the staff of the Ridgewood blog
PHILADELPHIA PA, fitting because in many residents eyes New Jersey is going down the “sh$tter” , and critics often sight the governors efforts are like flushing money down the drain.
NJ Governor Phil Murphy will receive the 2019 Governor of the Year award this evening from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) in recognition of his dedication and leadership to strengthening New Jersey’s bioscience industry. The award will be presented at the 2019 BIO International Convention in Philadelphia.“I thank BIO for this prestigious award, which is truly a tribute to the thousands of New Jersey entrepreneurs working to create life-saving and life-enhancing therapies and medical devices that will benefit the global community for decades to come,” said Governor Murphy. “Through our vision for New Jersey as the State of Innovation, we have committed to supporting biotechnology startups and companies of all sizes as they choose to locate and grow in the Garden State. We greatly appreciate the partnership of the biotechnology sector as we work to ensure that scientists, researchers, and other innovators have the resources they need to succeed.”
Making New Jersey into the State of Innovation is one of the pillars of Governor Murphy’s plan for a stronger and fairer New Jersey economy. Since taking office in January 2018, the Governor has launched several initiatives and programs aimed at developing opportunities for emerging technology and life sciences companies. Among these are the creation of NJ Ignite, which provides rent support to startups moving to collaborative workspaces; a proposed New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund, designed to supercharge venture capital investment into Garden State startups, and the proposed expansion of the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program, which would provide a refundable tax credit equal to 20 percent of an eligible investment made into an early-stage New Jersey technology or life sciences business and a bonus for investing in underserved areas or a women or minority-owned business.
He should be receiving unemployment instead of receiving awards
They will be playing Escape by Alice Cooper when he gets the award:
“Escape, let’s get out while we can
It’s escape, anyway we can
Come on, let’s escape
Nobody wants us around here anyway”
Maybe they can give him the Nobel Peace Prize (or has he been in office too long?)
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Regardless, I’m sure they can give him the Nobel Prize for Economics…
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