24 June 2008

Trenton Makes The World Takes

The State House dome, around 9:00 A.M.

Senate office, State House Annex

Believe it or not, this is a parking deck.

Committee Room 7

The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey

A rather generous artistic interpretation of the view from Pennsylvania

The front of the State House, West State Street entrance

Fountain in courtyard between State House and State House Annex

The State House Annex main entrance

No skateboarding

Fountain in State House Plaza adjacent to State Museum

The State House dome, seen at dusk

The State House rotunda

Portraits of New Jersey governors past. For inquiring minds, Jim McGreevey's portrait hangs inside the Governor's Office, out of public view

The Delaware River, Route 29, the "Trenton Makes" bridge, and beyond that, Morrisville, PA as seen from the garden atop the State House parking deck

Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex) listens to Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) inveigh against bonding for urban school construction

The Senate Chamber (another view)

S-2009, the FY 2009 State Budget bill. The $32.9 billion spending plan (a net reduction of $600 million from FY 2008) would pass in a party-line vote.

A five dollar bill lying unattended on the Democratic caucus room floor, which goes to show you something, I guess

Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), right, and Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), right, from the front page of today's Star-Ledger