Monday - July 03, 2006

New Jersey Bankrupt

The State Of New Jersey is closing down. They’re bankrupt. No money left in the coffers and state government workers are on unpaid leave. This is what happens when you leave the Dummycraps in charge for a while. Especially in “Joisey”. Would the last person to leave “Joisey” please turn out the lights ...

N.J. Lottery Closes, Casinos May Be Next
_{July 3, 2006, 12:41 PM EDT}

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey’s courts didn’t open Monday, lottery ticket sales shut down, and the same could happen to betting at race tracks and the Atlantic City casinos. By Wednesday, state parks and beaches could also be closed. As the first workweek under a state government shutdown began, more than half the state work force was off the job and those who were working might not get paid.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine imposed the shutdown after lawmakers missed a July 1 deadline to adopt a new state budget. The impasse among Democrats over a sale tax increase left New Jersey with no means to spend money, and a private four-hour meeting Sunday between the governor and top Assembly and Senate leaders ended without a compromise.

The Senate planned to meet Monday, and Senate President Richard J. Codey told senators to be ready to stay in session until a budget is adopted. But no Assembly meetings were scheduled. “I would welcome the Assembly actually coming in, staying in Trenton, working on the budget, hour after hour, 24 hours a day until we come up with a budget,” Corzine said Monday morning on CNN. ”I can’t veto a budget, I can’t sign a budget until it’s actually presented by the Legislature.”

No budget bills had moved through legislative committees yet, and any legislation those panels approve must wait a full calendar day before receiving final votes in the Assembly and Senate. If no bills move forward Monday, the Legislature couldn’t adopt a budget before Wednesday morning. Road construction and lottery sales were among the first casualties of the shutdown.

Race tracks and casinos, which require state monitoring, will be closed Wednesday if no budget is enacted by then. State parks, beaches and historic sites will close their gates on Wednesday. If the shutdown drags on, Corzine said, services funded with state aid, such as prescription drug assistance and hospitals, will also be hit.

A state appellate panel on Sunday ordered horse tracks closed at the end of business Tuesday. The horse racing industry said it would appeal if the budget impasse is not resolved. The casinos are also waging a court battle to remain open. The head of the Casino Control Commission told Atlantic City’s 12 casinos to lock up at 8 a.m. Wednesday, and an appeals court panel on Monday denied the casinos’ request to stay open while the appeals continue.

“We’re still studying the order and trying to figure out what it means for us,” said casino association lawyer John Kearney. The state extended deadlines for people trying to renew driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and car inspections—a good thing, since some people showed up at state offices Monday only to find the offices were closed.

- More on this brokeback state here ...

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