Me, Governor? : My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics /
Codey, Richard J.
Me, Governor? : My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics / Richard J. Codey. - 1 online resource (272 p.) : 14 Photographs
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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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813550763
10.36019/9780813550763 doi
Governors--New Jersey--Biography.
Legislators--New Jersey--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
Richard J. Codey, undertaker's son, Garden State, August 12, 2004, memoir, local government, state government, political movers and shakers, governor, New Jersey, James McGreevey, resignation, homosexual affair, scandal, circumstances, bizarre, Sopranos, political autobiography, anecdotes, respectability, good politics, good government, tarnished, family, northeastern region.
328.73/092
Me, Governor? : My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics / Richard J. Codey. - 1 online resource (272 p.) : 14 Photographs
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813550763
10.36019/9780813550763 doi
Governors--New Jersey--Biography.
Legislators--New Jersey--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
Richard J. Codey, undertaker's son, Garden State, August 12, 2004, memoir, local government, state government, political movers and shakers, governor, New Jersey, James McGreevey, resignation, homosexual affair, scandal, circumstances, bizarre, Sopranos, political autobiography, anecdotes, respectability, good politics, good government, tarnished, family, northeastern region.
328.73/092