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The Governor made a big splash today as he rolled out his ideas on pension and health care cost reform for government workers. He then began to do some " spinning" as to how he needed help from the Legislature to get these reforms accomplished. Someone needs to tell the "big guy" that he is the Chief Executive of the State and that the state workers work for the Executive and that they have a contract with the State that expires on July1,2011. If Christie wants these reforms all he needs to do is push up the date by 12 weeks and start the process of negotiating with CWA and put all of these reforms in the new contract. Forget about Sweeney and Oliver,DO IT YOURSELF BIG GUY! That is exactly what Corzine did 4 years ago when he wanted the new state worker contract finished before his budget address. But Christie appears to fear negotiations. He prefers press releases. CAN THE BIG GUY ACTUALLY BE SCARED OF TALKING TO THE CWA? I hope that both the State Senate and the Assembly sit on every bill and force Christie to negotiate all of these changes. Do not give him anyone to blame. I also hope that CWA calls his bluff and demands that new contract negotiations begin immediately. He wants to be the BIG BOSS ,then the power is in his hands!