David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

Prieto expecting Hasenbalg’s post

January 5, 2018 1:22 pm

Speculation that outgoing Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto is headed to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, first reported in November by InsiderNJ, appears to be correct. Prieto is under the impression that Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has committed to giving...

Is Celgene exec looking at Senate bid?

January 5, 2018 12:27 pm

A Twitter account, @HuginForSenate, could mean that Robert Hugin, the Executive Chairman of the biotech giant Celgene, is mulling a challenge to U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. It could also mean someone claimed the handle. The first follower on the account...

When Christie cancelled ARC, Frelinghuysen changed his website

January 5, 2018 10:31 am

Activists seeking to oust Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen this fall have already made the Gateway Hudson River Tunnel project a campaign issue. Frelinghuysen appears to have noticed, and after the U.S. Department of Transportation pushed back on what may or may...

Murphy, Sweeney not getting along

January 5, 2018 8:57 am

The biggest inside baseball story of Phil Murphy’s transition is just how badly his relationship with Senate President Steven Sweeney has deteriorated. They haven’t talked much since Election Day. Either Murphy doesn’t understand the role of the New Jersey Senate,...

Will Santoro last until April?

January 5, 2018 8:11 am

No spoiler alert was necessary on stories that discussed Steven Santoro’s decision to leave his post as New Jersey Transit executive director in April. He wasn’t going to keep his job anyway, and now Santoro gets to say he quit,...

Brendan Byrne’s polls & votes

January 5, 2018 5:07 am

How disliked was Gov. Brendan Byrne before he became a beloved elder statesman? The first poll of his administration had his approval ratings at 51%-21% (Eagleton-Rutgers, March/April 1974). By the mid-term election, Byrne was upside down at 23%-71% (Eagleton-Rutgers, October/November...

Byrne plan to clean up NJ politics

January 4, 2018 9:11 pm