Did Corzine cave in to Newark

The other day I posted on a column by Bob Braun and an companion article on $80 million in state aid for Newark that the State froze. The other day The Newark City Council and Sharpe James meet with the Governor at the Governors office link.

The question is did Corzine cave to James or not. Most believe that Corzine stood his ground as Council members promised that there would be civil disobedience or that they would go to jail or threatened legal action. Well, non of that happened and the message to the council was fairly clear, get your budget in and the State will review the requests for the $80 million in State aid.

So although the $80 million is still out there, corzine and the State made it clear that it wasn't going to be a slush fund for Sharpe James.