Try donut rationing, Mr. Governor. It may work, too.

If it's working, why not wait a little until he's sure we're back to normal?

Maxim....give the Gov. credit for his handling of the crisis. About the Gov. weight....pot calling kettle black.

I passed by a gas station this morning and the attendant was waiting for costumers.
Passed another one and I stopped and got gas. No line and no waiting. On the other side there was a few cars with NY plates getting gas and the attendant told me that they came to NJ just to get gas.

Let's give credit where credit is due. The gas rationing plan worked....it relieved panic. There have been no lines the last few days. Mayor Bloomberg adopted the New Jersey plan 100% for implementation in NYC and Long Island.

With NY imposing rationing they will just come to NJ for gas imposing more lines. Christie will have to keep rationing to make it even all around.

Governor Christie is a very good man in a pinch.

Why not just announce that gas attendants have discretion to waive the odd/even scheme when they have no lines of cars. In practice, this looks like what is happening anyway.

Christie is a Big Mouth Bully...... There is enough gasoline to fill all the gas pumps in America probably 20 times... Yet they hold the gas back now to keep the prices jacked up.... raising them up by law 10% each day...if they chose....Then Chrispy made a promise that the power would be turned on by the weekend......which did not happen.....His Big Mouth trash talking of good people has worn many people in NJ thin,,,,,His free helicopter rides and use of State Troopers for political trips across the country is hipocritical.....while the NJ state Unemployment is the 3rd highest in the NATION he is doing poliical favors?? Plus my taxes went UP AGAIN!!...He is a big fat bag of hot air!! Arrogant Millionaire.

Who cares what a person looks like. I somehow think you are not perfect either. Everyone of you saying nasty things. Grow up. The man has done a wonderful job with this disaster and deserves credit.

There should be rationing of what comes out of some people's mouths. It really is sad that some people have nothing better to do than post ridiculous, immature random comments, especially at a time like this. Enough said.

no bravado, the guvna did his job, that's what he got elected for, i'm not crazy about him and will have to take everything into account, there is still a long way to go for people, but as far as gas situation goes, he did well, and I learned some lessons as well.

I like the gas rationing, I think we should keep it!

I have an even # plate and couldn't get gas yesterday (even day). The gas stations I passed were either closed entirely or had signs saying "diesel only." I have been dwindling down from the 1/2 tank I had prior to Sandy. I did see cars in nearby stations on odd days though. Could it be that deliveries are made the night before odd days and then the gas runs out before the following even day? I haven't driven all over looking (wasting gas) but I figured if they had gas on an odd day, the same station should have gas on an even day but that wasn't the case yesterday in my area. We'll see what tomorrow brings and if the stations are open on an even day.

Still no Power by saint judes wtf

I guess it was such a horrible plan that now (and only now) NY is imitating us.

I was getting such a great feeling for have such a great governor...now if some of these NY Transplants who CAME to NJ would just turn around and LEAVE..that would be cool...oh...how do I know???

@ just facts. You are a complete idiot , yes there was plenty of gas at first but no power to pump it and after that no fuel deliveries. You may say Christie is a bully but you're a moron , check your facts before you make a moronic statement next time

I waited in line on my odd day, only to get to the pumps and have them tell me there is no premium gas available! (which is what unfortunately my vehicle takes) and was told "good luck" in finding it........??

She'll station by dq on rt 57 and she'll by trade zone on 46 only stations open at 8pm and at 2 am on my drive from Walmart to rt 80, and I filled up with incorrect plate

She'll had premium for me and it was 3.95..... Cost me $34 to NYC and back in the Benz which requires premium... Go get gas at nite , no line

Patch Editor,
I thought you were suppose to monitor the comments being posted? Making comments about the Governor's weight is inappropriate. Maybe comments need to be read more carefully before approving,

at least back in the 70's shortage, we had our warm homes to go back to.

I am definitely buying two extra (red) gas containers

I know it's ethically cheating, but if you fill up a five gallon gas container as a pedestrian a couple of times a day, you won't have to wait so long, waste gas on line and you won't have to be odd/even .

JUST be careful with the container - full or empty.

I agree, we all need to focus on what we have; not what we don't have. Gas should go first to those who need it to run generators...unfortunately, there's no way to tell.
Hopatcong is supposed to be back to power except for 13% as of this morning...Saturday. Be grateful people, I am.

The lines I saw on Route 17 in Ramsey and Mahwah were generally cut in half the day after the rationing started. Maybe the gas supply increased too - I don't know. But I waited in lines for 2 hours twice before rationing and never more than 5 minutes after rationing.

