Debate or Budget Meeting? I had a choice tonight: Stay at home to watch the Clinton-Obama debate, or drive to the Wade Building in Martinsville to see how the Bridgewater-Raritan School Board and Administration would deal with the preliminary 2008-2009 school budget. Once such a budget is adopted, I’ve never known one to change before being presented to the voters in the April election.
Given the obfuscations of both national candidates in the TV debate, which I painfully watched for a few minutes upon returning home, I think I made the right move in deciding to go to the Wade building.
Here’s the recap: A general fund budget of $128.8 million was adopted for the next school year. That represents a $4.9 million increase (4%) over last year’s number.
The impact is that, if finally adopted as presented, the new budget will result in a real estate school tax increase of $141.81 for Bridgewater Township homeowners on a house with a $450,000 assessment. Raritan Borough homeowners would see an increase of $141.83 on a house assessed at $350,000. (These assessed values are said to represent averages in each community.)
This year, the Bridgewater-Raritan School District received a total of $12.1 million in State Aid, up by 24.9% from last year’s $9.7 million. You need to know that $2.4 million of this year’s total state aid was part of Governor Corzine’s 11th hour distribution of extra money to school districts throughout New Jersey. Without such assistance, Bridgewater-Raritan’s proposed budget of $128.8 million would produce a significantly higher local real estate tax.
The best fiscal surprise of the night, though, is what the Board of Education decided to do with that $2.4 million in extra state aid which drifted down like manna from the Corzine Administration. Those funds were awarded to the school district without spending limitations: In my opinion, a dangerous move.
However, bowing to much better judgment and to the spirit of the times, the Board and Administration decided to return $1.5 million to Bridgewater-Raritan taxpayers for direct tax relief. A very, very good move!
The remaining $.9 million of extra state aid will be used for facilities improvements at the middle school (largely for paving the parking lot), curriculum improvements, and to cover an increase in the District’s obligation to the Public Employees Retirement System.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
A Look at “Having Arrived”
If you want a snapshot of how celebrities see life in contrasting ways, just check out yesterday’s edition of PARADE magazine. Under the section entitled, What I did with My First Million, TV’s Judge Judy speaks about her rise from a low-paid job to her current success, as she describes her ability to buy expensive shoes, “There were those lousy discounted shoes in navy and brown, plus black ones I craved at full price. I bought the black ones. I paid full price. I knew then that I’d arrived.”
Speaking in a similar mode, Matt Lauer, co-host of the Today Show, comments about his early career insecurity and his subsequent purchase of a property in the Hamptons upon which he eventually built a home. He volunteered that, “Even now I can hardly come to grips with the fact that maybe I’m finally permanently all right.”
Interesting, isn’t it, how so many celebrities seem to define their success with statements that get right down to cash and big houses? We know something about that in Bridgewater, an affluent community where some define success in similar terms. There are, of course, alternate views.
In the same issue of PARADE, under ParadePICKS®, singer-celebrity, 88-year old Pete Seeger was asked how he felt about the future. He responded optimistically that, “My country has done wonderful things that nobody believed we would do: civil rights, women’s rights, freedom of speech. The nonviolent revolution will come next.”
When asked about his finest achievement, he volunteered, “I was able to exploit a great American tradition – that you may speak your mind. The establishment never moves unless they are pushed by the people.”
Isn’t it remarkable that some will underline success in economic terms only, while others expand the definition to include our national achievements and one’s ability to personally impact government?
Note: For the full text of these and other comments, see the February 24, 2008, edition of PARADE magazine at http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_02-24-2008/My_First_Million and at http://www.parade.com/parade-picks/2008/paradePick/item/music/pete-seeger-american-masters-pete-seeger-the-power-of-song.html
Speaking in a similar mode, Matt Lauer, co-host of the Today Show, comments about his early career insecurity and his subsequent purchase of a property in the Hamptons upon which he eventually built a home. He volunteered that, “Even now I can hardly come to grips with the fact that maybe I’m finally permanently all right.”
Interesting, isn’t it, how so many celebrities seem to define their success with statements that get right down to cash and big houses? We know something about that in Bridgewater, an affluent community where some define success in similar terms. There are, of course, alternate views.
