June 22,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Trenton NJ, late afternoon meetings gave some hope that a budget deal would be reached , the Democratic controlled legislature will now move forward with its own budget.
Talks with the Governor appear to have collapsed for the moment.
“The Governor’s doing a press conference alone, that should tell you something,” a statehouse source said and at the press conference Governor Phil Murphy to blame the Christie Administration, saying ,”Unfortunately the legislature seems intent on keeping the legacy of Chris Christie intact in Trenton,”
Speaker Craig Coughlin went back to his caucus to report the news were he told his members he’s going forward with the alternative budget pushed by state Democrats .
For their part Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick and Assemblyman Tony Bucco said , “Our caucus is united,We won’t vote for a tax increase. [They] can call it anything they want.