Drumthwacket; 18; Kent Manahan Interviews former Governors

you were here the other day when they were at work it was fun to watch them enviously at funders on july which i did do it i think i said something about you getting into the history of that he's a very lonely they seem much more sensible congress passes muster here so you had a chance to get into the history of the house during your terms in office less that the fun part of this forces the history of the house and we were fortunate with the foundation being as focused as it wasn't really emphasizing that history redoing the open house making sure that was available so that people could get shot over there but making sure that they understand what was the grounds restoring than it's been a wonderful experience you ever long for your days the drums like it was sent in a sustained injures there's no question about it now i'm

never i can't see any job ever be as good as being governor but it's coming to an end anyways so all these things come when it's fun to be back in this event and tonight it's fair and straight to see all people and works of art in his house and worked here we were living here thank you very much but just a quick to shove the five years i think we are on the cutting waste so governor for the sake of the two of us talking together and you've done this on many many many times you settled then in washington these days and pretty much you're your arrangements he said listen some deadly than a sunday sometimes on a monday not home every weekend and you're traveling a good bit we're so used to veterans but it's perfectly i went to the office so they said pivoted and that a lot of travel international as well as national problem many visits and i'm just nsa has has that stepped

up your schedule i would imagine traveling but a lot of our focus right now is that the contamination in the field and they're still at ground zero who are very active we have primary responsibility for security and water systems sewer and any chemical attack when people so they were trying to keep a major lawsuit with the decontamination something gets into this habit of i just ask you that question again as i can remember at the other questions at south korea's always difficult i do remember the question i ask you again i'm so for the sake of me asking it and can laugh at you so you did have a chance to get into the history of drunk flaccid during your terms in office absolutely was part of the fun of living here still appreciate the history of the place and to see justice notes hanging in the hallway my relative didn't see it

i think at the same table like it was in the shots i wanted as our governor and that story is very good so you had a chance to get into the history of drones flaccid during your terms in office as part of the funding it began with his mother and ask her when he moved in here was there a lot of work to be done to make this our homes a livable place very important i think to get witnesses for immigration or if you're right when you moved into drugs was their own work to do to make this place home yes you have to remember we were the

first resident so it knew it was established as a home so there was quite a bit to be done and what i remember is the first year actually putting together a committee raised the money and eight months under construction so we really didn't live in the house for eighteen months we were living in a couple rooms off to one in they're the house out of cardboard boxes if you remember that and we had to use of an upstairs kitchen of basic a bedroom living room area and that was it until we actually win today restoration of the upstairs and one time when he won that we had breakfast on sunday morning in our overcoats mobsters because you visit to go out there was all kinds of little idiosyncrasies about the house that we really had to address right away and i remember we turn on the water and the filters and then in water resistant hand and change and no one thought to look at it and we had to find out why there was brown

water coming out of the faucet mr ramos thank you i work seventy five the solution isn't actually a religious that is the easier to live through it but it was a wonderful challenge was wonderful experience and to be able to be you know they first ones to live here is always a piece of our history and knowing that we helped establish this is the new jersey white house which is what we are gold was in the beginning but this never really was established as his historic home and it certainly was the people's home and certainly was going to be new jersey white house there was a nice was now the house itself and the grounds but so fitting into the community of people i suspect he would talk to people in the neighborhood they will tell you that was very nice having like it as a living part of the community or events here because the general was vital people may learn a little

event seven today was a happy citizens of the state as i could to come to and get used to coming to the common specimens and seeing for themselves in hearing the history of this wonderful mansion we have some wonderful videos of huge here obviously more exactly right now but tell us a little bit about some of the functions he is at stake here it's not snowing last affair is that we have lots of meetings and of course it was impressive you're able to bring someone to the governor's mansion and i just had a conversation with john downstairs who is the ceo of a bristol myers squibb and they were making that determination is what they were to come to new jersey and whether they were going to shift some of the people from indiana and we have a nice conversation on the suggestion of people who were somewhat reluctant to come from indiana to new

jersey that they thought existed that they would bring them to this area and that the long story short is the idea that people of wonderful of course we have a wonderful blissful musgrove solicit facility here so putting the best face on stage you get so much crime so much but particularly outside you took charge of the garden area those beautiful concept that tell us little bit about what was involved in the effort involved in that and i guess it took some effort well i i think around that so i learned how to do a lot of fundraising history here for the foundation on but when we arrived also he looked out this is the one the twelve acres that sounds like it sits on and you're looking out the

back as hard as it were ruined and it's no offense it was put up with a sign on it that they keep off because a deterioration of the broken stonework so while this was going on with the restoration of the house in the back of my mind i was already thinking if i had the chance i would like to do the gardens and i would've rather start a garden spurs but it had to be second of course what was very hard to explain to people if they were coming to go out onto a terrace it wouldn't you could put many people on the terrace you couldn't allow them to walk the gardens and in doing the research and working with the historic society in ways that deeply who was the landlord pumped like it sitting down and talking and research team and what were the possibilities what could we do that was manageable and still give it a second life and be able to use the grounds again and we like to say those are the memories that i have and i think i think the best part is found when