In the same issue of PARADE, under ParadePICKS®, singer-celebrity, 88-year old Pete Seeger was asked how he felt about the future. He responded optimistically that, “My country has done wonderful things that nobody believed we would do: civil rights, women’s rights, freedom of speech. The nonviolent revolution will come next.”
When asked about his finest achievement, he volunteered, “I was able to exploit a great American tradition – that you may speak your mind. The establishment never moves unless they are pushed by the people.”
Isn’t it remarkable that some will underline success in economic terms only, while others expand the definition to include our national achievements and one’s ability to personally impact government?
Note: For the full text of these and other comments, see the February 24, 2008, edition of PARADE magazine at http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_02-24-2008/My_First_Million and at http://www.parade.com/parade-picks/2008/paradePick/item/music/pete-seeger-american-masters-pete-seeger-the-power-of-song.html
Friday, February 22, 2008
Steel Rises For Bridgewater’s Municipal Complex
The foregoing picture was taken on Monday, February 18, 2008. It shows the steel framework going up behind the existing Township offices. For weeks prior to this, most of the visible activity was for site work only, with huge piles of earth sitting where there is now a flat site, depicting the current state of construction.
To the right of the construction equipment, you can see the tops of trees which point to the Kidstreet play area. Since this is not the best time of year, rain and melting snow have left pools of water and sheets of ice at that location. Be careful if you take your children there.
In general, I’m financially conservative, and like to see public employees make do with what they have. But, during visits to the current Municipal Building shown in the background, I have been in some offices which are truly overcrowded. The structure was originally designed and built as a school, and what you find is a hodgepodge distribution of offices, some of which appear too large and others which look like neither you or I would want to work in them.
It’s been a long time since the Municipal Complex project was first presented to Bridgewater’s citizens in the form of different proposals. At times, the process was very contentious. Now, the project is finally and literally getting off the ground.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Michelle Obama’s ‘Pride in the USA’
Not so long ago, when Bill Clinton was campaigning for his wife in New Hampshire and beyond, some observers thought that he might have gone over the top a few times in some of his talks. If nothing else, Bill Clinton can be a very eloquent and passionate speaker. His remarks were widely reported by the media, and he took a lot of heat for some of them. Example: In a TV clip which you may have seen, he got right in the face of a TV journalist on camera, and heatedly accused him of floating a loaded question.
I wonder if Michelle Obama’s comments on Monday, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will get the same sort of media scrutiny. While addressing a group of supporters, she said, “Let me tell you something: For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well…” (Emphasis is mine.)
If Barack Obama gets the Democrats’ nod for the nomination and subsequently gets elected President, I wonder if that will be only the second time that Michelle Obama is proud of the USA.
Politicians have always made gaffs and will continue to do so. And it would be easy to simply dismiss her statement as merely an unintended observation and to just move on. But Michelle Obama is very intelligent and articulate. She graduated cum laude from Princeton in 1985, and obtained a law degree from Harvard in 1988. She is known for saying what she intends and for intending what she says.
This country is not perfect, but it’s got plenty of things to be proud of. What about the Civil War to eliminate slavery and to keep this nation united? What about the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after WWII? What about the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Is there any need to go on?
Michelle Obama suffers from an affliction not uncommon to some bright and highly educated persons; namely, that history started on the day they were born, and that events of the past have no meaning for the present or the future.
Perhaps Michelle Obama could benefit from being reminded of what she either did not learn or that she forgot from her university training: There is so much to be proud of in this country, that only an ingrate would be so self-absorbed as to think that it takes 44 years of one’s lifetime to finally discover even one thing.
Note: For a brief bio of Michelle Obama and for some good family pictures, see http://www.squidoo.com/michelle-obama-pictures-biography For a video of her statements, go to YOU TUBE at, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYY73RO_egw
I wonder if Michelle Obama’s comments on Monday, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will get the same sort of media scrutiny. While addressing a group of supporters, she said, “Let me tell you something: For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well…” (Emphasis is mine.)
If Barack Obama gets the Democrats’ nod for the nomination and subsequently gets elected President, I wonder if that will be only the second time that Michelle Obama is proud of the USA.
