Trenton mayoral candidate Jasi Edwards plans to stand on the steps of the statehouse this evening to urge the legislature to vote against a bill that doesn’t exist.
The first-term city councilwoman wants to fight legislation establishing a trust fund to transfer public assets. The problem is that the specific bill she opposes no longer exists: the 221st Session of the New Jersey Legislature expired at noon on Tuesday. The bill she’s asking lawmakers to oppose didn’t make it to the Assembly floor in the last session, and hasn’t been introduced.
One of the reasons the bill got killed was the staunch opposition of Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora, who is seeking re-election to a third term in the November non-partisan municipal election. Gusciora, who spent more than two decades as an assemblyman representing Trenton, testified against the bill when it was still a bill.
Perhaps worse is that Edwards wants people to attend her press conference “on the steps of the N.J. state capital” – either unaware that in New Jersey, it’s referred to as the statehouse – or at least spelled correctly: state capitol.
In his 2014 U.S. Senate race, Republican Jeffrey Bell caught some flak when he suggested that Cory Booker skip a fundraiser with President Barack Obama in Union and instead go to the beach. Bell had moved from Virginia to New Jersey to make the race.
“Note to Virginia resident Jeff Bell: Here in New Jersey, we call it ‘the Shore,” said Brendan Gill, then the Booker campaign manager and now a candidate Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district.
