Former Governor Codey's new book, due out next monthFormer Governor and State Senate President Richard Codey has written a book.
It’s going to cost you $24.95.
Which leaves us wondering: What, there aren’t enough of his words in circulation already — for free?
"Me, Governor?" is an autobiography due next month about — the book’s cover says — "the rough and tumble world of New Jersey politics." Actually, it wasn’t that rough for Codey, who rose to governor when then-Gov. James E. McGreevey took a tumble with another man.
Codey was elected to the Assembly in 1973, then elected to the state Senate eight years later. For 37 years, he lived a charmed political life as one of the most popular politicians in state history. He reached his zenith when he served as governor from November 2004 to January 2006, restoring dignity to the office after McGreevey turned the state into a punch line.
But when Codey was shoved out of the governor’s office by Jon Corzine, fellow Democrats stabbed him in the back and demoted him from Senate president to a backbencher in 2010. He remains there today, unsure of his political future.
But he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. Codey takes readers through his rise and fall, evening the score with political foes by delivering a few zingers along the way.
It’s an enjoyable, quick read. Just 228 pages.
Heck, Codey has written bills longer than this.
