.the same could have been achieved by cutting jobs and benifits !
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