Readers Choice: Who is the 100th Most Powerful Person in New Jersey Politics?
By Politicker StaffWho should be the 100th person on PolitickerNJ.com’s list of the 100 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Politics? Our readers get to pick. Click here to vote!
The ballot: state Comptroller Matt Boxer, Corzine appointments counsel Michellene Davis, attorney/fundraiser Victor Herlinsky,
Atlantic City radio show host Harry Hurley, Corzine Deputy Chief of Staff Patti McGuire, State Police EPU chief Jim O'Neil, carpenters union staffer Troy Singleton, federal monitor Herb Stern, GOP State Chairman Tom Wilson, and Corzine administration official Adam Zellner.
In 2007, Hurley won the final slot. He defeated Republican State Chairman Tom Wilson by a 35%-15% margin. Public Policy guru Jon Shure finished third with 12%, just narrowly leading Union County Manager George Devanney (12%). None of the other six candidates -- Cape May County GOP Chairman David Von Savage, attorney and Democratic fundraiser Victor Herlinsky, conservative political strategist Rick Shaftan, Burlington County GOP Chairman Mike Warner, and Jersey City political activists Joe Cardwell and the now-decesased Bobby Jackson -- finished in the double digits.
The Power List will be released at noon on Thursday.
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in defense of Tom Wilson....
the GOP State Chair should be on the top-100 list (even if it is #99).
I'm not saying the guy does a bang-up job or anything, but I think Wally just likes twisting the knife.
Tom Wilson gets his phone call returned more than most people above him on the list, that's all I'm saying.
You may want to actually
You may want to actually upload that .zip so that we can actually vote ;-)
Spitzer
Two years ago Elliot Spitzer would have been the top person in New York's Top 100. The list(by nature)is ephemeral, nebulous, and highly subjective.
The Real Power Is Held By...
...the folks who spend many millions of dollars in "contributions" to the people supposedly representing the public's interest...
...to the people who spend many millions of dollars on "public relations" designed to manipulate what the public believes and desires....
......and to the people who spend many millions of dollars "lobbying" all of our lawmakers and officials into believing that this or that is what's "important" or "urgent".
The result is that we live in a corrupt state of affairs and that that corruption is 100% legal.
Most of NJ's problems can be directly or indirectly attributed to the effects of the corruption........of course the same applies nationally; but it's especially bad in NJ.
If the mass of the public ever figures this out and there were viable alternatives; virtually no one would be re elected.
Meanwhile the PR machines spin on....
From Frederick Douglass