There wer no lines yesterday when we were out, still a couple of places closed. Nobody has super or midgrade though. It's great with so little cars on the road.

You know I think rationing is the wrong term. Isn't that true? It's more just alternate day scheduling. Oh well. It worked well and we taught NY something.

WOW, passed three gas stations this morning and only about two or three cars in each. Think were back to normal people.

Maybe keep it one more week till NY is caught up too. NJ people were going to upstate ny and pa for gas. Now NY people will come to Jersey. Let things stay the same just a little longer. It's working fine right now.

The rationing cut down the lines by half .... It helped a lot!

That's "did not cut the lines in half".

I agree. CC should wait maybe another week before discontinuing the odd/even days. He should focus on getting power back to EVERYONE not just focusing on the southern part of the state.

Quick Check turned my wife away with odd plates at 11:58 pm. What kind of people do they have working there?

Should be law all station must have generators so this crap doesnt happen again

I do think Gov. Christie did a good job considering the power crisis. The gas rationing worked to cut down the gas station lines, and to avoid less conflicts for the police to resolve. I think Christie will always have a problem with his weight, in the real world. www.firebrandcentral.com

Not being a fan of the fat man i do believe that he did a good job during this crisis. As for gas my wife and i never had any problems getting gasoline i believe most of it was panic buying.

Price per gallon is now the "new Issue" The lowest I've gotten is $ 3.30 on the Nth side of route 3 in Clifton

A minimum number of gas stations in each town should have backup generators, with a state requirement to maintain that backup every year to keep its license to sell gas. The number of stations can be selected by population density, as well as ALL highway stations. Which stations and where is something for state OEM to decide along with local authorities. Yes, the state should offer incentives for the station owner to do this, with some of the cost born by us drivers (tolls and/or registration fee), some by residence generator users (the 5-gallon lines), some by federal gov't out of Homeland Security budget. Think how much panic, hoarding, fights, use of local/state police traffic monitoring could have been avoided in many areas (of course, not all), then include odd-even restrictions AUTOMATICALLY activated after the storm (instead of waiting for lots of problems to happen first). Many counties who had to endure long power outages (and still endure it now) would have gas shortages minimized or even eliminated. Oh, yes, make sure everyone knows about it (signs, public service announcements, Governor's press conferences), combined with stiff penalties for violations (price gouging, cutting gas lines, hoarding, tank top-offs), and proof of need (proof of personally owned generator, FEMA application, 1/2 tank or less, etc). Nightmare for the state and local authorities? - possibly at first, but isn't emergency management supposed to be part of their responsibility?

Fatso should have ended this yesterday. I've gotten gas every day during the past three days no problem. There are no lines anymore.

Christie being an overweight guy has nothing to do with his politics. (He knows he is overweight.) In our schools, we are trying to teach out kids not be be bullies but what else do you expect when the parents act worse then the kids. Use facts people. If you don't like Christie because of a certain stance on a specific issue, that is fine. But we should not be judging him on his weight; same as how we shouldn't prejudice others on race, religion, etc. You shouldn't dislike someone just because he/she is fat.

Fat or not, Christie blew it on several levels. First, why wasn't the gasoline here BEFORE the storm in the form of tankers off the coast (or if the ports were too damaged to distribute) or driven in by trucks from the 46 states west of NJ that were not impacted by the storm? Why wait five days to kiss up to Obama for generators that we all knew would be needed by the gas stations? After all, it was Christie himself who was on TV and radio for five days BEFORE the storm telling the rest of us to prepare for power outages of up to ten days. Presumably those outages would include gas stations. Why not get those generators here BEFORE the storm. But in the end, the worst part of the rationing is the fact that it flies directly in the face of Christie's often-stated hatred for government. Less goverment he bellows at every opportunity. Every man for himself. Keep the government out of our lives and off our backs, Christie wails. So, please, can anyone explain how prohibiting private citizens from purchasing gasoline from private gas stations squares with that stated philosophy? No...the ONLY reason for the ration was to try to cover for the fact the Christie didn't actuall DO ANYTHING to prepare for the storm he insisted the rest of simply had to prepare for. And to make it truly pathetic, he uses storm victims as props for his 2016 campaign ads. Despicable on so many levels.

Could it be possible that Maxim and JF are among members of public employee unions, whose gravy train has been canceled by Gov. Christie?

Jon,
The U.S. Navy easily moved it's ships out to sea, and out of the path of the storm BEFORE it arrived. Same thing could have been done with the tankers owned by the oil companies that descrate and pollute our state. It's been done in Florida for years. It's not a brilliant idea...it's basic common sense and could have been done saftely and without incident.
Good try though.

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