Max Pizarro did like a ten-minute interview with Jeff Van Drew at a fundraiser in Pittsgrove and is that Ron Jaworski behind him waving the beer around?
I’m not sure what Van Drew said, though at one point he relayed the riveting anecdote of a friend who still insisted on calling him, Senator Van Drew, Jeff, despite the dizzying heights to which he, Jeff, had risen in local politics recently.
“That’s what this country was based upon–real people who really came from, in some sense, the working-sector, whether it was in a profession, whether it was in any field…,” he said, etc.
Nothing quite says Real America to me like a Michelob Ultra wrapped in the cocktail napkin they insist on giving you with your beer at fancy-ass fundraisers.
JVD also said one of his proudest accomplishments was fighting for people in his district who had medically necessary procedures that weren’t covered under their insurance–not by expanding access to healthcare on principle, but by calling the president of the health insurance company to intervene.
I don’t know about you, but when someone says “the president of the health insurance company” in South Jersey, who do you think of?
We’re doomed.
The primary’s June 5.
The American Gaming Association said sports betting could create 150,000 jobs in the U.S. and hundreds, even thousands, of them could be in New Jersey. It might also revitalize Atlantic City. Anyway, here’s a story about some of the possibilities.
Siri, what’s a job?
Meanwhile, New Jersey’s one of the most racially segregated states in the nation and Phil “the Bulwark of Liberalism” Murphy should educate his constituents to take action, Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute said.
For more news from across the region, see below:
VIC’S SUBS COVER STORY: SOUTH JERSEY FIELD OF DREAMS INSPIRING US ONE INNING AT A TIME–Larry McCarty, one of the board members for South Jersey Field of Dreams, said he recently had a pair of sisters come up to him after their first time volunteering at the Absecon baseball diamond and ask if it would be OK if they came back again sometime to help out. Larry explained that they didn’t need to wait for an invitation, they were welcome to come back anytime. glorydaysonline.com
Just $50M From NJ’s Exxon Settlement Will Go to the Dept. of Environmental Protection–Only $50 million from New Jersey’s controversial $225 million pollution settlement with ExxonMobil will go to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), acting commissioner Catherine McCabe said Tuesday. observer.com
N.J. can forget immediate legal sports betting. Here’s why.–Hold onto your bets, sports fans. Monmouth Park's plan to become the first place in New Jersey to offer legalized sports betting on May 28 -- Memorial Day -- has hit a wall, NJ Advance Media has learned. www.nj.com