Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, all, very much. N begin, im going to ask you for a favor. Of silence, but for a moment of celebration, for extraordinary life of governor brendan burns. Hats what he would have wanted. He wouldnt have wanted silence. E would have wanted celebration, so lets all rise and celebrate governor burns. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ago yesterday i then8yearold br ck and then5yearold brigitte from school. On the front lawn on the way to the nnounced assembled media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. I said many things, but looking back on it the most mportant statement was this if you are looking for the same ld stuff, youve got the wrong person. Little did i know just how right later. Be nine years nine years is a lifetime ago in a culture of e, dvrs that skip commercials, instagram, book, snapchat and the short Attention Spans that come from these communicating. A today i want us to take breath. We need to remember whe
In his final state of the state address new Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks about his administrative. He also discussed the response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012. His successor democrat sal murphy will be sworn in tuesday. [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you all very much. Now, before we begin im going to ask you for a favor. Not for a moment of silence but for a moment of celebration for the extraordinary life of governor brendan byrne. That is what he would have wanted. He would not want to settle he was one of celebration so lets all rise and celebrate governor bernd. [applause] [applause] nine years ago yesterday i went to pick up then 8yearold patrick and then 5yearold ritchie from school. On my way out of school with them on the front lawn of the Assumption School and mars town i announced to the media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. On that day i said many things but looking back on it the most important thing was this, i said
First, we appointed former United States ascender to lead to the effort and he has incredible skill and produced phenomenal results. [applause]. Think about this. Tax appeals were weighing down the city. 303 million is owed just to the casinos in tax rebates. Set the senator using the authority we gave him, negotiated that number down by more than 50 , just over 138 million and in 2017 we announced glad you are all seated for this one 1140 11. 4 decrease in property taxes in Atlantic City which means average property tax reduction of 621. This was the result of budgetcutting measures that reduced city spending by 66 million over the 2015 budget and with a jeff in charge the budget will stay level in 2018 as well. He also reached a settlement with the police union, a settlement leading to now there will be 12 hour shifts in Atlantic City, reduced salaries, reduced term lease payments and reduced workforce of 252 officers, all agreements that would not have occurred without the senators
Next on American History tv, journalist Cokie Roberts mod races s moderates a discussion on the First Federal congress at the american historical Associations Annual meeting. The panel talks about the nations founders including James Madison and George Washington who met from 1789 to 1791 to determine the structure of the new federal government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half, recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody. Im Cokie Roberts and i am here in my history hat as a writer of history and a student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete which, you know, do
Many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that ive ever seen. Among other things, its complete which doesnt happen that often. The Founding Fathers papers will be published when were all dead. So the fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all because, you know, the guys got together and wrote the constitution pretty quickly given the fact that they had to, as bill clinton says, the constitution should be called lets make a deal. But we in the press werent there which made it a lot easier. And then theyve got this piece of paper and basically they sell it, and they sold it quite variously with different people selling Different Things and contradicting each other. I reread quickly the executive sections of the federalist papers and the difference