Politicians have always made gaffs and will continue to do so. And it would be easy to simply dismiss her statement as merely an unintended observation and to just move on. But Michelle Obama is very intelligent and articulate. She graduated cum laude from Princeton in 1985, and obtained a law degree from Harvard in 1988. She is known for saying what she intends and for intending what she says.
This country is not perfect, but it’s got plenty of things to be proud of. What about the Civil War to eliminate slavery and to keep this nation united? What about the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after WWII? What about the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Is there any need to go on?
Michelle Obama suffers from an affliction not uncommon to some bright and highly educated persons; namely, that history started on the day they were born, and that events of the past have no meaning for the present or the future.
Perhaps Michelle Obama could benefit from being reminded of what she either did not learn or that she forgot from her university training: There is so much to be proud of in this country, that only an ingrate would be so self-absorbed as to think that it takes 44 years of one’s lifetime to finally discover even one thing.
Note: For a brief bio of Michelle Obama and for some good family pictures, see http://www.squidoo.com/michelle-obama-pictures-biography For a video of her statements, go to YOU TUBE at, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYY73RO_egw
Saturday, February 16, 2008
“Flip Flopping” on Public Issues
Ever since the 2004 election, when George Bush and John Kerry were competing for the presidency, there’s been no lack of one candidate accusing another of “flip flopping.” It began with the famous quote attributed to John Kerry about his vote on the Congressional authorization to go to war in Iraq: “I voted for it, before I voted against it.”I don’t know your thinking about casually calling another person a “flip flopper,” but I don’t find it useful. Yet, I grant that it can be very effective and that it can even destroy a person’s credibility.
A vital consideration in evaluating the sincerity of a politician’s change of position is that of intent. Why did the politician change her or his mind? If it’s merely expedience, or yielding to inappropriate pressure from peers, lobbyists, or political hacks, then it may be valid to classify that politician as a “flip flopper.” Conversely, it could be the result of a well-thought-out change of mind undertaken after serious reflection.
Politicians should be given leeway to change their views as long as they adhere to the critical caveat of explaining logically and convincingly why they have done so.
When circumstances change, do we really want thoughtless elected officials to keep us in Iraq for 100 years, simply because of a prior vote to have gone to war there?
Note: Photo Source: http://www.undermars.com/gallery1.html
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Affordable Housing in Bridgewater
Bridgewater has not only fulfilled state-mandated requirements for affordable housing but, according to Township Administrator, James Naples, it has out-performed all of its objectives by building 333 units more than required, and by getting them online long before the deadline of 2014.
Now, according to new regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), the state is seeking to impose an additional requirement for another 1100 units to be built in Bridgewater by the year 2018. Complex rules explaining this imposition are outlined in a December 24, 2007, memo to the Township by the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). Both the DCA and COAH fall under the jurisdiction of Commissioner Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Affordable housing is not merely a worthwhile goal but, indeed, is an obligation of the state and all of its communities towards its less fortunate citizens -- but not when it is being implemented according to what COAH calls its newly proposed “third round rules.” If allowed to stand without modification, these new regulations will become law and will go into effect in June, imposing an insuperable burden on Bridgewater.
For example, Mr. Naples points out that COAH assumptions for numbers projecting future growth in the Township (these data are largely the basis for the newly assigned burden of 1100 housing units) “make no sense in reality.” He underscores that the assumptions used by COAH “are 10 years old.” In effect, the Department of Community Affairs is assigning Bridgewater a new allocation based upon growth which has already occurred.
Naples underscores that the Township does not oppose affordable housing, but merely that Bridgewater “has met its obligation,” and “we clearly don’t have a place to put all of those units, unless we start to build up.”
Is it too much to expect that the state will give us a break?
Note: For more information, see the DCA website at http://www.nj.gov/dca/, http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/dec07proposal.shtml, and http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/dec07proposal/muniletter.pdf
Now, according to new regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), the state is seeking to impose an additional requirement for another 1100 units to be built in Bridgewater by the year 2018. Complex rules explaining this imposition are outlined in a December 24, 2007, memo to the Township by the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). Both the DCA and COAH fall under the jurisdiction of Commissioner Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Affordable housing is not merely a worthwhile goal but, indeed, is an obligation of the state and all of its communities towards its less fortunate citizens -- but not when it is being implemented according to what COAH calls its newly proposed “third round rules.” If allowed to stand without modification, these new regulations will become law and will go into effect in June, imposing an insuperable burden on Bridgewater.
