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TagsBY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Three Democrats and the president of Montclair State University are among the 10 people Governor-elect Chris Christie Wednesday named as transition team formed to help him prepare to take office on Jan. 19.
Christie announced the team after marking Veterans Day by taking part in a ceremony at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel. He described it as a bi-partisan group of leaders from both the public and private sector selected to bring their combined management experience, knowledge and know-how to spearhead transition efforts. The group is headed by David Samson, a state attorney general under Gov. James McGreevey.
The Democrats who will work with Samson are state Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham (D-Hudson) and Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac, who was state treasurer under McGreevey.
"I am excited we have been able to put together a talented, bi-partisan and dedicated group of individuals to help guide Governor-Elect Christie's transition efforts,'' said Samson. "We have a lot of work ahead of us, but we are ready to help execute Chris' vision for changing the way our government does business.""There is no doubt we have our work cut out for us,'' said Christie, "but I am confident that the team we have put together to lead my transition will set the tone for the rest of the Christie Administration."
The remaining transition team members are: Montclair State President Susan A. Cole; Debra P. DiLorenzo, president and CEO of the Southern New Jersey Chamber Of Commerce; Michael DuHaime, managing director of Mercury Public Affairs; Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, who is also an attorney with Gilmore & Monahan; Jon Hanson, chairman and founder of the Hampshire Real Estate Companies; Alfred C. Koeppe, director of the Newark Alliance and former president and COO of PSE&G, and state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos (R-Monmouth).
Commenting on a report that he is considering declaring a fiscal state of emergency for the financially struggling state government, Christie said it is an option.
"That's just one option,'' he said. "I have not begun to make any final decision. I am going to have some very good people helping me with this problem and we'll see which o option we take.''
Christie said all option are on the table for confronting an expected $8 billion deficit for the 2010-11 state budget but he again vowed, "No tax increase.''
