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Banking on cabinet change
In the political parlor game of guessing cabinet moves, all eyes are turning to
A source familiar with the Considine situation said the commissioner of the
"He took this job to do public service," the source said. "Economically, it's something that's problematic for him."
The source said Considine's departure is "a harmonious situation," and not negative.
"He's very well thought of there, and they've gone out of their way to do the right thing," the source said.
In announcing Grifa's departure, Christie said there would be one or two more changes to come. Grapevine has heard
The source on Considine said all cabinet changes should be public by the governor's State of the State address
A political observer said that timing makes sense if one looks at the governor's first term as two, two-year pieces embedded with legislative terms. The administration will be looking to set an agenda for 2012, as well as the remaining two years of the term. The midpoint would be the time to get cabinet members to re-up for the remainder of Christie's term and make modest mid-course corrections as needed, the source said.
Losing control
The state's five-member
In March,
The bill was referred to the Assembly's
All three of the current members were appointed by Democrats. And despite the bipartisan nature of the
After Christie's nomination of Taylor in June, Whelan's campaign fired off a press release attacking his senate general election challenger, Assemblyman
Liquor licenses left out to dry
"Attendees were startled to find that hundreds of the state's retail consumption licenses have been lost to inactivity in certain towns where supply of licenses outstrips demand," the source said.
Grapevine is told more than 1,000 of the state's 9,000-plus licenses are inactive and in danger of being voided.
But session attendees were not hitting the bottle in desperation; instead, solutions were apparently discussed, including changing the law to allow towns with a surplus of inactive licenses to sell them to towns anywhere else in
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