Random Thoughts For Monday

I miss the old Garden State Arts Center which used to be a great outdoor venue to watch concerts featuring big-name acts that appealed to a wide range of tastes in music. Adults could tailgate in the parking lot and it was a great way to spend a summer evening. The PNC Arts Center has become just another place in which it’s all about the money and the recent $6 per ticket parking fee is the latest add-on to the basic cost of a ticket. Of course we in New Jersey are accustomed to getting ripped-off so I guess this is really nothing new.

All you need to know about the impact of Tiger Woods is that I watched as much golf as college basketball Sunday and was glued to the TV for the late stages of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The amazing Mr. Woods drilled a 16-foot birdie putt on the final hole in near-darkness to come from five shots back and win his first tournament since undergoing major knee surgery last June. I was on the phone with my brother for the last half-hour and for both of us it was the first time we’ve really paid attention to golf since Tiger won the US Open last summer.

It seems everyone is ripping Governor Corzine these days but I have not heard one reasonable solution for the financial crisis New Jersey is in. People scream about government spending too much but on the other side nobody wants cuts made that affect them and unfortunately to get out of this mess many are going to be impacted.

Organizers of a rally opposing the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Generating Station had to be very disappointed with the turnout Saturday at Huddy Park in downtown Toms River. Even though the weather was not great they had to expect much more than the 100 or so that might have come by during the afternoon.