December 19, 2007 - 2:19pm
What were the dumbest moves of 2007?
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My dumbest move in 2007 was
My dumbest move in 2007 was not moving out of New Jersey.
Probably could have saved about 20 k in taxes.
How about ...
... changing the name of this site from PoliticsNJ to PolitckerNJ?
2 things come to mind
Bringing empty bag Carla Katz on this site or any post by Martin.
here's a few.....
1) Ellen Karcher deciding to get into the Christmas tree business.
2) Asm. Payne not taking a spot on the Assembly ticket and making a suicide run for Senate.
3) Asm. Caraballo going against Adubato and Corzine on the budget.
4) Sharpe James buying porn on the city's dime.
5) Sal Vega's run against Stack.
Democrat and Republican Follies
1.Joe Ferriero running Wildes, Zisa and Wilson up (and rapidly down) the flagpole against Loretta Weinberg and the 37th District incumbents.
2. The Coniglio/Molinelli/Oury Italy vacation.
3. Chris Christie awarding John Ashcroft a $52million contract.
How bout
Any dumb A$$ that moved into NJ this past year!!
mcgreevey getting divorced
Seems like the poor SOB was happier as a closeted governor...
dumbest moves of 2007
The NJ voters voting.............