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LEONARD LANCE WANTS ANSWERS ON SECRET SLUSH FUND
By Lance for Congress
For Immediate Release: October 6, 2008
Contact: Amanda Woloshen, 908-267-1613
LEONARD LANCE WANTS ANSWERS ON SECRET SLUSH FUND
-- Calls On Opponent Linda Stender To Do The Same --
GREEN BROOK, NJ - Seventh District congressional candidate Leonard Lance today reassured voters that he did not benefit from a secret slush fund that gave key legislative leaders sole discretion over millions of taxpayer dollars in state money. Lance pledged to investigate the matter and urged his opponent Assemblywoman Linda Stender to come clean on the reported fund that seemingly benefited only Trenton Democrats.
"I have long sought answers from Democratic leaders in Trenton on this issue. Time and again my requests were turned down. Now only through court testimony do we learn that a grant program existed that awarded pork to favored Trenton lawmakers. New Jersey's taxpayers have the right to know who benefited from this secret slush fund that seemingly only benefited Trenton Democrats," Lance said.
According to a number of news reports, the Property Tax Assistance and Community Development grant program was established months after the Democratic majority took control of state government in 2004. The program, called the "MAC" in reference to its likeness "to act like an ATM by dispensing tax money to lawmakers so they could boost favored projects" (Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/6/08), provided $128 million over two years for the grants. Gov. Corzine blocked $26 million of the spending once he took office in 2006.
Lance said he did not benefit from the grant program and recently called on the Department of the Treasury to release the list of projects that received funding from the controversial state grant program. He called on his opponent to do the same.
"I call on Assemblywoman Stender to come clean and reassure the voters that she too did not benefit from the so-called ‘MAC' account, and join me in demanding full disclosure. We must hold our elected officials accountable," Lance concluded.
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