Me, Governor? : : My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics / / Richard J. Codey.
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 c...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 14 Photographs |
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Other title: | 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 |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780813550763 9783110688610 |
DOI: | 10.36019/9780813550763 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Richard J. Codey. |