Jabba: Too many star systems, too few Fetts

Back in April, I wrote a column ruing the fact that I couldn’t move back to New Jersey like I’d always wanted to. An excerpt:

What bothered me most about the children-as-pawns gambit was that it ignored what I’ve long considered the simplest solution: Consolidate New Jersey’s 566 incorporated communities. That means hundreds of governments, police forces and school districts driving property taxes through the bank-vault roof. “We’re at a collapse here, a breaking point,” said Gina Genovese, executive director of the year-old Courage to Connect NJ, a growing group that avers eliminating redundant positions is the best solution. A state with 100 to 150 municipalities would streamline the civic checkbook in much better fashion than continued ideological warfare. “We need a new structure that works.”

She’s right. Imagine Philadelphia with 10.5 city councils (the half being the current one), police forces and school districts. Frightening, but that’s nutshell Jersey.

Fast-forward two months and, well, I’ll let big boy take it from here …

Gov. Christie hopes Cap 2.5 will force town consolidation

I feel compelled to declare that I still don’t trust someone who can’t take care of his own fitness to effectively address an entire state’s health. You shouldn’t either. Because, let’s be honest here: He’s just paying lip service to a legitimate issue to push another one of his questionable issues down gullets from Cape May to whatever the northernmost city is.

I’m still Delaware bound.