Joe “The Tool” Doria
In the 7 or so months since I began blogging and have become much more aware of the issues and politicians in New Jersey, I can now say unequivocally that Joe Doria, the head of the Department of Community Affairs, is the biggest tool we have in state government. If you want to know what’s wrong with New Jersey government, Doria epitomizes it.
With COHA wreaking havoc on this state - threatening the fiscal health of towns and municpalities all across New Jersey that can’t afford it – the good little socialist soldier Doria defends it at every turn.
“You can’t kill COAH,” he says. “You need to simplify it in a way that will meet court muster.”
Yes, you see our activist court is the be all and end all that should never be challenged. I mean, what is this, a democracy we live in?
On top of this, Doria continues his little “hack-a-thon” by defending the indefensible; the state’s unfair and unequal state school funding formulas. For the lowdown on that I recommend that you read in full Paul Mulshine’s latest. Mr. Mulshine listened to Doria spout his garbage at a Senate Budget Committee hearing yesterday.
When State Senator Marcia Karrow questioned Doria on state funding, and why so much of it goes to Democrat strongholds like Jersey City and so little of it actually funds the districts where the money comes from (think counties like Bergen) Doria had no answer. And he also had no answer as to why he approved raises for educrats in Jersey City in excess of $10,000 (some of whom now make well over $100 grand a year) during a recession.
Honestly, whoever wins the Republican nomination ought to use Doria as a poster boy for everything that is wrong with Trenton. It’s because of political hacks like Doria that we don’t have a government that represents taxpayers, but instead represents bureaucrats that confiscate and waste our money at every turn.
Cross-posted at Red County.
