CORZINE’S ADMINISTRATION TEAM COMES TOGETHER
Governor Jon Corzine has nearly completed his new Cabinet and administration team. They are:

Cabinet nominations
Bradley Abelow, Treasurer, a former Goldman Sachs executive
Lisa Jackson, Environmental Protection Commissioner, formerly a DEP and EPA administrator
Susan Bass Levin, Community Affairs Commissioner
Virginia Bauer, Commerce Secretary
Zulima Farber, Attorney General, a lawyer and former state public advocate
Fred Jacobs, Health and Senior Services Commissioner
Kevin Ryan, Human Services Commissioner, formerly the state’s child advocate
Ronald Chen, Public Advocate, formerly dean for academic affairs at Rutgers Law School-Newark
Nina Wells, Secretary of State, a lawyer, formerly worked for Schering-Plough
Major Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, Military and Veteran Affairs Adjutant
Charles Kuperus, Agriculture Commissioner
Sharon Harrington, Motor Vehicles Chief Administrator
Jeanne Fox, Board of Public Utilities President
Col. Rick Fuentes, State Police Superintendent
Rolando Torres, Personnel Commissioner

Governor’s Staff Appointments
Tom Shea, Chief of Staff, formerly chief of staff to Corzine’s Senate office
Jeannine LaRue, Deputy Chief of Staff
Patti McGuire, Deputy Chief of Staff
Maggie Moran, Deputy Chief of Staff
Stuart Rabner, Chief Counsel, formerly chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office
Edward McBride, Deputy Chief Counsel
Matthew Boxer, Chief of the Authorities Unit, formerly a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office
Dr. Carol O’Cleireacain, Deputy Treasurer, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and former New York City Budget Director

Governor Corzine has not yet announced his nominees for the Departments of Transportation, Education, Labor & Workforce Development, Insurance and Corrections.

NEW JERSEY PRESENTS WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A new element has been injected into the running controversy between New Jersey and Pennsylvania over dredging the Delaware River’s shipping channel. New Jersey officials have presented a $5 billion waterfront development plan as an alternative to deepening the channel from 40 to 45 feet- a project strongly supported by Pennsylvania Governor Rendell.

The New Jersey plan would seek to develop 50 miles of New Jersey waterfront from Pennsauken in Camden County through Gloucester and Salem Counties. It would include $3.6 billion in residential development, nearly $650 million in marine terminal development and $365 million to bolster industrial and warehouse parks, all financed with private and public money. A Rendell spokeswoman labeled the New Jersey proposal as “a feeble attempt to deflect attention from the real issue of dredging.”

SUPREME COURT APPROVES SPECIAL MASTER FOR NEW JERSEY-DELAWARE DISPUTE
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request by Delaware to appoint a special master in a border dispute with New Jersey. The dispute involves New Jersey’s effort to help energy giant BP to build a liquefied natural gas plant on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. Delaware environmental officials last year rejected the application of BP subsidiary Crown Landing LLC to build a 2,000 foot pier to serve as a LNG facility for Logan Township in New Jersey.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Edward Cruz, President and CEO of E.E. Cruz and Company, Inc., of Holmdel, is the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement in Construction Award from The Moles (An Association of Individuals Engaged in Heavy Construction.) A member of the Alliance for Action, Cruz was President of the Moles in 2003, served as President of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey and National Utility Contractors Association and currently is a Trustee of the Associated General Contractors of New Jersey.
Bob Briant Jr., has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA). With the UTCA for 23 years, he replaced Bob Briant Sr., who served as the association’s chief executive since 1973.
Carlin Binder has been named manager of the Voorhees branch of the Binder Machinery Company. He will oversee the service and parts departments at the Voorhees branch.

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