Even the Liberal APP endorsed Republican Kim Guadago for NJ Governor over Democrat Phil Murphy. The paper says "She is best equipped, through experience and a fiscally conservative governing philosophy, to address what most New Jersey residents have long regarded as the state’s number one issue — crushing property taxes. Murphy, on the other hand, has made campaign promises that would require tens of billions of dollars in new spending at a time when New Jersey has the highest debt burden per capita in the nation. The paper claims Murphy "has run a campaign built on snake-oil promises to address virtually every problem facing New Jersey by throwing even more money at it. His disturbing lack of focus on the tax burden is dramatized by his campaign website’s failure to list property taxes as a major heading in his issues section." One of the key reasons we support Guadagno is because a Republican is necessary in the governor’s chair to keep the Democratic-majority Legislature’s profligate impulses in check. While Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure was a major disappointment in many ways, he largely succeeded in reining in the Democrats on spending. That can’t be overlooked, not in a state that has far and away the highest property taxes in the nation. Read more at APP.com
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