Nothing new and surprising there. In Mid 80's Sunday waterfowling was all set to be approved and then Dem Karcher (forgive me if I spelled it wrong ,it's been awhile). There was enough votes to pass the bill but he refused to allow a vote to come up on the floor and it died after a deadline that passed.
NJ used to be a nice state , but with the influx of NY 'rs,Mt Laurel Decisiomn and when Florio was govt elect I left for good.