Christie's promise of more pension 'reform' is another lie

Retina Associates of New Jersey on Teaneck's Cedar Lane provides only limited angle parking in a lot so narrow departing patients and caregivers must back their cars out into traffic on the four-lane street, where speeding is common. How did township zoning officials approve this hazardous arrangement?

Upon finding a full lot, one visitor just left his car's engine running with the hazard lights flashing, partially blocking a lane on the busy four-lane street.

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

One day after a judge scolded Governor Christie for breaking the law on funding the state pension system three years running, The Record has forgiven him.

What else can readers conclude from the upbeat Page 1 coverage of the GOP bully's budget speech on Tuesday, when he unveiled another round of so-called pension reforms -- a plan that may be months or years away from implementation (A-1)?

And as on too many days in the past, Editor Martin Gottlieb plays more favorable spin by Columnist Charles Stile next to the front-page news story, burying protestations from the teachers union that no pension deal was made (A-6).

Chief spin doctor

Good riddance to Michael Drewniak (rhymes with "maniac"), the foul-mouthed former Star-Ledger reporter who sold out his profession to become Christie's spokesman in 2002 (A-3).

Staff Writer Melissa Hayes, who often sounds like Christie's lap dog, actually calls Drewniak "a fiery defender" instead of a specialist in disinformation.

On Tuesday, The Record said Drewniak denounced as "liberal judicial activism" Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson's order that Christie fully fund the state pension system by June 30.

Serving as spokesman for the worst governor in New Jersey history is the equivalent of working as a male prostitute.

Another correction

The editors run a correction of an L-1 story that stated Glen Rock's former police chief was "featured" in photos that showed Officer Christopher McInerney baring his buttocks.

However, the correction omits the name of the town (A-2).

Last Wednesday, The Record's business editors ran the wrong photo for Harry Kislevitz of River Edge, onetime owner of a toy company called Colorforms, according to a Record reader who knows his widow.

Hackensack news?

The only Hackensack news today is a drive-by photo of a three-car Hackensack Avenue crash with a caption that is silent on whether speeding, running a red light or another factor was the cause (L-3).

When will the local assignment editors, who are unable to find enough news to fill their pages, learn that jury selection isn't news, and certainly doesn't deserve a full-blown story on the Local front today (L-1)?