Star-Ledger

Tom MoranStar-Ledger political columnist Tom Moran has resigned his position at the newspaper and will take a job at PSE&G, one of the state's largest utility companies.

The Inside Edge is always happy to help our good friend Paul Mulshine, which is why there were no complaints when his February 5 column on the idea that Mitt Romney’s campaign can run their own delegate slate in June and effectively bypass the winner-take-all system appeared to mirror a similar column on this site six days earlier.  After all, Mulshine is a better writer, and he did use the s-word. 

But one word of caution to the man who sits on the right side of the Star-Ledger:  be careful when you let C. Richard “Dick” Kamin, a man of limited intellectual capacity and even less influence, spin you on a story – especially one the ex-Motor Vehicles Director read on PolitickerNJ.com.

Residential and commercial electric customers join forces to pull the plug on a billion buck boondoggle by NJ's largest utility company. And why isn't this front page news?

That’s the real point of Wednesday’s Star Ledger story about a Public Advocate-led ratepayer complaint against PSE&G for surcharges on electric customers to pay - again - for the utility giant's decades old power plants. Only problem is the story was buried inside the Business section, below the fold, and a mere three column inches.

Sources at the Star-Ledger say that publisher Jim Willse has decided that all reporters should carry digital cameras and will be required to capture still shots and video while they are covering stories. The sources say some of the reporters are not happy to have the new photographer responsibilities added to their work load.

A group called South Mountain Peace Council has put together an interesting forum: "Can Liberals and Conservatives Find Common Ground on Iraq?" featuring conservative Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine and Maplewood, NJ, Mayor Fred Profeta. The forum will be held on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at the McNulty Hall Amphitheater on the Seton Hall University campus.

If the leak’s under the sink, it’s a pretty easy call. When it’s in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey, it’s another matter.

This week’s coverage of the ongoing federal probe of US Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) underscores the point.

“According to sources with knowledge of the meeting,” Menendez’s attorneys met with prosecutors in June to request a letter exonerating the Senator as first reported in the Star Ledger. Now it’s very possible – even highly likely -- that the Menendez camp was the anonymous source.

It’s a bit of a stretch for the Star Ledger to portray Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) as having "surprisingly weak support from women" based on the new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.

The poll actually shows