One year before Tom Corbett was elected Pennsylvania governor, New Jersey voters elected Chris Christie as the first Republican governor in that state since 2001. With that, the rest of the nation watched to see what this brazen new governor would do. It quickly became apparent that Christie was a man of his word, slashing various projects and department budgets to close the budget gap.
Shortly after winning the election on November 3, 2009, Christie published 88 Ways Chris Christie Will Fix New Jersey on his campaign Web site, boldly stating the following as his first priority:
“I will change the way our state budgets its dollars by building our budget upward. I will first determine how much money we have, then determine our most important priorities, and then fund those top priorities. Less critical programs will have to wait.”
And, he did.
Read more in the February 2011 edition of the Business Magazine.
