There appears to be a better than even chance that the crooked, anti-hunting, anti-gun, former Goldman Sachs chairman, Jon Corzine, New Jersey’s current governor, will lose his bid for reelection. Now that would be a treat!
One poll shows his challenger, former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, a republican, beating Corzine 51-39.
One of Corzine’s first acts as governor was to hire now head of Obama’s EPA, Lisa Jackson, to run New Jersey’s EPA. Between the two of them they shut down the bear hunt and have now left some New Jersey residents struggling with an overgrown black bear population and nothing they can do about it. Some people have been attacked by the bears and the blind and belligerent Corzine, in his ignorance and arrogance, continues to state there is no bear problem.
But what would Christie do? To date I am unaware of him making any specific statements of how he would handle the bear issue. On his web site he lists 88 ways he will “fix” New Jersey. In that list he has the following:
I will review all current regulations and rescind rules that do not have a sound scientific or other technical basis, are not consistent with other state policy goals or legislative intent, or don’t effectively protect and promote the public interest…………………………
I will ensure rules and regulations are scientifically sound by establishing rule-making scientific advisory committees (where appropriate) to evaluate the underlying science in DEP or other departmental rule proposals.
We have recently heard President Obama declare that he would “restore science to its rightful place” and as was expected that meant his science that fits his agenda and not necessarily considering the entire scientific community. At this point, it is going to have to be a wait and see approach unless someone can get Christie to publicly announce his position on a bear hunt.
Tom Remington
