Ronald C. Rice tweeted not so sweetly about soon-to-be Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

Well, we were able to obtain the rest of the tweets---in fact, there was an entire conversation tweeted between the future Senate President and the current Newark Councilman….

Pardner, you’re a busy person. You need a news  round-up you can just nibble on, and then get on with your day.

So here goes, NJ buckeroos:

Seems like everyone makes their money here, and then moves to Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Some to avoid high property taxes and higher auto insurance rates.

Some ‘cause, I guess they have to.

A swastika and the word “Jews” were reported spray-painted on a wall of the NJ Transit train station in Somerville last night.  “This is unusual, we’ve never had anything like this in Somerville before,” said Capt. George Fazio.

The usual gang of Republican-Conservative-Libertarians have sponsored a number of bills in the Assembly that have been lounging around the Assembly State Government Committee for about two years.. One of them is A468 , “AN Act designating the English language as the official language of the State”.

It’s always harder to blog everyday when it’s holiday time. Soon it will be Thanksgiving, and we’re bogged down catching up on what’s going down. Last Thanksgiving was especially fun due to the addition of our 15 year old cousin, Burkely.

(In tribute to my dad on Veterans Day, I repeat one of my favorite columns. Thank a veteran today.)

"What did you do in the war, Dad?"

That was the question that Miss Connor, my 4th grade teacher at PS 277 in Brooklyn ,wanted each kid in our class to ask their dad. We had an entire sheet of questions that Miss Conner handed out---you know, printed on mimeograph paper that had that rich chemical smell.

The tsunami gubernatorial candidate named Christie swept into office many Republican candidates around the state. In my hometown of Flemington, the two Republican Councilmembers-Elect are Michelle Oberst and Marc Haine. Now, prior to the election I did not know either Mr. Haine or Ms. Oberst that well at all.

OK, aside from the governor’s race, the House Health Care Bill (H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act). was the big news of the week. And the bill is faaaaaaaaaaar from perfect. The bill contains the Stupak/Pitts Amendment which prohibits federal funding of abortion. But it does allow Viagra to be paid for as a prescription drug. And yet the Speaker of the House is a woman. Guess it’s one step forward, step and a half back.

Patrick Murray is the founding director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. According to their website, “The Monmouth University Polling Institute has become a premier independent survey research center known for its in-depth tracking of public policy and quality of life issues.”