I'm all for safety first and keeping the wolf at the door so to speak but why have I been overwhelmed by the feeling in the past several days that Phil Murphy seems far more intent on slow walking New Jersey's reopening and critical economic recovery in favor of the prospect of a Biden Bailout in January - a risk laden gambit, that according to progressive logic, will not only erase the economic carnage from the pandemic but dig the state out of our unrecoverable black hole of public sector pension obligations. New Jersey doesn't have a sub-junk bond rating and a last in the nation business climate for nothing and was on precarious financial footing long before Covid-19 came to town. Governor Murphy's no fool, he was a career plutocrat at Goldman Sachs long before he became our soft spoken healer-in-chief and fully understands the fiscal calamity he faces - a yawning debt that can only be made whole through massive federal intervention. Any pretense that populist half measures like a "millionaires tax" and sixty year bond maturities can right the ship of state are pure sophistry. So what's to be done considering that well-intentioned recommendations and soft encouragement seem to be backsliding as the virus appears to be gearing up for another run.. First, it seems beyond obvious that the governor must insist through executive order that everyone wear a mask outside of their home, revoke outside alcohol sales by restaurants and enforce social distancing and capacity limits through revocation of liquor or business licenses if that becomes necessary to curb the outwardly defiant. If certain populations believe their personal liberties will be compromised or they're at risk of becoming "sheep" at the hands of an overweening nanny state.... tough! I have great respect for the Founding Fathers but with life expectancy at 36 in 1776, their unique brand of rugged individualism may not be the best role model to emulate in a science-based crisis. I'm Libertarian by nature so the prospect of heavy-handed government intervention is repellent but the days of polite suggestions are over, New Jersey can't wait until January for federal intervention that may never happen. Too many lives and livelihoods may become collateral damage in the interim all in the name of overzealous caution. And frankly, if you're offended over the introduction of politics into Yelp because it's just rude to step on pleasantly non-partisan restaurant reviews and the like... well... if our economy doesn't open soon, all of our gauzy punditry and images of carrot cakes and cappuccino foam will just be polite anachronisms in very short order. Governor, it's time to pick a lane and fully open up the state with enforceable mandated behaviors - unless that strategy doesn't comport with the expectation of a President Biden and economic salvation from the US Treasury. Even in these grim times, it may just come down to politics as usual. In the meantime wear a mask and stop waving the Constitution unless you know what's in it. read more

Gotta love how you call the Governors office within normal hours of operation and you are told to call back within normal hours. Kinda sounds like Unemployment huh? Just called NJ UNemployment at 8:31am only to be told that due to high call volume , my call can't be answered today. Call back tomorrow. This is literally an every day message for the last 2 weeks. This governor and the whole system is a crowd of lazy mfs. High call volume one minute after 8:30 ?? What a damn joke. Fortunately, I haven't had to use the unemployment system for over 24 years , and I hope to never have to again. I feel for those who have children to feed after losing a job. I'm on just over a month with no unemployment as of yet. What a fuckin joke. Phil Murphy is a waste of a space POS. read more

I'll give them some stars.. phil murphys office helped me out not going to say on what matter it was but his secretary was nice and funny..it was around veterans day when this occured didn't get 5 stars because I had to do alot of steps to get me heard and help.. read more

No one likes politicians that use their office to build subdivisions under the partnership of builders and make under the table deals with huge corporations. There are parcels of land that have not been able to developed for decades until they partnered with Phil Murphy. Never see that stuff in the news . read more

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Hi. My name is Frank. I Think Governor Murphy is the best thing that happened to NJ. being it took years to legalize and control canabise but even though it took years of hard work he got it done. I don't use canabise but there are many benefits that canabise has that some people need to make there lives a little better being seizures. People that use canabise reduces and in some cases eliminate seizures, that's a big deal for everyone. can you imagine seeing a person having a seizure in a shopping mall it is embarrassing for the person having the seizure and people don't know what's going on then you have to explain it to your kids so for that it's great. You have to remember it's used for medical reasons it's not people getting high then with any else there will be people taking advantage but even so it's better this way and I agree. Getting caught before can ruin a kids life how ever the Governor took that bold move and made good in all ways even economics. New Jersey will help people and could not come at a better time due to the corona virus when people are losing there jobs. This will create jobs in NJ. The best thing I like about the governor is when he says he is going to do something he gets it done no matter what obstacles comes his way that's what we need in total for the good of the people and for the well being of the people and to grow and modernize New Jersey taking NJ to the next level keeping NJ in the lead. NJ has a lot of great things going for it, this is one more great thing for NJ thanks to Phil Murphy. Thank you Governor, and thank you for what you have done for us, the people of NJ and for now the greater state of NJ. Thank you!! again. read more

I decided to write because people from the governor's office have been lying to me for almost 4 months. This is my story. I have successfully renewed my driver's license online on January 15th. A month later, without obtaining my license, I began to call and write to NJ MVC - it's useless. I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Delanco 3 times. This is useless, since they don't even want to talk and delve into the problem. Over the past 3.5 months, I was lucky twice - I miraculously could catch a live person on the phone in the governor's office. Naturally, they promised to help me. Almost 4 months have passed and I still haven't got my driver's license. It is not possible to reach the Governor's Office or the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Everyone knows about it, but if you don't, then your illusions quickly pass. For all your emails to the governor's office or any other department you will receive a standard response that they will figure it out and inform you. You can wait for the rest of your life. That's really true: "Like master, like servant. Judge the flock by its priest". People, wake up, look at this army of the people's servants who play magnificent performances for us, and do not want to help in anything. Dr. Alex Vishnevsky, 67 y.o., Ventnor NJ read more