Michael Bloomberg

Quinnipiac University will release the results of a new poll on the 2008 New Jersey presidential primary on Thursday. Quinnipiac also looked at the impact of New York City Michael Bloomberg on the race.

Gill stops resisting Rabner, former Bergen County prosecutor questions Rabner’s character, Tom Moran on Nia Gill, Bloomberg leaves GOP, Weinberg uses senatorial courtesy, a Bergen County lawyer charged with exposing himself keeps his place on an ethics panel, Healy not likely to face jail time, a watermelon delivery leads to an investigation.

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Urges Governor Corzine and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to adamantly oppose the proposed fee on vehicles entering Manhattan

SCALERA:  BLOOMBERG'S CONGESTION TAX GIVING NEW JERSEY DRIVERS THE SHORT SHRIFT

Proposed Surcharge Would Hurt NJ Commuters, Businesses Without Mass-Transit Alternatives

(NUTLEY) - Calling it "bad for drivers and bad for business," Assemblyman Fred Scalera today assailed a proposal by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to charge congestion fees on vehicles entering Manhattan.

STACK TO BLOOMBERG: $8 PER CAR 'CONGESTION TAX' A JALOPY

Assemblyman Says Plan Nothing More than Double-Taxation of New Jersey Motorists

(UNION CITY) - Assemblyman Brian Stack today blasted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed "congestion tax" on drivers entering Manhattan, saying that the plan is based on "double-taxing" New Jersey drivers to pay for a portion of the construction of a new trans-Hudson River rail tunnel.

STACK: STATUE PORTRAYING 'HUMANITARIAN' CASTRO
AN INSULT TO CUBAN COMMUNITY
Assemblyman Asks Mayor Bloomberg to Pull Plug on Post-Election Day Ceremony

(UNION CITY) -- Assemblyman Brian Stack today called on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to put the brakes on a planned Central Park unveiling of a larger-than-life-size statue portraying Cuban dictator Fidel Castro as "a champion of civil rights," saying it is a misguided attempt to rewrite history and a slap in the face of the region's Cuban-American community.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal car was carjacked in Hackensack this morning and his employee, on an errand for the Mayor, was beaten. The car was found about two hours later in Fair Lawn. Bloomberg was not in his 2001 Lexus at the time. The Associated Press reports that the Bloomberg employee, "was approached by a woman who came to the window to ask for money, police said. As he declined and began to roll up the window, a man got into the passenger seat and punched him in the face."

If Jim Saxton retires in 2008, and if George Gilmore wants someone from Ocean County to fill his seat, one possible candidate is former Mets/Yankees pitcher Al Leiter. The 40-year-old Toms River native, a self-described C-Span addict, has dabbled in GOP politics in recent years, campaigning for Douglas Forrester for the U.S. Senate in 2002, George W. Bush in 2004, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005. If Ocean County Republicans want a candidate that can take the nomination from Burlington County State Senator Diane Allen, the more conservative Leiter could be an interesting contender.

Saxton won the seat in 1984, following the death of seven-term incumbent Edwin Forsythe, by narrowly winning a three-way primary. Ocean County backed County Clerk Dean Haines, who finished second, ahead of Assemblyman John Rocco of Camden County.