For example, Mr. Naples points out that COAH assumptions for numbers projecting future growth in the Township (these data are largely the basis for the newly assigned burden of 1100 housing units) “make no sense in reality.” He underscores that the assumptions used by COAH “are 10 years old.” In effect, the Department of Community Affairs is assigning Bridgewater a new allocation based upon growth which has already occurred.
Naples underscores that the Township does not oppose affordable housing, but merely that Bridgewater “has met its obligation,” and “we clearly don’t have a place to put all of those units, unless we start to build up.”
Is it too much to expect that the state will give us a break?
Note: For more information, see the DCA website at http://www.nj.gov/dca/, http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/dec07proposal.shtml, and http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/dec07proposal/muniletter.pdf
Sunday, February 10, 2008
An Unexpected Good Start
Saturday morning dawned crisp, cold and overcast in Bridgewater. As is my winter weekend morning habit, I arose early, put on a pot of coffee; donned a pair of sweats, a fleece vest, a hat, and walked down to the bottom of the driveway to pick up the newspapers.
There are several regular joggers in the neighborhood, so it’s not unusual to greet one as he or she passes by. Yesterday was no different. As I stooped to gather up one of the newspapers, a well-bundled young woman with just the oval of her face showing, slowed down from her jogging, picked up the other newspaper and handed it to me.
We exchanged greetings and smiles, and she continued on her way. What a refreshing occasion it is to run across such a simple yet meaningful act of kindness.
There are several regular joggers in the neighborhood, so it’s not unusual to greet one as he or she passes by. Yesterday was no different. As I stooped to gather up one of the newspapers, a well-bundled young woman with just the oval of her face showing, slowed down from her jogging, picked up the other newspaper and handed it to me.
We exchanged greetings and smiles, and she continued on her way. What a refreshing occasion it is to run across such a simple yet meaningful act of kindness.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Trenton Bureaucrats Dictate Housing in Bridgewater
New Jersey government is so overstuffed with state jobs, it seems, that every time you turn around, a new requirement in the form of an unfunded burden is being placed on local municipalities. Often, when that happens, it’s promoted under the guise of a good cause. Take for example, affordable housing.
Just when many communities, like Bridgewater Township, are meeting their obligations under the law, poof! Down comes another directive from the state bureaucracy. Joe Doria, Commissioner of the State Department of Community Affairs has OK’d the proposal of his Council on Affordable Housing to arbitrarily increase the number of homes currently scheduled to be built by 2018.
He says that developers will pick up the bill for this. Even if they did, it doesn’t come close to paying the full tab for such housing. Every time that a new housing unit is forced down the throat of a municipality by state mandate, it increases all of the public service, social and educational costs of the municipality and of the school district on a permanently recurring basis. And none of these costs – none – are covered by the rules proposed by Mr. Doria’s Trenton bureaucracy.
Communities in Somerset County have been planning in good faith and meeting requirements for previously established regulations for fair housing established by the state of New Jersey. Out of the blue, with no apparent regard for the already ballooning real estate tax problems of Bridgewater and other similar communities, Commissioner Doria comes up with further prohibitive requirements.
Clinton Township Mayor Nick Corcodilos, who represents a coalition of towns, has said that the DCA will be sued if it continues on this path. Good! In a recent newspaper article, both Bridgewater Township Planner Scarlett Doyle and Mayor Patricia Flannery have clearly made known the unfairness and imbalance of the State’s proposal.
Bridgewater Township should join other like-minded municipalities and execute a full-court press to stop this insane proposal.
Note: See the article on this topic by Bev McCarron at http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/somerset/index.ssf?/base/news-3/120236320211890.xml&coll=1
Just when many communities, like Bridgewater Township, are meeting their obligations under the law, poof! Down comes another directive from the state bureaucracy. Joe Doria, Commissioner of the State Department of Community Affairs has OK’d the proposal of his Council on Affordable Housing to arbitrarily increase the number of homes currently scheduled to be built by 2018.
