Jackson will be Corzine's new Chief of Staff
By EditorGov. Jon Corzine will announce today that Lisa Jackson, the state Environmental Protection Commissioner, will be his new Chief of Staff. Jackson will succeed Bradley Abelow, who will be staying on as an advisor to the Governor.
Editor's note: Corzine will not make an announcement regarding Jackson's appointment today, but will do so in the very immediate future.
Corzine will need to nominate someone to replace Jackson in his cabinet.
A professional enginneer and Princeton University graduate, Jackson worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before moving to state government. She was Deputy DEP Commissioner under Governors James E. McGreevey and Richard Codey. She becomes the first African American to serve as a Governor's Chief of Staff in New Jersey.
Abelow, a former Corzine partner at Goldman Sachs, began his government career as State Treasurer. He moved to Chief of Staff after the departure of Tom Shea, who continues to act as Corzine's top political advisor.
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How proud Seton Hall U would have been to have Ms M Davis as the first African American Gov's Chief of Staff. A note about Ms Davis' college life...She was the first African American SGA president at SHU. One of her Seton Hall friends was the first African American Constitutional Officer in Passaic County. The sad part of this is the "subject" contains the names of bottom feeders.
What about Inclan?
Any word on who took Javier Inclan's position? Or is this just proof that he had a "do-nothing" position that he received threw the HCDO, and that's why there's no need to replace him?
Where is good old Javier anyways?
Grats to Jackson.
Sad day
Another McGreevey bureaucrat whose vision extends only to the edge of her desk and whose only agenda is her own reputation.
What the DEP needs is real leadership from someone with a commitment to the land and the people, possessing a sense of place and time, as well as a respect, built from experience, for historic and natural resources. The people running this department into the ground have, for the most part, never hiked a trail, visited a historic site, or used a state park, except perhaps for a press conference.
The only good news here is that she leaves the DEP; the bad news is that the replacements being suggested are worse. Why not choose someone with proven management abilities and a track record of commitment to the resources and to serving the public, rather than serving themselves? Think that will happen?