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Me, governor? : my life in the rough-and-tumble world of New Jersey politics / Richard J. Codey with Stephen Seplow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Codey, Richard J., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--New Jersey--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Governors--New Jersey--Biography.
- Governors.
- New Jersey--Politics and government--1951-.
- New Jersey.
- New Jersey. Legislature. Senate--Biography.
- Codey, Richard J., 1946-.
- Codey, Richard J.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. "McGreevey's Gay, I'm the New Governor"
- 2. The Undertaker's Son: Death and Politics Go Together
- 3. The Give-and-Take of Politics
- 4. Mary Jo: Love at First Sight
- 5. Family
- 6. Sports in My Life
- 7. Politics Gets Very Dirty
- 8. My Crusade on Behalf of the Mentally Ill
- 9. State Senate President
- 10. Governor, Not Acting Governor
- 11. Keeping NFL Football in New Jersey
- 12. Bowing Out as Governor
- 13. The Past . . . and the Future?
- Index
- About the Authors
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-38330-6
- 9786613383303
- 0-8135-5076-9
- OCLC:
- 768732011
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