by KYW’s David Madden
Local elected officials in New Jersey were told, in no uncertain terms this week, that the state is facing hard financial decisions and the ways of doing business will change when Chris Christie takes over as Governor in January. One South Jersey mayor believes his colleagues got the message.
Woolwich Township Mayor Joe Chila, a Democrat, doubles as a Gloucester County Freeholder. Attending this week’s conference of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, he was among those getting a warning from Christie and a suggestion from outgoing Governor Jon Corzine to somehow make Christie’s plan to cut spending and taxes work:
“I think everyone’s going to leave this room here knowing that we have a tough job ahead of us as local officials, as a county, state officials. And we’re going to do the best we can for the residents.”
But it’ll be tough, what with an $8 billion projected state deficit that everyone now expects to get worse before it gets better.
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