The Star Ledger
Only by electing Daggett on Tuesday can the voters of this ill-served state effectively vent long-standing, pent-up demand for radical change in Trenton. And that means treating taxpayers, including public employees, as rational adults able to handle the harsh truth about the state’s dire financial condition and the need for belt-tightening by all.

As former Gov. Brendan Byrne says, if New Jersey were a business, it would be bankrupt.

Unfortunately, only Daggett has treated voters and taxpayers to this truth. His recipe for dealing with the looming $8 billion budget hole is far from complete. But he alone among the three major candidates avoided promises that can’t be kept. And he alone has offered anything like a coherent plan to curb the runaway rise in local property tax rates that generates so much of the anger and cynicism about politics, politicians and state government.

…Indeed, it’s more critical function is to send those who govern in Trenton a clear signal that they’ve gone badly wrong, that radical reform is needed.

A vote for Corzine or Christie won’t do that. Only by sending Chris Daggett to Trenton will voters make it clear that the era of wretched excess and irresponsible spending in Trenton must end — now.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/11/choose_real_change_chris_dagge.html