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Great Read, This mas was so under rated.
Loved the book, this man served as acting governor of NJ under 3 consecutive governors, The book is funny, and interesting. He is a true every man, continuing to coach high school basketball even while acting as Governor, Not because it looked good as a politician, but because he loved doing it. If more politicians were like Governor Codey, this world would be a better place.
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May 17, 2011
(Harrisburg, Pa USA) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5
Great Biography of a Legislator Who Became Governor as a Legislator
The author, Richard Codey, was New Jersey's Senate President, next in line to be Governor, when Governor James McGreevey suddenly announced he was resigning, which then made Codey Governor. Codey first heard the report McGreevey from a reporter. Codey doubted its truthfulness as Codey had met with McGreevey ten days prior and McGreevey gave no hint he was leaving office. There had been scandals in the McGreevey Administration, but none seemed to have directly involved McGreevey.New Jersey then had no Lieutenant Governor. The Constitution then called for the Senate President Pro Tem to serve as both Governor and Senate President should the Governor's office be vacant. This was an usual lack of separation of two branches of government.Codey's wife had surgery that day. She she awoke, she was informed she had become New Jersey's First Lady. Her response was "Where's the anesthesiologist? Tell him to put me back under."McGreevey resigned because...
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December 20, 2011
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
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And so, a new chapter in the life of Richard J. Codey, an undertaker's son born and bred in the Garden State, began on the night of August 12, 2004--he knew from that point his life would never be the same . . . and it hasn't been. His memoir is a breezy, humorous, perceptive, and candid chronicle of local and state government from a man who lived among political movers and shakers for more than three decades. Codey became governor of New Jersey, succeeding James McGreevey, who resigned following a homosexual affair--a shattering scandal and set of circumstances that were bizarre, even for the home state of the Sopranos. At once a political autobiography, filled with lively, incisive anecdotes that record how Codey restored respectability and set a record for good politics and good government in a state so often tarnished, this is also the story about a man and his family.
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Everyday Politics and Personhood
This is a fairly enjoyable read for politics junkies. It contains some amusing anecdotes and others that are just interesting. It shows the author to be an insightful politician, a devoted family man, and a good friend. He was an effective governor in his short 14-month tenure in that office, more so than the present incumbent and others of the recent past. New Jersey had a series of able to great governors under its current constitution (since 1947) in Driscoll, Meyner, Hughes, Cahill, Byrne and Kean. After them, the State has suffered under mediocre leadership or worse. Codey was a breath of fresh air (however brief) in an inferior line before and after his service.
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June 27, 2011
| Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 3
Even cuter in person!