He says that developers will pick up the bill for this. Even if they did, it doesn’t come close to paying the full tab for such housing. Every time that a new housing unit is forced down the throat of a municipality by state mandate, it increases all of the public service, social and educational costs of the municipality and of the school district on a permanently recurring basis. And none of these costs – none – are covered by the rules proposed by Mr. Doria’s Trenton bureaucracy.
Communities in Somerset County have been planning in good faith and meeting requirements for previously established regulations for fair housing established by the state of New Jersey. Out of the blue, with no apparent regard for the already ballooning real estate tax problems of Bridgewater and other similar communities, Commissioner Doria comes up with further prohibitive requirements.
Clinton Township Mayor Nick Corcodilos, who represents a coalition of towns, has said that the DCA will be sued if it continues on this path. Good! In a recent newspaper article, both Bridgewater Township Planner Scarlett Doyle and Mayor Patricia Flannery have clearly made known the unfairness and imbalance of the State’s proposal.
Bridgewater Township should join other like-minded municipalities and execute a full-court press to stop this insane proposal.
Note: See the article on this topic by Bev McCarron at http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/somerset/index.ssf?/base/news-3/120236320211890.xml&coll=1
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Bill Maher’s View of Mormons and Evangelicals
Did you watch the Larry King Show last night? If you did, you were treated to an hour of humor by Bill Maher, a sharp wit and a good comedian. But much of his humor yesterday was disparaging and witless.Several times, Maher could not help but to get off on a tangent. When Larry King asked him what he thought of Mitt Romney, Maher’s response was that, “Mormons have always been shape shifters.” King had not asked him what he thought about Mormons, but what he thought about Romney. The question was politically oriented – nothing else.
Maher could not resist the temptation to twist the answer into a broadside aimed at all Mormons. Shape shifter is a derogatory term meaning that a person does not stay put on solid ground, but moves about constantly, hoping to present an illusive, unsteady appearance.
Maher’s prejudice was not reserved only for Mormons. When asked by King to comment about Mike Huckabee, Maher wasn’t too enthusiastic about him either, indicating that anyone who believes in “The old book of Jewish fairy tales” doesn’t suit his fancy either.
Maher offered his philosophy that, “I think all religions are cuckoo, but I’m not a bigot.” He went on to say, “You can’t shut me up by using the word ‘faith’ because I think it’s dumb.”
During that entire hour, King did not once ask Maher his opinion of the candidates’ faith. I don’t know why Maher thinks that someone is trying to shut him up by using the word faith. Certainly it didn’t happen during last night’s interview. Larry King needs to get a grip, control the format of his show, and not act like such a wimpy host when one of his guests gets so far out of line.
Note: 06 July 2006 Photo by Jesse Grant - © WireImage.com - Image courtesy WireImage.com
Monday, February 4, 2008
Giants Pull Out a Tight Victory
Almost all of the professional sports pundits got it wrong. (See my pre-game blog of yesterday). The New York Giants played a great defensive game against the New England Patriots. Eli Manning kept his newly-found precision passing on the mark to produce the necessary yardage that eventually gave the Giants a 17-14 win over the up-to-then undefeated Patriots.
Tom Brady was sacked too often by an aggressive Giants defense, and could not come up with enough big plays to give him the results that he needed for this contest. Even Randy Moss was held to a single touchdown and just five receptions.
As of 10:20 last night, the writers of FOX Sports on MSN had nothing to say about their lopsided predictions of a Patriots victory, where 10 out of 11 writers had called for the Giants to lose. They should have taken a course on statistics and probability before writing their articles.
That, of course, doesn’t make me, a New England fan, feel any better about it. After rooting and hoping right through to the end of this game, I was frustrated that the Pats just couldn’t come up with enough Moxie to close the deal on a potential 19-0 season. The Giants guaranteed a different outcome last night, and for that, they deserve the championship for which they fought so hard.
p.s. Go easy on me in the next few weeks. I need recovery time!
Tom Brady was sacked too often by an aggressive Giants defense, and could not come up with enough big plays to give him the results that he needed for this contest. Even Randy Moss was held to a single touchdown and just five receptions.
