There. I’ve said it. And I’ll say it again. Jon Corzine sucks.
Besides the hits those words will likely deliver, let me tell you a story about the latest affront this dope’s administration has foisted upon us poor working slobs.
The registration for one of my bikes is coming up for renewal at the end of July. I’ve had the form on my desk for a couple of months now. I’ve been meaning to ride down to the agency to take care of it – I even attempted it on one of the few days that it didn’t rain. Alas, the lines were long – must have been the beginning or end of a month – and it was just too nice a day to wait it out. So I rode instead. But I digress…
A one-year registration renewal for a motorcycle in the People’s Republik of New Jersey cost US$31.50. Yeah, I know, that’s way more than you pay, isn’t it? Well, we’re used to it.
Anyway, this afternoon’s snail mail brought an envelope from Motor Vehicle Services. As I walked in from the mailbox thought it odd – nothing was due, other than the registration renewal which was already on my desk. What could they want? Can you guess?
Of course! A fee increase! And not just any fee increase, a whopping 106% increase to US$65.00! And it takes effect when? Not the end of July, when the second wave of motorcycle registrations comes due (just twice a year here – something to do with the ‘riding season’). Oh, no, July 6th, the Monday after the holiday. Today’s Wednesday. Friday’s a holiday, and Saturday, too, for the State. Just one day to act.
I visited the agency just before they closed and paid the lower cost. Surprisingly, the lines weren’t *that* bad, considering it’s the beginning of the month. I saw two other motorcyclists in the fray. None looked happy.
I unloaded a little on the girl at the counter. It wasn’t personal, of course, but I felt it was my civic duty to express my displeasure. She said she’d been hearing it all day, and leaned closer to express her own displeasure with Corzine.
They’ve already removed the convenience of online renewals. My pickup already costs well in excess of US$100 to register. I wonder what that increase will be…
I believe there’s a special place in Hell waiting for that SOB. I’ll be more than happy to drive him there myself, on the end of my boot, no State Police detail needed.
If you’re considering voting Corzine in for another term I’d really like to hear your reasoning. Add your comment today.
Thanks for checkin’ in, Shoredude105. Your sentiments echo others that have emailed me privately.
As for me, I had another vehicle registration renewal come due since I wrote, and it was at the prior-year rate. I didn’t waste any time getting my butt down to the agency to take care of it. And of course, I mentioned to the girl at the counter that I wanted to get it done before it, too, increased. She, like the other before her, leaned across the counter and lowered her voice to speak rather unkindly about Corzine.
I was talking to someone else, a teacher, the other day when the topic of MVS fee increases came up. She pointed out that the cost of a title had risen from US$20 to US$60! I haven’t confirmed it, but that makes the lousy 106% increase I griped about seem awfully trivial.
Finally, it’d be bummer if you chose to move now – what with home prices off by about 30%. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
I urge everyone to vote that SOB out.
Corzine and the Democrats have led NJ down the path to financial destruction. The only people Corzine and the Democrats care about are the state workers, the unions that represent them and the special interests that make campaign doantions. Pigs will never fly over the statehouse because they are all in the statehouse with their snouts and hooves in the trough getting fatter on taxpayer dollars. If Corzine wins I’m moving.
We have our share in Connecticut. We’ve sent the worst to Washington, D.C. and I’ve moved upwind from the rest.
Charges, schmarges. To borrow a tired old joke, ya know what you’ve got when you’ve got Corzine buried up to his neck in excrement? Not enough excrement, that’s what you’ve got.
Wait! He hasn’t joined the ranks of exposed adulterous, embezzling queers yet! Don’t prosecute until all the charges are in.