These days, if Gov. Chris Christie has a public event, odds are it's about spotlighting addiction-recovery services. Wednesday's was a Statehouse candlelight vigil.
With a corruption indictment announced last week, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez became the latest in a long line of New Jersey's top elected officials to be hit by scandal or corruption accusations.
Ten years ago this week, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey announced he was a gay American, and a few months later he stepped down from office. Since then, there hasn't been one openly gay governor elected in any state, and very few gay state lawmakers currently hold office around the country.
I do a joke in my comedy act about the resignation of former Governor Jim McGreevey saying ‘I am a gay American, I was unfaithful in my marriage, I’m stepping down, but I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance.”