it was completed i can remember james coming home some days and it's a clueless walk in the gardens it was it was very nice for the only path we also had lots of this week have kids at easter egg hunt use the gardens for those functions was no we run into lots and lots of people over the last eight it is life grandchild and i came for the increased this point a and it's a nice thing to know that awful lot of people have been touched by this building and by some of the efforts of the oakland and it and i think that's always remembers the people i worked with and all these projects and we had a wonderful staff here a trump like it at the time and the comedian trumped like a foundation committee at the time and everyone was working with i think had the same vision and they were politically appointed two sets to redefine thank you very much for

sharing so here we have a wonderful freshness versus our side yes i might just ask you this detroit as a place where i sign lots of various documents lots of legislation including the first budget item that i we have dealt with as we can in the time of great fiscal stress which is suspected of that really is going to have to deal with

on the same types of problems as well but there was a lot of history in this building and each donor tissue it's still history owned by us and building them in the ways of the idea and they even tell us who actually because we have some shots at the stats nine of the cheers that woodrow wilson's chair so you just tell me your answer a little bit about signing that that budget and to talk about the desk and a chair in your answer well say we're always very conscious of history how many having and things here that we use the previous so officials in the case of the woodrow wilson some was governors last president we use those facilities to sign historic documents one of them of course were on the religious politically the first budget plan that i signed which was a budget that brown has not totally wrong on free of controversy this is an awesome

show the three of you just a sentence and tell me a little bit about just the sentences were schedules chaotic as is normally the case in this and tells you what to do and i do you also used to health and science teaching kindergarten right now and juggling our lifestyle it's a quite chaotic so yes i am asking him to take on a few more chores that have the necessary thank you

oh we interviewed damages from the of the doubt and but she wasn't living in that she was and that raises this is the woodrow wilson ok eleanor tell me about your time in trump's lack of what do you think he'll take away from these months of view of living here well then i really enjoyed here we stay here occasionally woes to live their own specialist this is only one years and uproot ourselves completely but we say are often we only people come over we are thrilled to show people the grounds and the house it allowed them to see this this history by franklin enjoyed the most is it's just that how do people come and say we're never been here before i'm so pleased to be here right in this room people are just thrilled when it comes from in

this room and then talk about the history and nobody is stale well jessica and select people for the answers that so i enjoy the gardens the house the people at work here and having people here to share of the people's us the people who chooses just mentioned how do you see the public role of drums flaccid for the people of new jersey well you know as a legislative leader i've been around the country to a number of governor's mansions and capitals and there is an important role for the governor's mansion in each state we need to have the covers home and residents that accommodates for example the entertaining of dignitaries from all over the world and other states well the governors in some cases people in washington so so there's a very important role that the governor's

mansion plays as really a focal point for the social side both of those turned out whether it be having meetings with legislative leaders are taboo officers or bringing people in from ceo's of major companies is always surprising to me inspiration be surprised that even when we have these important players into the into the whole body it creates a different different kind of feeling with them that they're honored to be your friend and so we learned that as something that we want to do well for people were opinion leaders and suppress our legislators people who like to share in you know in the tradition history and to call for space of of the governor's residence have you sought out any particular corner of the house of the slaves in the house or chairman house then you kind of like

with a fireplace and a large we build fires thank you but it's such a great it's a great house a lighter center on the far with friends and talk about the pictures and sometimes stare people or care offices and always vigilant and that's the vroom of the juveniles and he's going to ask you one more question if i could quiet on the dining room we tell us about the dining room we hear lots of people

since we've been since we ride tonight many people talk about the dining room the house is beautiful but the dining room seemed to be real focal point is at one of the places that what we've used a lot of times because again i want people to see the dynamo as a museum but rather to enjoy it as if they were sitting where you know the former governor's saddened and former presidents perhaps so we do use it in in that way the candelabra listen to so laura author battleship new jersey it is a beautiful beautiful table and people even ceo's hesitate to sit there before don't sit down ok ok to touch her in england and this is all about the dining room is is losing again couple times as a smart because we want people to feel the presence of these great men and women who preceded us and made the

history majors who it is that i guess that's really well you can put people at ease the flowers and it's just that it's just a wonderful place cards or listen to four of the great great deal to enhance the outstanding guards outside so every body that's been in office as the grim reaper made this decision as the little something to continue to enhance the calling traditional home or is going to say yes we're going to ask you one of the questions i've already asked to even to instrumental many times and to me just the day the quick summary cause we have your answer the phone as you get to work for them because this allows us to edit and then i have my microwave question the

decision in the senate and now the dining room seems to be a real focal point in the housing and the librarians we really use it really been through here that we've really used almost exclusively and of course as i mentioned it involves the floor is because it's real uniquely has hardwood floor that you know everyone was like in their own home as very difficult to duplicate today but what that is so fabulous the home that we love to entertain you want to see the house i think it's it's a great great secret still one more question governor if i could hit songs were still on me when everyone a beach inside i just think maybe over over the shoulder of the governor again you've already answered this question but to get me on camera asking epitome of one camera today and how do you see the public role of drum flaccid for the people of new jersey

so it's the people's house new jersey nets it's a house that want to be open to the public as is it's possible provide an opportunity for charter organizations and nonprofits to entertain him which they do and if i want to be part of the covers social calendar and this is because as i have had canteens here tonight was that leaders ceo's are major corporations are a lot of the part of the business of government in las vegas home to provide a social atmosphere to many many people and it's a horrific it's both fb