Who's off the Power List?
By Wally EdgeStuart Rabner (#1): As Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, he no longer fits the criteria for the Power Lists – Judges aren’t included.
Craig Carton & Ray Rossi (#9): The departure of Craig Carton from “The Jersey Guys” diminished their political clout – Casey Bartholemew isn’t there yet.
Juan Melli (#17): He’s leaving BlueJersey.com to become Associate Editor of Politicker.com. As one of our employees, he’s not eligible for the list.
Mary Jane Cooper & Paula Franzese (#18): The New Jersey Inspector General & State Ethics Commission Chairwoman, respectively,
David Kocieniewski (#19): One of the very best reporters around, but he’s no longer spending a lot of time in New Jersey. Neither is his newspaper.
Ivan Zapien (#38): He left his job as Bob Menendez’s Chief of Staff.
Ken Zimmerman (#42): He’s no longer Chief Counsel to the Governor.
Robert Rasinski (#50): Who? He was the State Trooper who was behind the wheel of Jon Corzine’s car during the April 2007 accident that nearly killed the Governor.
Herb Stern (#68): No longer the federal monitor for UMDNJ.
Regina Carlson (#70): The anti-smoking activist retired.
David Rebovich (#73): Our favorite college professor, pundit, and PolitickerNJ.com columnist, passed away in October 2007. We miss him!
Alan Marcus (#77): The public relations executive has cut back on his lobbying activities.
Marie Tasy (#86): The New Jersey Right to Life leader doesn’t seem to be relevant in elections. Her candidates don’t seem to win, i.e. Joe Pennacchio in the 2008 U.S. Senate primary.
Bill Sheehan (#94): The Hackensack Riverkeeper Executive Director lost clout by backing unpopular measures in Bergen County.
Robert Roe (#95): The former Chairman of the House Transportation and Public Works Committee, now a lobbyist, is getting old. And a DUI caused the Legislature to remove his name from Route 23.
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Juan Melli
I didn't know he was going to work for the site... where have I been? Did I miss that announcement on this site?
The editors are opening themselves up to charges of political bias with that hiring (thought the Kushner ownership did that already).
Melli built a well-trafficked website from the ground up, so I guess he has some valuable skills.
Talk about overrated...
Why is Juan Melli on this list? How many elections has he won? Can he raise money?
Is he a strategist?
What is his talent?
Brought to you by the same people who think Julie Roginsky is important!
Vote Column - All the way!
Cute,
Not alot of women on either list. I guess James Brown was right.
Did I miss
Tom Wilson on the power list? Or did he not make the cut last year?
Paula Franzese regularly disses NJ
Paula Franzese, the State Ethics Commission Chairwoman, is also a proffessor for BARBRI, which is what lawyers take while preparing to take their respective state bar examinations. Franzese teaches for BARBRI all over the US. When she gives the lectures she tells everyone she is from NY. not a big thing right; lots of people from NJ claim to be from NY. But as the State Ethics Commission Chairwoman, she should stand up for NJ and admit where she is from.
BTW, she claims to be from NJ at the NJ lecture.