BLIND TO STATE WASTE FOR YEARS, BURZICHELLI NOW SAYS HE CARES

            Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce says Democratic Assemblyman John Burzichelli should be more concerned about the billions of dollars in state tax dollars that have been wasted under a succession of Democratic governors and the Democrat-controlled Legislature than shilling for Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

            “I find it amusing that Assemblyman Burzichelli, who has ignored every documented case of state waste that Republicans uncovered since he has been in office, is suddenly so interested in federal travel vouchers,” said DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic.

            “For years, Burzichelli has been missing in action while Republicans were exposing billions of dollars in state waste and fiscal abuse. His silence was deafening when Republicans proposed ways to save billions of dollars in state spending. His overnight conversion to the cause is nothing short of miraculous.

            “We would gladly welcome his support for our efforts

to reduce the tax burden that is crushing the middle class in New Jersey,” DeCroce added. “But if he wants to get up to speed, I suggest he take a look at the billions of dollars in budget cuts we have offered and read the Tales of Waste posted on our website that catalogues over $10 billion in tax dollars that have been squandered since he has been in the Assembly. He might want to offer an explanation why he has been so silent until now and made no effort to stop the waste all these years.”

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