As of 10:20 last night, the writers of FOX Sports on MSN had nothing to say about their lopsided predictions of a Patriots victory, where 10 out of 11 writers had called for the Giants to lose. They should have taken a course on statistics and probability before writing their articles.
That, of course, doesn’t make me, a New England fan, feel any better about it. After rooting and hoping right through to the end of this game, I was frustrated that the Pats just couldn’t come up with enough Moxie to close the deal on a potential 19-0 season. The Giants guaranteed a different outcome last night, and for that, they deserve the championship for which they fought so hard.
p.s. Go easy on me in the next few weeks. I need recovery time!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
The Vagaries of Football’s Super Bowl
I was going to write about another topic, until I saw the predictions for today’s matchup between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots on MSN.com.
To read the FOXSports.com article by Senior NFL writer Alex Marvez, you’d think that the Giants might well have stayed in their New Jersey homes and enjoyed the nice sunny day. In his column of about 870 words, the Giants barely get a mention, and then, only at the end.
In another story on the same web site, FOXSports on MSN calls on 11 experts – all of which, except one – pick the Pats to win Super Bowl XLII. Kevin Hench, FOXSports.com contributor, has the Pats winning 41-10, the widest margin predicted, while Peter Schrager, NFL contributor, is the sole analyst to pick the Giants. He gives them a 4-point spread, 27-23.
I don’t know about you, but all this nonsense talk about knowing who will win the game ignores the laws of probability. Like a coin toss for heads or tails, this game could land on either side. Furthermore, the Pats’ uninterrupted 18-game winning streak keeps increasing the statistical chances of their losing. It will happen sooner or later. Pretty sobering, isn’t it?
Hey! Wait a minute here. Don’t think I’m rooting for the Giants. I’m an old Red Sox fan who knows how to cheer on his team while keeping his fingers crossed until the clock stops ticking and the final score is registered on the board.
I’m wary of Eli Manning who seems to have awakened from his regular season somnambulism and has been playing post-season games with the precision of a jungle cat trying to take down a gazelle. I don’t expect him or the rest of the Giants to do anything but to try to claw their way to victory.
Here’s to all of us slightly off-balance and sometimes demented sports fans in the New England and New York area – have a pre-game toast to the whole kit and caboodle.
Note: See http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7747796?MSNHPHCP>1=10937 for the Alex Marvey story, and http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7744306?MSNHPHCP>1=10937 for the pre-game predictions.
To read the FOXSports.com article by Senior NFL writer Alex Marvez, you’d think that the Giants might well have stayed in their New Jersey homes and enjoyed the nice sunny day. In his column of about 870 words, the Giants barely get a mention, and then, only at the end.
In another story on the same web site, FOXSports on MSN calls on 11 experts – all of which, except one – pick the Pats to win Super Bowl XLII. Kevin Hench, FOXSports.com contributor, has the Pats winning 41-10, the widest margin predicted, while Peter Schrager, NFL contributor, is the sole analyst to pick the Giants. He gives them a 4-point spread, 27-23.
I don’t know about you, but all this nonsense talk about knowing who will win the game ignores the laws of probability. Like a coin toss for heads or tails, this game could land on either side. Furthermore, the Pats’ uninterrupted 18-game winning streak keeps increasing the statistical chances of their losing. It will happen sooner or later. Pretty sobering, isn’t it?
Hey! Wait a minute here. Don’t think I’m rooting for the Giants. I’m an old Red Sox fan who knows how to cheer on his team while keeping his fingers crossed until the clock stops ticking and the final score is registered on the board.
I’m wary of Eli Manning who seems to have awakened from his regular season somnambulism and has been playing post-season games with the precision of a jungle cat trying to take down a gazelle. I don’t expect him or the rest of the Giants to do anything but to try to claw their way to victory.
Here’s to all of us slightly off-balance and sometimes demented sports fans in the New England and New York area – have a pre-game toast to the whole kit and caboodle.
Note: See http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7747796?MSNHPHCP>1=10937 for the Alex Marvey story, and http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7744306?MSNHPHCP>1=10937 for the pre-game predictions.
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